diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/.ci.yaml b/engine/src/flutter/.ci.yaml
index 3d4daabdb1..d8063504f6 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/.ci.yaml
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/.ci.yaml
@@ -210,6 +210,15 @@ targets:
     timeout: 90
     scheduler: luci
 
+  - name: Linux linux_host_engine
+    recipe: engine_v2/engine_v2
+    bringup: true
+    timeout: 60
+    properties:
+      config_name: linux_host_engine
+      environment: Staging
+    scheduler: luci
+
   - name: Linux Web Engine
     recipe: engine/web_engine
     properties:
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/ci/builders/linux_host_engine.json b/engine/src/flutter/ci/builders/linux_host_engine.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c09d69034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/ci/builders/linux_host_engine.json
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+{
+    "builds": [
+        {
+            "archives": [],
+            "drone_dimensions": [
+                "device_type=none",
+                "os=Linux"
+            ],
+            "gclient_custom_vars": {
+                "download_android_deps": false
+            },
+            "gn": [
+                "--runtime-mode",
+                "debug",
+                "--unoptimized",
+                "--prebuilt-dart-sdk"
+            ],
+            "name": "host_debug_unopt",
+            "ninja": {
+                "config": "host_debug_unopt",
+                "targets": [
+                    "flutter/lib/spirv/test/exception_shaders:spirv_compile_exception_shaders"
+                ]
+            },
+            "tests": []
+        },
+        {
+            "archives": [
+                {
+                    "base_path": "out/host_debug/zip_archives/",
+                    "include_paths": [
+                        "out/host_debug/zip_archives/linux-x64/artifacts.zip",
+                        "out/host_debug/zip_archives/linux-x64/linux-x64-embedder",
+                        "out/host_debug/zip_archives/linux-x64/font-subset.zip",
+                        "out/host_debug/zip_archives/flutter_patched_sdk.zip",
+                        "out/host_debug/zip_archives/dart-sdk-linux-x64.zip",
+                        "out/host_debug/zip_archives/flutter-web-sdk-linux-x64.zip",
+                        "out/host_debug/zip_archives/linux-x64-flutter-gtk.zip"
+                    ],
+                    "name": "host_debug"
+                }
+            ],
+            "drone_dimensions": [
+                "device_type=none",
+                "os=Linux"
+            ],
+            "gclient_custom_vars": {
+                "download_android_deps": false
+            },
+            "gn": [
+                "--runtime-mode",
+                "debug",
+                "--full-dart-sdk",
+                "--prebuilt-dart-sdk",
+                "--build-embedder-examples"
+            ],
+            "name": "host_debug",
+            "ninja": {
+                "config": "host_debug",
+                "targets": [
+                    "flutter/build/archives:artifacts",
+                    "flutter/build/archives:embedder",
+                    "flutter/build/archives:flutter_patched_sdk",
+                    "flutter/build/archives:dart_sdk_archive",
+                    "flutter/build/archives:flutter_web_sdk",
+                    "flutter/tools/font-subset",
+                    "flutter/shell/platform/linux:flutter_gtk"
+                ]
+            },
+            "tests": []
+        },
+        {
+            "archives": [
+                {
+                    "base_path": "out/host_profile/zip_archives/",
+                    "include_paths": [
+                        "out/host_profile/zip_archives/linux-x64-profile/linux-x64-flutter-gtk.zip"
+                    ],
+                    "name": "host_profile"
+                }
+            ],
+            "drone_dimensions": [
+                "device_type=none",
+                "os=Linux"
+            ],
+            "gclient_custom_vars": {
+                "download_android_deps": false
+            },
+            "gn": [
+                "--runtime-mode",
+                "profile",
+                "--no-lto",
+                "--prebuilt-dart-sdk",
+                "--build-embedder-examples"
+            ],
+            "name": "host_profile",
+            "ninja": {
+                "config": "host_profile",
+                "targets": [
+                    "flutter:unittests",
+                    "flutter/shell/platform/linux:flutter_gtk"
+                ]
+            },
+            "tests": [
+                {
+                    "language": "python",
+                    "name": "Host Tests for host_profile",
+                    "parameters": [
+                        "--variant",
+                        "host_profile",
+                        "--type",
+                        "engine",
+                        "--engine-capture-core-dump"
+                    ],
+                    "script": "flutter/testing/run_tests.py",
+                    "type": "local"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "archives": [
+                {
+                    "base_path": "out/host_release/zip_archives/",
+                    "include_paths": [
+                        "out/host_release/zip_archives/flutter_patched_sdk_product.zip",
+                        "out/host_release/zip_archives/linux-x64-release/linux-x64-flutter-gtk.zip"
+                    ],
+                    "name": "host_release"
+                }
+            ],
+            "drone_dimensions": [
+                "device_type=none",
+                "os=Linux"
+            ],
+            "gclient_custom_vars": {
+                "download_android_deps": false
+            },
+            "gn": [
+                "--runtime-mode",
+                "release",
+                "--prebuilt-dart-sdk",
+                "--build-embedder-examples"
+            ],
+            "name": "host_release",
+            "ninja": {
+                "config": "host_release",
+                "targets": [
+                    "flutter:unittests",
+                    "flutter/build/archives:flutter_patched_sdk",
+                    "flutter/shell/platform/linux:flutter_gtk",
+                    "flutter/build/archives:flutter_web_sdk"
+                ]
+            },
+            "tests": [
+                {
+                    "language": "python",
+                    "name": "Host Tests for host_release",
+                    "parameters": [
+                        "--variant",
+                        "host_release",
+                        "--type",
+                        "engine",
+                        "--engine-capture-core-dump"
+                    ],
+                    "script": "flutter/testing/run_tests.py",
+                    "type": "local"
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    "tests": []
+}