diff --git a/lib/ui/pointer.dart b/lib/ui/pointer.dart
index 77eda837e47b6..98a4f92385e95 100644
--- a/lib/ui/pointer.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/pointer.dart
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ enum PointerDeviceKind {
 
   /// A pointer device with a stylus that has been inverted.
   invertedStylus,
+
+  /// An unknown pointer device.
+  unknown
 }
 
 /// Information about the state of a pointer.
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java
index 808c58a01b4da..dcd0eec65fc5e 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ public InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs) {
     private static final int kPointerDeviceKindMouse = 1;
     private static final int kPointerDeviceKindStylus = 2;
     private static final int kPointerDeviceKindInvertedStylus = 3;
+    private static final int kPointerDeviceKindUnknown = 4;
 
     private int getPointerChangeForAction(int maskedAction) {
         // Primary pointer:
@@ -416,9 +417,11 @@ private int getPointerDeviceTypeForToolType(int toolType) {
             return kPointerDeviceKindStylus;
         case MotionEvent.TOOL_TYPE_MOUSE:
             return kPointerDeviceKindMouse;
+        case MotionEvent.TOOL_TYPE_ERASER:
+            return kPointerDeviceKindInvertedStylus;
         default:
             // MotionEvent.TOOL_TYPE_UNKNOWN will reach here.
-            return -1;
+            return kPointerDeviceKindUnknown;
         }
     }
 
@@ -429,9 +432,6 @@ private void addPointerForIndex(MotionEvent event, int pointerIndex, ByteBuffer
         }
 
         int pointerKind = getPointerDeviceTypeForToolType(event.getToolType(pointerIndex));
-        if (pointerKind == -1) {
-            return;
-        }
 
         long timeStamp = event.getEventTime() * 1000; // Convert from milliseconds to microseconds.