diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/canvas.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/canvas.dart
index b224faa0ad4..81109c047e9 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/canvas.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/canvas.dart
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class SkCanvas {
 
   void drawShadow(ui.Path path, ui.Color color, double elevation,
       bool transparentOccluder) {
-    drawSkShadow(skCanvas, path, color, elevation, transparentOccluder);
+    drawSkShadow(skCanvas, path, color, elevation, transparentOccluder,
+        ui.window.devicePixelRatio);
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/layer.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/layer.dart
index e952d090b10..f50ae53f9ef 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/layer.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/layer.dart
@@ -341,8 +341,60 @@ class PhysicalShapeLayer extends ContainerLayer
   @override
   void preroll(PrerollContext prerollContext, Matrix4 matrix) {
     prerollChildren(prerollContext, matrix);
-    paintBounds =
-        ElevationShadow.computeShadowRect(_path.getBounds(), _elevation);
+
+    paintBounds = _path.getBounds();
+    if (_elevation == 0.0) {
+      // No need to extend the paint bounds if there is no shadow.
+      return;
+    } else {
+      // Add some margin to the paint bounds to leave space for the shadow.
+      // We fill this whole region and clip children to it so we don't need to
+      // join the child paint bounds.
+      // The offset is calculated as follows:
+
+      //                   .---                           (kLightRadius)
+      //                -------/                          (light)
+      //                   |  /
+      //                   | /
+      //                   |/
+      //                   |O
+      //                  /|                              (kLightHeight)
+      //                 / |
+      //                /  |
+      //               /   |
+      //              /    |
+      //             -------------                        (layer)
+      //            /|     |
+      //           / |     |                              (elevation)
+      //        A /  |     |B
+      // ------------------------------------------------ (canvas)
+      //          ---                                     (extent of shadow)
+      //
+      // E = lt        }           t = (r + w/2)/h
+      //                } =>
+      // r + w/2 = ht  }           E = (l/h)(r + w/2)
+      //
+      // Where: E = extent of shadow
+      //        l = elevation of layer
+      //        r = radius of the light source
+      //        w = width of the layer
+      //        h = light height
+      //        t = tangent of AOB, i.e., multiplier for elevation to extent
+      final double devicePixelRatio = ui.window.devicePixelRatio;
+
+      final double radius = kLightRadius * devicePixelRatio;
+      // tangent for x
+      double tx = (radius + paintBounds.width * 0.5) / kLightHeight;
+      // tangent for y
+      double ty = (radius + paintBounds.height * 0.5) / kLightHeight;
+
+      paintBounds = ui.Rect.fromLTRB(
+        paintBounds.left - tx,
+        paintBounds.top - ty,
+        paintBounds.right + tx,
+        paintBounds.bottom + ty,
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/recording_canvas.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/recording_canvas.dart
index e6ab693615f..6cb4b33ef69 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/recording_canvas.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/recording_canvas.dart
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ class SkRecordingCanvas implements RecordingCanvas {
   @override
   void drawShadow(ui.Path path, ui.Color color, double elevation,
       bool transparentOccluder) {
-    drawSkShadow(skCanvas, path, color, elevation, transparentOccluder);
+    drawSkShadow(skCanvas, path, color, elevation, transparentOccluder,
+        ui.window.devicePixelRatio);
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/util.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/util.dart
index d97ddfc9652..6575c73692e 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/util.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/util.dart
@@ -193,12 +193,17 @@ js.JsArray<double> makeSkMatrix(Float64List matrix4) {
   return skMatrix;
 }
 
+// These must be kept in sync with `flow/layers/physical_shape_layer.cc`.
+const double kLightHeight = 600.0;
+const double kLightRadius = 800.0;
+
 void drawSkShadow(
   js.JsObject skCanvas,
   SkPath path,
   ui.Color color,
   double elevation,
   bool transparentOccluder,
+  double devicePixelRatio,
 ) {
   const double ambientAlpha = 0.039;
   const double spotAlpha = 0.25;
@@ -222,9 +227,10 @@ void drawSkShadow(
 
   skCanvas.callMethod('drawShadow', <dynamic>[
     path._skPath,
-    js.JsArray<double>.from(<double>[0, 0, elevation]),
-    js.JsArray<double>.from(<double>[shadowX, shadowY, 600]),
-    800,
+    js.JsArray<double>.from(<double>[0, 0, devicePixelRatio * elevation]),
+    js.JsArray<double>.from(
+        <double>[shadowX, shadowY, devicePixelRatio * kLightHeight]),
+    devicePixelRatio * kLightRadius,
     tonalColors['ambient'],
     tonalColors['spot'],
     flags,