diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterSurfaceView.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterSurfaceView.java
index 264e2b41cc7a2..1d6bccc77a7ea 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterSurfaceView.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterSurfaceView.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
+import android.graphics.Region;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
 import android.view.SurfaceView;
@@ -135,6 +136,28 @@ private void init() {
     setAlpha(0.0f);
   }
 
+  // This is a work around for TalkBack.
+  // If Android decides that our layer is transparent because, e.g. the status-
+  // bar is transparent, TalkBack highlighting stops working.
+  // Explicitly telling Android this part of the region is not actually
+  // transparent makes TalkBack work again.
+  // See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/73413 for context.
+  @Override
+  public boolean gatherTransparentRegion(Region region) {
+    if (getAlpha() < 1.0f) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    final int[] location = new int[2];
+    getLocationInWindow(location);
+    region.op(
+        location[0],
+        location[1],
+        location[0] + getRight() - getLeft(),
+        location[1] + getBottom() - getTop(),
+        Region.Op.DIFFERENCE);
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Nullable
   @Override
   public FlutterRenderer getAttachedRenderer() {
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterViewTest.java b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterViewTest.java
index 7c48e24134fbe..5f7657b5df404 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterViewTest.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/embedding/android/FlutterViewTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Insets;
+import android.graphics.Region;
 import android.media.Image;
 import android.media.Image.Plane;
 import android.media.ImageReader;
@@ -795,6 +796,20 @@ public void flutterImageView_onDrawClosesAllImages() {
     verify(mockImage, times(2)).close();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void flutterSurfaceView_GathersTransparentRegion() {
+    final Region mockRegion = mock(Region.class);
+    final FlutterSurfaceView surfaceView = new FlutterSurfaceView(RuntimeEnvironment.application);
+
+    surfaceView.setAlpha(0.0f);
+    assertFalse(surfaceView.gatherTransparentRegion(mockRegion));
+    verify(mockRegion, times(0)).op(anyInt(), anyInt(), anyInt(), anyInt(), any());
+
+    surfaceView.setAlpha(1.0f);
+    assertTrue(surfaceView.gatherTransparentRegion(mockRegion));
+    verify(mockRegion, times(1)).op(0, 0, 0, 0, Region.Op.DIFFERENCE);
+  }
+
   /*
    * A custom shadow that reports fullscreen flag for system UI visibility
    */