diff --git a/runtime/dart_isolate_unittests.cc b/runtime/dart_isolate_unittests.cc
index 21452214c24b6..ab6c29617ecf3 100644
--- a/runtime/dart_isolate_unittests.cc
+++ b/runtime/dart_isolate_unittests.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "flutter/runtime/dart_vm.h"
 #include "flutter/testing/testing.h"
 #include "flutter/testing/thread_test.h"
+#include "third_party/tonic/scopes/dart_isolate_scope.h"
 
 #define CURRENT_TEST_NAME                                           \
   std::string {                                                     \
@@ -99,6 +100,19 @@ class AutoIsolateShutdown {
 
   bool IsValid() const { return isolate_ != nullptr; }
 
+  FML_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+  bool RunInIsolateScope(std::function<bool(void)> closure) {
+    if (!isolate_) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    tonic::DartIsolateScope scope(isolate_->isolate());
+    tonic::DartApiScope api_scope;
+    if (closure) {
+      return closure();
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
   blink::DartIsolate* get() {
     FML_CHECK(isolate_);
     return isolate_.get();
@@ -210,4 +224,18 @@ TEST_F(DartIsolateTest, IsolateCannotLoadAndRunUnknownDartEntrypoint) {
   ASSERT_FALSE(isolate);
 }
 
+TEST_F(DartIsolateTest, CanRunDartCodeCodeSynchronously) {
+  auto isolate = RunDartCodeInIsolate(GetCurrentTaskRunner(), "main");
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(isolate);
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(isolate->RunInIsolateScope([]() -> bool {
+    if (tonic::LogIfError(::Dart_Invoke(Dart_RootLibrary(),
+                                        tonic::ToDart("sayHi"), 0, nullptr))) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }));
+}
+
 }  // namespace blink
diff --git a/runtime/fixtures/simple_main.dart b/runtime/fixtures/simple_main.dart
index f47442176160f..5d6a46eb7f1cf 100644
--- a/runtime/fixtures/simple_main.dart
+++ b/runtime/fixtures/simple_main.dart
@@ -3,5 +3,12 @@
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 void main() {
-  print('Hello');
+}
+
+void sayHi() {
+  print("Hi");
+}
+
+void throwExceptionNow() {
+  throw("Hello");
 }