diff --git a/shell/common/vsync_waiter_fallback.cc b/shell/common/vsync_waiter_fallback.cc
index fc23c6180a4ff..514dc02fac5e6 100644
--- a/shell/common/vsync_waiter_fallback.cc
+++ b/shell/common/vsync_waiter_fallback.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "flutter/shell/common/vsync_waiter_fallback.h"
 
 #include "flutter/fml/logging.h"
+#include "flutter/fml/trace_event.h"
 
 namespace flutter {
 namespace {
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ VsyncWaiterFallback::~VsyncWaiterFallback() = default;
 
 // |VsyncWaiter|
 void VsyncWaiterFallback::AwaitVSync() {
+  TRACE_EVENT0("flutter", "VSYNC");
+
   constexpr fml::TimeDelta kSingleFrameInterval =
       fml::TimeDelta::FromSecondsF(1.0 / 60.0);