diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/prompt/BUILD.gn b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/prompt/BUILD.gn
index 59848f19e9c..18dfc95497b 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/prompt/BUILD.gn
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/prompt/BUILD.gn
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ mojo_native_application("prompt") {
 
   deps = [
     "//base",
+    "//base/allocator",
     "//mojo/application",
     "//mojo/common",
     "//mojo/public/cpp/bindings",
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/prompt/prompt.cc b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/prompt/prompt.cc
index 1c7154eb84b..0432d09f9df 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/prompt/prompt.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/prompt/prompt.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include "base/bind.h"
-#include "base/files/file_path.h"
+#include "base/debug/profiler.h"
 #include "base/memory/weak_ptr.h"
 #include "base/strings/string_number_conversions.h"
 #include "base/strings/stringprintf.h"
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class Prompt : public mojo::ApplicationDelegate,
       Quit(connection_id);
     else if (info.path == "/load")
       Load(connection_id, info.data);
+    else if (info.path == "/start_profiling")
+      StartProfiling(connection_id);
+    else if (info.path == "/stop_profiling")
+      StopProfiling(connection_id);
     else {
       Help(info.path, connection_id);
     }
@@ -172,6 +176,16 @@ class Prompt : public mojo::ApplicationDelegate,
     Respond(connection_id, trace);
   }
 
+  void StartProfiling(int connection_id) {
+    base::debug::StartProfiling("sky_viewer.pprof");
+    Respond(connection_id, "Starting profiling (type 'stop_profiling' to stop");
+  }
+
+  void StopProfiling(int connection_id) {
+    base::debug::StopProfiling();
+    Respond(connection_id, "Stopped profiling");
+  }
+
   bool is_tracing_;
   DebuggerPtr debugger_;
   tracing::TraceCoordinatorPtr tracing_;
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/skydb b/engine/src/flutter/tools/skydb
index 38db95efa17..abdbbd4094b 100755
--- a/engine/src/flutter/tools/skydb
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/skydb
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ class SkyDebugger(object):
             'reload the current page')
         self._add_basic_command(subparsers, 'inspect', '/inspect',
             'stop the running sky instance')
+        self._add_basic_command(subparsers, 'start_profiling', '/start_profiling',
+            'starts profiling the running sky instance (Linux only)')
+        self._add_basic_command(subparsers, 'stop_profiling', '/stop_profiling',
+            'stios profiling the running sky instance (Linux only)')
 
         load_parser = subparsers.add_parser('load',
             help='load a new page in the currently running sky')