diff --git a/shell/platform/windows/task_runner.cc b/shell/platform/windows/task_runner.cc
index fa8b1348c9edd..464afbc43827e 100644
--- a/shell/platform/windows/task_runner.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/windows/task_runner.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ TaskRunner::TaskRunner(CurrentTimeProc get_current_time,
       on_task_expired_(std::move(on_task_expired)) {}
 
 std::chrono::nanoseconds TaskRunner::ProcessTasks() {
-  const TaskTimePoint now = TaskTimePoint::clock::now();
+  const TaskTimePoint now = GetCurrentTimeForTask();
 
   std::vector<Task> expired_tasks;
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ std::chrono::nanoseconds TaskRunner::ProcessTasks() {
 
 TaskRunner::TaskTimePoint TaskRunner::TimePointFromFlutterTime(
     uint64_t flutter_target_time_nanos) const {
-  const auto now = TaskTimePoint::clock::now();
+  const auto now = GetCurrentTimeForTask();
   const auto flutter_duration = flutter_target_time_nanos - get_current_time_();
   return now + std::chrono::nanoseconds(flutter_duration);
 }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void TaskRunner::PostFlutterTask(FlutterTask flutter_task,
 
 void TaskRunner::PostTask(TaskClosure closure) {
   Task task;
-  task.fire_time = TaskTimePoint::clock::now();
+  task.fire_time = GetCurrentTimeForTask();
   task.variant = std::move(closure);
   EnqueueTask(std::move(task));
 }
diff --git a/shell/platform/windows/task_runner.h b/shell/platform/windows/task_runner.h
index 7f181d0758975..685ed77e93f08 100644
--- a/shell/platform/windows/task_runner.h
+++ b/shell/platform/windows/task_runner.h
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ class TaskRunner {
   // Each platform implementations must call this to schedule the tasks.
   std::chrono::nanoseconds ProcessTasks();
 
+  // Returns the current TaskTimePoint that can be used to determine whether a
+  // task is expired.
+  //
+  // Tests can override this to mock up the time.
+  virtual TaskTimePoint GetCurrentTimeForTask() const {
+    return TaskTimePoint::clock::now();
+  }
+
  private:
   typedef std::variant<FlutterTask, TaskClosure> TaskVariant;
 
diff --git a/shell/platform/windows/task_runner_unittests.cc b/shell/platform/windows/task_runner_unittests.cc
index 8bf0b8abb1b09..d7d5cc7a4123a 100644
--- a/shell/platform/windows/task_runner_unittests.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/windows/task_runner_unittests.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ class MockTaskRunner : public TaskRunner {
     // Do nothing to avoid processing tasks immediately after the tasks is
     // posted.
   }
+
+  virtual TaskTimePoint GetCurrentTimeForTask() const override {
+    return TaskTimePoint(
+        std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::steady_clock::duration>(
+            std::chrono::nanoseconds(10000)));
+  }
 };
 
 uint64_t MockGetCurrentTime() {