diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/platform_dispatcher/view_focus_binding.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/platform_dispatcher/view_focus_binding.dart
index d66264e2494ef..db0cd066da42b 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/platform_dispatcher/view_focus_binding.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/platform_dispatcher/view_focus_binding.dart
@@ -14,12 +14,16 @@ final class ViewFocusBinding {
   static final ViewFocusBinding instance = ViewFocusBinding._();
 
   final List<ui.ViewFocusChangeCallback> _listeners = <ui.ViewFocusChangeCallback>[];
+  int? _lastViewId;
+  ui.ViewFocusDirection _viewFocusDirection = ui.ViewFocusDirection.forward;
 
   /// Subscribes the [listener] to [ui.ViewFocusEvent] events.
   void addListener(ui.ViewFocusChangeCallback listener) {
     if (_listeners.isEmpty) {
-      domDocument.body?.addEventListener(_focusin, _handleFocusin, true);
-      domDocument.body?.addEventListener(_focusout, _handleFocusout, true);
+      domDocument.body?.addEventListener(_keyDown, _handleKeyDown);
+      domDocument.body?.addEventListener(_keyUp, _handleKeyUp);
+      domDocument.body?.addEventListener(_focusin, _handleFocusin);
+      domDocument.body?.addEventListener(_focusout, _handleFocusout);
     }
     _listeners.add(listener);
   }
@@ -28,8 +32,10 @@ final class ViewFocusBinding {
   void removeListener(ui.ViewFocusChangeCallback listener) {
     _listeners.remove(listener);
     if (_listeners.isEmpty) {
-      domDocument.body?.removeEventListener(_focusin, _handleFocusin, true);
-      domDocument.body?.removeEventListener(_focusout, _handleFocusout, true);
+      domDocument.body?.removeEventListener(_keyDown, _handleKeyDown);
+      domDocument.body?.removeEventListener(_keyUp, _handleKeyUp);
+      domDocument.body?.removeEventListener(_focusin, _handleFocusin);
+      domDocument.body?.removeEventListener(_focusout, _handleFocusout);
     }
   }
 
@@ -39,21 +45,32 @@ final class ViewFocusBinding {
     }
   }
 
-  late final DomEventListener _handleFocusin = createDomEventListener(
-    (DomEvent event) => _handleFocusChange(event.target as DomElement?),
-  );
+  late final DomEventListener _handleFocusin = createDomEventListener((DomEvent event) {
+    event as DomFocusEvent;
+    _handleFocusChange(event.target as DomElement?);
+  });
 
-  late final DomEventListener _handleFocusout = createDomEventListener(
-    (DomEvent event) => _handleFocusChange((event as DomFocusEvent).relatedTarget as DomElement?),
-  );
+  late final DomEventListener _handleFocusout = createDomEventListener((DomEvent event) {
+    event as DomFocusEvent;
+    _handleFocusChange(event.relatedTarget as DomElement?);
+  });
+
+  late final DomEventListener _handleKeyDown = createDomEventListener((DomEvent event) {
+    event as DomKeyboardEvent;
+    if (event.shiftKey) {
+      _viewFocusDirection = ui.ViewFocusDirection.backward;
+    }
+  });
+
+  late final DomEventListener _handleKeyUp = createDomEventListener((DomEvent event) {
+    _viewFocusDirection = ui.ViewFocusDirection.forward;
+  });
 
-  int? _lastViewId;
   void _handleFocusChange(DomElement? focusedElement) {
     final int? viewId = _viewId(focusedElement);
     if (viewId == _lastViewId) {
       return;
     }
-
     final ui.ViewFocusEvent event;
     if (viewId == null) {
       event = ui.ViewFocusEvent(
@@ -65,7 +82,7 @@ final class ViewFocusBinding {
       event = ui.ViewFocusEvent(
         viewId: viewId,
         state: ui.ViewFocusState.focused,
-        direction: ui.ViewFocusDirection.forward,
+        direction: _viewFocusDirection,
       );
     }
     _lastViewId = viewId;
@@ -84,4 +101,6 @@ final class ViewFocusBinding {
 
   static const String _focusin = 'focusin';
   static const String _focusout = 'focusout';
+  static const String _keyDown = 'keydown';
+  static const String _keyUp = 'keyup';
 }
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/platform_dispatcher/view_focus_binding_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/platform_dispatcher/view_focus_binding_test.dart
index 9342595b0fca8..d220ed7eff19a 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/platform_dispatcher/view_focus_binding_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/platform_dispatcher/view_focus_binding_test.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-
 import 'package:test/bootstrap/browser.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 import 'package:ui/src/engine.dart';
@@ -85,8 +84,13 @@ void testMain() {
 
       focusableViewElement1.focus();
       focusableViewElement2.focus();
+      // The statements simulate the user pressing shift + tab in the keyboard.
+      // Synthetic keyboard events do not trigger focus changes.
+      domDocument.body!.pressTabKey(shift: true);
+      focusableViewElement1.focus();
+      domDocument.body!.releaseTabKey();
 
-      expect(viewFocusEvents, hasLength(2));
+      expect(viewFocusEvents, hasLength(3));
 
       expect(viewFocusEvents[0].viewId, view1.viewId);
       expect(viewFocusEvents[0].state, ui.ViewFocusState.focused);
@@ -95,6 +99,10 @@ void testMain() {
       expect(viewFocusEvents[1].viewId, view2.viewId);
       expect(viewFocusEvents[1].state, ui.ViewFocusState.focused);
       expect(viewFocusEvents[1].direction, ui.ViewFocusDirection.forward);
+
+      expect(viewFocusEvents[2].viewId, view1.viewId);
+      expect(viewFocusEvents[2].state, ui.ViewFocusState.focused);
+      expect(viewFocusEvents[2].direction, ui.ViewFocusDirection.backward);
     });
 
     test('fires a focus event - focus transitions on and off views', () async {
@@ -137,3 +145,23 @@ void testMain() {
     });
   });
 }
+
+extension on DomElement {
+  void pressTabKey({bool shift = false}) {
+    dispatchKeyboardEvent(type: 'keydown', key: 'Tab', shiftKey: shift);
+  }
+
+  void releaseTabKey({bool shift = false}) {
+    dispatchKeyboardEvent(type: 'keyup', key: 'Tab', shiftKey: shift);
+  }
+
+  void dispatchKeyboardEvent({
+    required String type,
+    required String key,
+    bool shiftKey = false,
+  }) {
+    dispatchEvent(
+      createDomKeyboardEvent(type, <String, Object>{'key': key, 'shiftKey': shiftKey}),
+    );
+  }
+}