diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Headers/FlutterViewController.h b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Headers/FlutterViewController.h
index d6b07feb42..df78e9c33e 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Headers/FlutterViewController.h
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Headers/FlutterViewController.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ FLUTTER_EXPORT
 - (void)removeAsyncMessageListener:
     (NSObject<FlutterAsyncMessageListener>*)listener;
 
+- (void)handleStatusBarTouches:(UIEvent *)event;
+
 @end
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm
index 6ba0559dc1..bbf0965794 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ static inline PointerChangeMapperPhase PointerChangePhaseFromUITouchPhase(
 }
 
 - (void)dispatchTouches:(NSSet*)touches phase:(UITouchPhase)phase {
+  // Note: we cannot rely on touch.phase, since in some cases, e.g.,
+  // handleStatusBarTouches, we synthesize touches from existing events.
+  //
+  // TODO(cbracken) consider creating out own class with the touch fields we
+  // need.
   auto eventTypePhase = PointerChangePhaseFromUITouchPhase(phase);
   const CGFloat scale = [UIScreen mainScreen].scale;
   auto packet = std::make_unique<blink::PointerDataPacket>(touches.count);
@@ -498,6 +503,34 @@ static inline PointerChangeMapperPhase PointerChangePhaseFromUITouchPhase(
   [super dealloc];
 }
 
+#pragma mark - Status Bar touch event handling
+
+// Standard iOS status bar height in pixels.
+constexpr CGFloat kStandardStatusBarHeight = 20.0;
+
+- (void)handleStatusBarTouches:(UIEvent *)event {
+  // If the status bar is double-height, don't handle status bar taps. iOS
+  // should open the app associated with the status bar.
+  CGRect statusBarFrame = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarFrame;
+  if (statusBarFrame.size.height != kStandardStatusBarHeight) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // If we detect a touch in the status bar, synthesize a fake touch begin/end.
+  for (UITouch *touch in event.allTouches) {
+    if (touch.phase == UITouchPhaseBegan && touch.tapCount > 0) {
+      CGPoint windowLoc = [touch locationInView:nil];
+      CGPoint screenLoc = [touch.window convertPoint:windowLoc toWindow:nil];
+      if (CGRectContainsPoint(statusBarFrame, screenLoc)) {
+        NSSet *statusbarTouches = [NSSet setWithObject:touch];
+        [self dispatchTouches:statusbarTouches phase:UITouchPhaseBegan];
+        [self dispatchTouches:statusbarTouches phase:UITouchPhaseEnded];
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 #pragma mark - Status bar style
 
 - (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle {