diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 065d63e5..511d4736 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
          to allow setting breakpoints, to provide hot reload, etc.
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT"/>
 
     <!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
          calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
diff --git a/lib/my_app_meta.dart b/lib/my_app_meta.dart
index 27180b17..41872317 100644
--- a/lib/my_app_meta.dart
+++ b/lib/my_app_meta.dart
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import './routes/nav_tabs_ex.dart';
 import './routes/persistence_file_rw_ex.dart';
 import './routes/persistence_preference_ex.dart';
 import './routes/plugins_image_picker_ex.dart';
+import './routes/plugins_local_auth_ex.dart';
 import './routes/plugins_markdown_ex.dart';
 import './routes/plugins_webview_ex.dart';
 import './routes/widgets_buttons_ex.dart';
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ const kMyAppRoutesStructure = <MyRouteGroup>[
       ImagePickerExample(),
       WebViewExample(),
       MarkdownExample(),
+      LocalAuthExample(),
     ],
   ),
   MyRouteGroup(
diff --git a/lib/routes/plugins_local_auth_ex.dart b/lib/routes/plugins_local_auth_ex.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..816f485e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/routes/plugins_local_auth_ex.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:local_auth/local_auth.dart';
+import 'package:transparent_image/transparent_image.dart'
+    show kTransparentImage;
+import '../my_route.dart';
+
+class LocalAuthExample extends MyRoute {
+  const LocalAuthExample(
+      [String sourceFile = 'lib/routes/plugins_local_auth_ex.dart'])
+      : super(sourceFile);
+
+  @override
+  get title => 'Local auth';
+
+  @override
+  get description => 'Authenticate';
+
+  @override
+  Widget buildMyRouteContent(BuildContext context) {
+    return Padding(
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
+      child: _LocalAuthDemo(),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+class _LocalAuthDemo extends StatefulWidget {
+  @override
+  _LocalAuthDemoState createState() => _LocalAuthDemoState();
+}
+
+class _LocalAuthDemoState extends State<_LocalAuthDemo> {
+  bool _authSuccess = false;
+  LocalAuthentication _localAuth;
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    this._localAuth = LocalAuthentication();
+  }
+
+  Future<bool> _auth() async {
+    setState(() => this._authSuccess = false);
+    if (await this._localAuth.canCheckBiometrics == false) {
+      Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(
+        SnackBar(
+          content: Text('Your device is capable of checking biometrics.\n'
+              'This demo will not work!'),
+        ),
+      );
+      return false;
+    }
+    final authSuccess = await this._localAuth.authenticateWithBiometrics(
+        localizedReason: 'Auth in to see hidden image');
+    Scaffold.of(context).showSnackBar(
+      SnackBar(content: Text('authSuccess=$authSuccess')),
+    );
+    return authSuccess;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return Column(
+      children: <Widget>[
+        FlatButton.icon(
+          icon: Icon(Icons.fingerprint),
+          label: Text('Auth in to view hidden image'),
+          onPressed: () async {
+            final authSuccess = await this._auth();
+            setState(() => this._authSuccess = authSuccess);
+          },
+        ),
+        this._authSuccess
+            ? FadeInImage(
+                placeholder: MemoryImage(kTransparentImage),
+                image: AssetImage('res/images/animated_flutter_lgtm.gif'),
+              )
+            : Placeholder(),
+      ],
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 869da652..df8d6c6b 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ dependencies:
   fluttertoast: ^2.1.0
   google_sign_in: ^3.2.4
   image_picker: ^0.4.12
+  local_auth: ^0.3.1
   path_provider: ^0.4.1
   shared_preferences: ^0.4.3
   transparent_image: