diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/focus_manager.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/focus_manager.dart
index f9464c2708..799a2c107e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/focus_manager.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/focus_manager.dart
@@ -1446,6 +1446,17 @@ enum FocusHighlightStrategy {
   alwaysTraditional,
 }
 
+// By extending the WidgetsBindingObserver class,
+// we can add a listener object to FocusManager as a private member.
+class _AppLifecycleListener extends WidgetsBindingObserver {
+  _AppLifecycleListener(this.onLifecycleStateChanged);
+
+  final void Function(AppLifecycleState) onLifecycleStateChanged;
+
+  @override
+  void didChangeAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState state) => onLifecycleStateChanged(state);
+}
+
 /// Manages the focus tree.
 ///
 /// The focus tree is a separate, sparser, tree from the widget tree that
@@ -1508,6 +1519,8 @@ class FocusManager with DiagnosticableTreeMixin, ChangeNotifier {
     if (kFlutterMemoryAllocationsEnabled) {
       ChangeNotifier.maybeDispatchObjectCreation(this);
     }
+    _appLifecycleListener = _AppLifecycleListener(_appLifecycleChange);
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.addObserver(_appLifecycleListener);
     rootScope._manager = this;
   }
 
@@ -1524,6 +1537,7 @@ class FocusManager with DiagnosticableTreeMixin, ChangeNotifier {
 
   @override
   void dispose() {
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.removeObserver(_appLifecycleListener);
     _highlightManager.dispose();
     rootScope.dispose();
     super.dispose();
@@ -1682,6 +1696,34 @@ class FocusManager with DiagnosticableTreeMixin, ChangeNotifier {
   // update.
   final Set<FocusNode> _dirtyNodes = <FocusNode>{};
 
+  // Allows FocusManager to respond to app lifecycle state changes,
+  // temporarily suspending the primaryFocus when the app is inactive.
+  late final _AppLifecycleListener _appLifecycleListener;
+
+  // Stores the node that was focused before the app lifecycle changed.
+  // Will be restored as the primary focus once app is resumed.
+  FocusNode? _suspendedNode;
+
+  void _appLifecycleChange(AppLifecycleState state) {
+    if (state == AppLifecycleState.resumed) {
+      if (_primaryFocus != rootScope) {
+        assert(_focusDebug(() => 'focus changed while app was paused, ignoring $_suspendedNode'));
+        _suspendedNode = null;
+      }
+      else if (_suspendedNode != null) {
+        assert(_focusDebug(() => 'marking node $_suspendedNode to be focused'));
+        _markedForFocus = _suspendedNode;
+        _suspendedNode = null;
+        applyFocusChangesIfNeeded();
+      }
+    } else if (_primaryFocus != rootScope) {
+      assert(_focusDebug(() => 'suspending $_primaryFocus'));
+      _markedForFocus = rootScope;
+      _suspendedNode = _primaryFocus;
+      applyFocusChangesIfNeeded();
+    }
+  }
+
   // The node that has requested to have the primary focus, but hasn't been
   // given it yet.
   FocusNode? _markedForFocus;
@@ -1693,6 +1735,9 @@ class FocusManager with DiagnosticableTreeMixin, ChangeNotifier {
     if (_primaryFocus == node) {
       _primaryFocus = null;
     }
+    if (_suspendedNode == node) {
+      _suspendedNode = null;
+    }
     _dirtyNodes.remove(node);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/focus_manager_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/focus_manager_test.dart
index 159966d91c..1b257ac862 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/focus_manager_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/focus_manager_test.dart
@@ -354,6 +354,63 @@ void main() {
       logs.clear();
     // ignore: deprecated_member_use
     }, variant: KeySimulatorTransitModeVariant.all());
+
+    testWidgets('FocusManager responds to app lifecycle changes.', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      Future<void> setAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState state) async {
+        final ByteData? message = const StringCodec().encodeMessage(state.toString());
+        await TestDefaultBinaryMessengerBinding.instance.defaultBinaryMessenger
+            .handlePlatformMessage('flutter/lifecycle', message, (_) {});
+      }
+
+      final BuildContext context = await setupWidget(tester);
+      final FocusScopeNode scope = FocusScopeNode(debugLabel: 'Scope');
+      addTearDown(scope.dispose);
+      final FocusAttachment scopeAttachment = scope.attach(context);
+      final FocusNode focusNode = FocusNode(debugLabel: 'Focus Node');
+      addTearDown(focusNode.dispose);
+      final FocusAttachment focusNodeAttachment = focusNode.attach(context);
+      scopeAttachment.reparent(parent: tester.binding.focusManager.rootScope);
+      focusNodeAttachment.reparent(parent: scope);
+      focusNode.requestFocus();
+      await tester.pump();
+      expect(focusNode.hasPrimaryFocus, isTrue);
+
+      await setAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState.paused);
+      expect(focusNode.hasPrimaryFocus, isFalse);
+
+      await setAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState.resumed);
+      expect(focusNode.hasPrimaryFocus, isTrue);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('Node is removed completely even if app is paused.', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      Future<void> setAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState state) async {
+        final ByteData? message = const StringCodec().encodeMessage(state.toString());
+        await TestDefaultBinaryMessengerBinding.instance.defaultBinaryMessenger
+            .handlePlatformMessage('flutter/lifecycle', message, (_) {});
+      }
+
+      final BuildContext context = await setupWidget(tester);
+      final FocusScopeNode scope = FocusScopeNode(debugLabel: 'Scope');
+      addTearDown(scope.dispose);
+      final FocusAttachment scopeAttachment = scope.attach(context);
+      final FocusNode focusNode = FocusNode(debugLabel: 'Focus Node');
+      addTearDown(focusNode.dispose);
+      final FocusAttachment focusNodeAttachment = focusNode.attach(context);
+      scopeAttachment.reparent(parent: tester.binding.focusManager.rootScope);
+      focusNodeAttachment.reparent(parent: scope);
+      focusNode.requestFocus();
+      await tester.pump();
+      expect(focusNode.hasPrimaryFocus, isTrue);
+
+      await setAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState.paused);
+      expect(focusNode.hasPrimaryFocus, isFalse);
+
+      focusNodeAttachment.detach();
+      expect(focusNode.hasPrimaryFocus, isFalse);
+
+      await setAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState.resumed);
+      expect(focusNode.hasPrimaryFocus, isFalse);
+    });
   });
 
   group(FocusScopeNode, () {