diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostInspectorTarget.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostInspectorTarget.kt
index 5ce60e160fc..81d6742ef02 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostInspectorTarget.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostInspectorTarget.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ internal class ReactHostInspectorTarget(reactHostImpl: ReactHostImpl) :
 
   external fun sendDebuggerResumeCommand()
 
+  external fun startBackgroundTrace(): Boolean
+
+  external fun stopAndStashBackgroundTrace()
+
+  external fun stopAndDiscardBackgroundTrace()
+
   override fun addPerfMonitorListener(listener: PerfMonitorUpdateListener) {
     perfMonitorListeners.add(listener)
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/runtime/jni/JReactHostInspectorTarget.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/runtime/jni/JReactHostInspectorTarget.cpp
index 8e06dc32272..2feaa30972d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/runtime/jni/JReactHostInspectorTarget.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/runtime/jni/JReactHostInspectorTarget.cpp
@@ -80,15 +80,6 @@ void JReactHostInspectorTarget::sendDebuggerResumeCommand() {
   }
 }
 
-void JReactHostInspectorTarget::registerNatives() {
-  registerHybrid({
-      makeNativeMethod("initHybrid", JReactHostInspectorTarget::initHybrid),
-      makeNativeMethod(
-          "sendDebuggerResumeCommand",
-          JReactHostInspectorTarget::sendDebuggerResumeCommand),
-  });
-}
-
 jsinspector_modern::HostTargetMetadata
 JReactHostInspectorTarget::getMetadata() {
   jsinspector_modern::HostTargetMetadata metadata = {
@@ -157,4 +148,63 @@ HostTarget* JReactHostInspectorTarget::getInspectorTarget() {
   return inspectorTarget_ ? inspectorTarget_.get() : nullptr;
 }
 
+bool JReactHostInspectorTarget::startBackgroundTrace() {
+  if (inspectorTarget_) {
+    return inspectorTarget_->startTracing(tracing::Mode::Background);
+  } else {
+    jni::throwNewJavaException(
+        "java/lang/IllegalStateException",
+        "Cannot start Tracing session while the Fusebox backend is not enabled.");
+  }
+}
+
+tracing::TraceRecordingState JReactHostInspectorTarget::stopTracing() {
+  if (inspectorTarget_) {
+    return inspectorTarget_->stopTracing();
+  } else {
+    jni::throwNewJavaException(
+        "java/lang/IllegalStateException",
+        "Cannot stop Tracing session while the Fusebox backend is not enabled.");
+  }
+}
+
+void JReactHostInspectorTarget::stopAndStashBackgroundTrace() {
+  auto capturedTrace = inspectorTarget_->stopTracing();
+  stashTraceRecordingState(std::move(capturedTrace));
+}
+
+void JReactHostInspectorTarget::stopAndDiscardBackgroundTrace() {
+  inspectorTarget_->stopTracing();
+}
+
+void JReactHostInspectorTarget::stashTraceRecordingState(
+    tracing::TraceRecordingState&& state) {
+  stashedTraceRecordingState_ = std::move(state);
+}
+
+std::optional<tracing::TraceRecordingState> JReactHostInspectorTarget::
+    unstable_getTraceRecordingThatWillBeEmittedOnInitialization() {
+  auto state = std::move(stashedTraceRecordingState_);
+  stashedTraceRecordingState_.reset();
+  return state;
+}
+
+void JReactHostInspectorTarget::registerNatives() {
+  registerHybrid({
+      makeNativeMethod("initHybrid", JReactHostInspectorTarget::initHybrid),
+      makeNativeMethod(
+          "sendDebuggerResumeCommand",
+          JReactHostInspectorTarget::sendDebuggerResumeCommand),
+      makeNativeMethod(
+          "startBackgroundTrace",
+          JReactHostInspectorTarget::startBackgroundTrace),
+      makeNativeMethod(
+          "stopAndStashBackgroundTrace",
+          JReactHostInspectorTarget::stopAndStashBackgroundTrace),
+      makeNativeMethod(
+          "stopAndDiscardBackgroundTrace",
+          JReactHostInspectorTarget::stopAndDiscardBackgroundTrace),
+  });
+}
+
 } // namespace facebook::react
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/runtime/jni/JReactHostInspectorTarget.h b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/runtime/jni/JReactHostInspectorTarget.h
index fc151e33172..2918a5f984c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/runtime/jni/JReactHostInspectorTarget.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/runtime/jni/JReactHostInspectorTarget.h
@@ -77,6 +77,22 @@ class JReactHostInspectorTarget
   static void registerNatives();
   void sendDebuggerResumeCommand();
 
+  /**
+   * Starts a background trace recording for this HostTarget.
+   *
+   * \return false if already tracing, true otherwise.
+   */
+  bool startBackgroundTrace();
+  /**
+   * Stops previously started trace recording and stashes the captured trace,
+   * which will be emitted the next time CDP session is created.
+   */
+  void stopAndStashBackgroundTrace();
+  /**
+   * Stops previously started trace recording and discards the captured trace.
+   */
+  void stopAndDiscardBackgroundTrace();
+
   jsinspector_modern::HostTarget* getInspectorTarget();
 
   // HostTargetDelegate methods
@@ -90,6 +106,8 @@ class JReactHostInspectorTarget
       const jsinspector_modern::LoadNetworkResourceRequest& params,
       jsinspector_modern::ScopedExecutor<
           jsinspector_modern::NetworkRequestListener> executor) override;
+  std::optional<jsinspector_modern::tracing::TraceRecordingState>
+  unstable_getTraceRecordingThatWillBeEmittedOnInitialization() override;
 
  private:
   JReactHostInspectorTarget(
@@ -106,6 +124,24 @@ class JReactHostInspectorTarget
   std::shared_ptr<jsinspector_modern::HostTarget> inspectorTarget_;
   std::optional<int> inspectorPageId_;
 
+  /**
+   * Stops previously started trace recording and returns the captured trace.
+   */
+  jsinspector_modern::tracing::TraceRecordingState stopTracing();
+  /**
+   * Stashes previously recorded trace recording state that will be emitted when
+   * CDP session is created. Once emitted, the value will be cleared from this
+   * instance.
+   */
+  void stashTraceRecordingState(
+      jsinspector_modern::tracing::TraceRecordingState&& state);
+  /**
+   * Previously recorded trace recording state that will be emitted when
+   * CDP session is created.
+   */
+  std::optional<jsinspector_modern::tracing::TraceRecordingState>
+      stashedTraceRecordingState_;
+
   friend HybridBase;
 };
 } // namespace facebook::react