diff --git a/shell/common/animator.cc b/shell/common/animator.cc
index 30deb0638b671..02a32495ca94c 100644
--- a/shell/common/animator.cc
+++ b/shell/common/animator.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Animator::Animator(fml::WeakPtr<Rasterizer> rasterizer,
       paused_(false),
       regenerate_layer_tree_(false),
       frame_scheduled_(false),
+      dimension_change_pending_(false),
       weak_factory_(this) {}
 
 Animator::~Animator() = default;
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ void Animator::Start() {
   RequestFrame();
 }
 
+// Indicate that screen dimensions will be changing in order to force rendering
+// of an updated frame even if the animator is currently paused.
+void Animator::SetDimensionChangePending() {
+  dimension_change_pending_ = true;
+}
+
 // This Parity is used by the timeline component to correctly align
 // GPU Workloads events with their respective Framework Workload.
 const char* Animator::FrameParity() {
@@ -98,6 +105,12 @@ void Animator::BeginFrame(fxl::TimePoint frame_start_time,
 }
 
 void Animator::Render(std::unique_ptr<flow::LayerTree> layer_tree) {
+  if (dimension_change_pending_ &&
+      layer_tree->frame_size() != last_layer_tree_size_) {
+    dimension_change_pending_ = false;
+  }
+  last_layer_tree_size_ = layer_tree->frame_size();
+
   if (layer_tree) {
     // Note the frame time for instrumentation.
     layer_tree->set_construction_time(fxl::TimePoint::Now() -
@@ -134,7 +147,7 @@ void Animator::RequestFrame(bool regenerate_layer_tree) {
   if (regenerate_layer_tree) {
     regenerate_layer_tree_ = true;
   }
-  if (paused_) {
+  if (paused_ && !dimension_change_pending_) {
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/shell/common/animator.h b/shell/common/animator.h
index 300d422d59b7f..0f2b4ee31566c 100644
--- a/shell/common/animator.h
+++ b/shell/common/animator.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class Animator {
 
   void Stop();
 
+  void SetDimensionChangePending();
+
  private:
   using LayerTreePipeline = flutter::Pipeline<flow::LayerTree>;
 
@@ -63,6 +65,8 @@ class Animator {
   bool paused_;
   bool regenerate_layer_tree_;
   bool frame_scheduled_;
+  bool dimension_change_pending_;
+  SkISize last_layer_tree_size_;
 
   fml::WeakPtrFactory<Animator> weak_factory_;
 
diff --git a/shell/common/engine.cc b/shell/common/engine.cc
index b092ab2addcfc..9e7fff7d99147 100644
--- a/shell/common/engine.cc
+++ b/shell/common/engine.cc
@@ -326,6 +326,11 @@ void Engine::SetViewportMetrics(const blink::ViewportMetrics& metrics) {
   viewport_metrics_ = metrics;
   if (runtime_)
     runtime_->SetViewportMetrics(viewport_metrics_);
+  if (animator_) {
+    animator_->SetDimensionChangePending();
+    if (have_surface_)
+      ScheduleFrame();
+  }
 }
 
 void Engine::DispatchPlatformMessage(