diff --git a/lib/ui/painting.dart b/lib/ui/painting.dart
index 1ba835c509a0b4c983eed357a9f7c383f2260a47..a3d7309a88733fc23fcb1bca7375a07f41cfe18b 100644
--- a/lib/ui/painting.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/painting.dart
@@ -1632,6 +1632,19 @@ class Image {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Whether this reference to the underlying image is [dispose]d.
+  ///
+  /// This only returns a valid value if asserts are enabled, and must not be
+  /// used otherwise.
+  bool get debugDisposed {
+    bool? disposed;
+    assert(() {
+      disposed = _disposed;
+      return true;
+    }());
+    return disposed ?? (throw StateError('Image.debugDisposed is only available when asserts are enabled.'));
+  }
+
   /// Converts the [Image] object into a byte array.
   ///
   /// The [format] argument specifies the format in which the bytes will be
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvaskit/image.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvaskit/image.dart
index 192e301c1bdcdcf16971c72f68d8af5f05cb3001..6acdcd4176e186ad95621c6712c5f34a845b3057 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvaskit/image.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvaskit/image.dart
@@ -54,12 +54,21 @@ class CkAnimatedImage implements ui.Image {
     }
   }
 
+  bool _disposed = false;
   @override
   void dispose() {
     box.delete();
+    _disposed = true;
   }
 
   @override
+  bool get debugDisposed {
+    if (assertionsEnabled) {
+      return _disposed;
+    }
+    throw StateError('Image.debugDisposed is only available when asserts are enabled.');
+  }
+
   ui.Image clone() => CkAnimatedImage._(_skAnimatedImage, box);
 
   @override
@@ -138,9 +147,22 @@ class CkImage implements ui.Image {
     }
   }
 
+  bool _disposed = false;
   @override
   void dispose() {
     box.delete();
+    assert(() {
+      _disposed = true;
+      return true;
+    }());
+  }
+
+  @override
+  bool get debugDisposed {
+    if (assertionsEnabled) {
+      return _disposed;
+    }
+    throw StateError('Image.debugDisposed is only available when asserts are enabled.');
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/html_image_codec.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/html_image_codec.dart
index 3b434685f2bf649cb4c5e0df3ad475019752428c..db1fa461852ea69038866f36f4c68d51db2ab53a 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/html_image_codec.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/html_image_codec.dart
@@ -116,12 +116,25 @@ class HtmlImage implements ui.Image {
   bool _requiresClone = false;
   HtmlImage(this.imgElement, this.width, this.height);
 
+  bool _disposed = false;
   @override
   void dispose() {
     // Do nothing. The codec that owns this image should take care of
     // releasing the object url.
+    if (assertionsEnabled) {
+      _disposed = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  bool get debugDisposed {
+    if (assertionsEnabled) {
+      return _disposed;
+    }
+    return throw StateError('Image.debugDisposed is only available when asserts are enabled.');
   }
 
+
   @override
   ui.Image clone() => this;
 
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/painting.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/painting.dart
index 0809c3f1bc4adcb02af978c71aa4fce231bf577b..98e0be968341d86f03fcb38b1fc4baa40d9447f4 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/painting.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/painting.dart
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ abstract class Image {
   int get height;
   Future<ByteData?> toByteData({ImageByteFormat format = ImageByteFormat.rawRgba});
   void dispose();
+  bool get debugDisposed;
 
   Image clone() => this;
 
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/canvaskit/image_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/canvaskit/image_test.dart
index 08be25e0937aa1885ac8f18d6587498819cd953f..8451ddccb9651fec8230b8ed3c4de3145702ec0f 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/canvaskit/image_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/canvaskit/image_test.dart
@@ -32,10 +32,13 @@ void testMain() {
       final SkAnimatedImage skAnimatedImage = canvasKit.MakeAnimatedImageFromEncoded(kTransparentImage);
       final CkAnimatedImage image = CkAnimatedImage(skAnimatedImage);
       expect(image.box.isDeleted, false);
+      expect(image.debugDisposed, false);
       image.dispose();
       expect(image.box.isDeleted, true);
+      expect(image.debugDisposed, true);
       image.dispose();
       expect(image.box.isDeleted, true);
+      expect(image.debugDisposed, true);
     });
 
     test('CkAnimatedImage can be cloned and explicitly disposed of', () async {
@@ -69,10 +72,13 @@ void testMain() {
     test('CkImage can be explicitly disposed of', () {
       final SkImage skImage = canvasKit.MakeAnimatedImageFromEncoded(kTransparentImage).getCurrentFrame();
       final CkImage image = CkImage(skImage);
+      expect(image.debugDisposed, false);
       expect(image.box.isDeleted, false);
       image.dispose();
+      expect(image.debugDisposed, true);
       expect(image.box.isDeleted, true);
       image.dispose();
+      expect(image.debugDisposed, true);
       expect(image.box.isDeleted, true);
     });
 
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/image/html_image_codec_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/image/html_image_codec_test.dart
index e8fbcbb05b404184f771e759a933a31b9ecb73c6..331462571a5738250139dfc9d4e8d8d452779370 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/image/html_image_codec_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/image/html_image_codec_test.dart
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ void testMain() async {
       expect(frameInfo.image.width, 100);
       expect(frameInfo.image.toString(), '[100×100]');
     });
+    test('dispose image image', () async {
+      final HtmlCodec codec = HtmlCodec('sample_image1.png');
+      final ui.FrameInfo frameInfo = await codec.getNextFrame();
+      expect(frameInfo.image, isNotNull);
+      expect(frameInfo.image.debugDisposed, false);
+      frameInfo.image.dispose();
+      expect(frameInfo.image.debugDisposed, true);
+    });
     test('provides image loading progress', () async {
       StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
       final HtmlCodec codec = HtmlCodec('sample_image1.png',
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/recording_canvas_golden_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/recording_canvas_golden_test.dart
index e7397545124d9005990b90a2c3c47d0093b18808..0c14ac765eaa44aee1340025b3bf4bdda3206cdc 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/recording_canvas_golden_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/recording_canvas_golden_test.dart
@@ -723,6 +723,9 @@ class TestImage implements Image {
   @override
   void dispose() {}
 
+  @override
+  bool get debugDisposed => false;
+
   @override
   Image clone() => this;
 
diff --git a/testing/dart/image_dispose_test.dart b/testing/dart/image_dispose_test.dart
index 9e2dcb365c45a204a6eac861ce4e1ad3482db794..cd4f5268d53b46c0b1c158191fbe4a63595fa80a 100644
--- a/testing/dart/image_dispose_test.dart
+++ b/testing/dart/image_dispose_test.dart
@@ -126,6 +126,25 @@ void main() {
     expect(frame2.image.clone()..dispose(), isNotNull);
     frame2.image.dispose();
   });
+
+  test('debugDisposed works', () async {
+    final Uint8List bytes = await readFile('2x2.png');
+    final Codec codec = await instantiateImageCodec(bytes);
+    final FrameInfo frame = await codec.getNextFrame();
+
+    if (assertsEnabled) {
+      expect(frame.image.debugDisposed, false);
+    } else {
+      expect(() => frame.image.debugDisposed, throwsStateError);
+    }
+
+    frame.image.dispose();
+    if (assertsEnabled) {
+      expect(frame.image.debugDisposed, true);
+    } else {
+      expect(() => frame.image.debugDisposed, throwsStateError);
+    }
+  });
 }
 
 Future<Uint8List> readFile(String fileName) async {