diff --git a/fml/platform/win/file_win.cc b/fml/platform/win/file_win.cc
index 2815584ae4b82..7b0e785f40c0e 100644
--- a/fml/platform/win/file_win.cc
+++ b/fml/platform/win/file_win.cc
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@
 #include <Fileapi.h>
 #include <Shlwapi.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <string>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <climits>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <optional>
 #include <sstream>
 
 #include "flutter/fml/build_config.h"
@@ -21,6 +25,34 @@
 namespace fml {
 
 static std::string GetFullHandlePath(const fml::UniqueFD& handle) {
+  // Although the documentation claims that GetFinalPathNameByHandle is
+  // supported for UWP apps, turns out it returns ACCESS_DENIED in this case
+  // hence the need to workaround it by maintaining a map of file handles to
+  // absolute paths populated by fml::OpenDirectory.
+#ifdef WINUWP
+  std::optional<fml::internal::os_win::DirCacheEntry> found =
+      fml::internal::os_win::UniqueFDTraits::GetCacheEntry(handle.get());
+
+  if (found) {
+    FILE_ID_INFO info;
+
+    BOOL result = GetFileInformationByHandleEx(
+        handle.get(), FILE_INFO_BY_HANDLE_CLASS::FileIdInfo, &info,
+        sizeof(FILE_ID_INFO));
+
+    // Assuming it was possible to retrieve fileinfo, compare the id field.  The
+    // handle hasn't been reused if the file identifier is the same as when it
+    // was cached
+    if (result && memcmp(found.value().id.Identifier, info.FileId.Identifier,
+                         sizeof(FILE_ID_INFO))) {
+      return WideStringToString(found.value().filename);
+    } else {
+      fml::internal::os_win::UniqueFDTraits::RemoveCacheEntry(handle.get());
+    }
+  }
+
+  return std::string();
+#else
   wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH] = {0};
   const DWORD buffer_size = ::GetFinalPathNameByHandle(
       handle.get(), buffer, MAX_PATH, FILE_NAME_NORMALIZED);
@@ -30,6 +62,7 @@ static std::string GetFullHandlePath(const fml::UniqueFD& handle) {
     return {};
   }
   return WideStringToString({buffer, buffer_size});
+#endif
 }
 
 static std::string GetAbsolutePath(const fml::UniqueFD& base_directory,
@@ -223,6 +256,22 @@ fml::UniqueFD OpenDirectory(const char* path,
     return {};
   }
 
+#ifdef WINUWP
+  FILE_ID_INFO info;
+
+  BOOL result = GetFileInformationByHandleEx(
+      handle, FILE_INFO_BY_HANDLE_CLASS::FileIdInfo, &info,
+      sizeof(FILE_ID_INFO));
+
+  // Only cache if it is possible to get valid a fileinformation to extract the
+  // fileid to ensure correct handle versioning.
+  if (result) {
+    fml::internal::os_win::DirCacheEntry fc{file_name, info.FileId};
+
+    fml::internal::os_win::UniqueFDTraits::StoreCacheEntry(handle, fc);
+  }
+#endif
+
   return fml::UniqueFD{handle};
 }
 
diff --git a/fml/unique_fd.cc b/fml/unique_fd.cc
index 2da6d938f9875..5721b0f82958d 100644
--- a/fml/unique_fd.cc
+++ b/fml/unique_fd.cc
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ namespace internal {
 
 namespace os_win {
 
-void UniqueFDTraits::Free(HANDLE fd) {
+std::mutex UniqueFDTraits::file_map_mutex;
+std::map<HANDLE, DirCacheEntry> UniqueFDTraits::file_map;
+
+void UniqueFDTraits::Free_Handle(HANDLE fd) {
   CloseHandle(fd);
 }
 
diff --git a/fml/unique_fd.h b/fml/unique_fd.h
index 5b74073f426a4..c4b79dc3496e4 100644
--- a/fml/unique_fd.h
+++ b/fml/unique_fd.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 #if OS_WIN
 #include <windows.h>
+#include <map>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <optional>
 #else  // OS_WIN
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -22,10 +25,46 @@ namespace internal {
 
 namespace os_win {
 
+struct DirCacheEntry {
+  std::wstring filename;
+  FILE_ID_128 id;
+};
+
+// The order of these is important.  Must come before UniqueFDTraits struct
+// else linker error.  Embedding in struct also causes linker error.
+
 struct UniqueFDTraits {
+  static std::mutex file_map_mutex;
+  static std::map<HANDLE, DirCacheEntry> file_map;
+
   static HANDLE InvalidValue() { return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE; }
   static bool IsValid(HANDLE value) { return value != InvalidValue(); }
-  static void Free(HANDLE fd);
+  static void Free_Handle(HANDLE fd);
+
+  static void Free(HANDLE fd) {
+    RemoveCacheEntry(fd);
+
+    UniqueFDTraits::Free_Handle(fd);
+  }
+
+  static void RemoveCacheEntry(HANDLE fd) {
+    const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(file_map_mutex);
+
+    file_map.erase(fd);
+  }
+
+  static void StoreCacheEntry(HANDLE fd, DirCacheEntry state) {
+    const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(file_map_mutex);
+    file_map[fd] = state;
+  }
+
+  static std::optional<DirCacheEntry> GetCacheEntry(HANDLE fd) {
+    const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(file_map_mutex);
+    auto found = file_map.find(fd);
+    return found == file_map.end()
+               ? std::nullopt
+               : std::optional<DirCacheEntry>{found->second};
+  }
 };
 
 }  // namespace os_win