diff --git a/runtime/bin/dart_embedder_api_impl.cc b/runtime/bin/dart_embedder_api_impl.cc
index 73974eae7bc..fd2c0e68752 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/dart_embedder_api_impl.cc
+++ b/runtime/bin/dart_embedder_api_impl.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include "bin/dartutils.h"
 #include "bin/eventhandler.h"
 #include "bin/isolate_data.h"
+#include "bin/process.h"
+#include "bin/secure_socket_filter.h"
 #include "bin/thread.h"
 #include "bin/utils.h"
 #include "bin/vmservice_impl.h"
@@ -37,10 +39,24 @@ bool InitOnce(char** error) {
     return false;
   }
   bin::TimerUtils::InitOnce();
+  bin::Process::Init();
+#if !defined(DART_IO_SECURE_SOCKET_DISABLED)
+  bin::SSLFilter::Init();
+#endif
   bin::EventHandler::Start();
   return true;
 }
 
+void Cleanup() {
+  bin::Process::ClearAllSignalHandlers();
+
+  bin::EventHandler::Stop();
+#if !defined(DART_IO_SECURE_SOCKET_DISABLED)
+  bin::SSLFilter::Cleanup();
+#endif
+  bin::Process::Cleanup();
+}
+
 Dart_Isolate CreateKernelServiceIsolate(const IsolateCreationData& data,
                                         const uint8_t* buffer,
                                         intptr_t buffer_size,
diff --git a/runtime/bin/dart_io_api_impl.cc b/runtime/bin/dart_io_api_impl.cc
index e8ab2adc936..18be4c8e14e 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/dart_io_api_impl.cc
+++ b/runtime/bin/dart_io_api_impl.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "bin/io_natives.h"
 #include "bin/platform.h"
 #include "bin/process.h"
+#include "bin/secure_socket_filter.h"
 #include "bin/thread.h"
 #include "bin/utils.h"
 
@@ -19,11 +20,19 @@ namespace bin {
 void BootstrapDartIo() {
   // Bootstrap 'dart:io' event handler.
   TimerUtils::InitOnce();
+  Process::Init();
+#if !defined(DART_IO_SECURE_SOCKET_DISABLED)
+  SSLFilter::Init();
+#endif
   EventHandler::Start();
 }
 
 void CleanupDartIo() {
   EventHandler::Stop();
+#if !defined(DART_IO_SECURE_SOCKET_DISABLED)
+  SSLFilter::Cleanup();
+#endif
+  Process::Cleanup();
 }
 
 void SetSystemTempDirectory(const char* system_temp) {
diff --git a/runtime/bin/main.cc b/runtime/bin/main.cc
index e1a5afe2a2e..ac3baa542ae 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/main.cc
+++ b/runtime/bin/main.cc
@@ -860,8 +860,7 @@ bool RunMainIsolate(const char* script_name, CommandLineOptions* dart_options) {
       Syslog::PrintErr("VM cleanup failed: %s\n", error);
       free(error);
     }
-    Process::ClearAllSignalHandlers();
-    EventHandler::Stop();
+    dart::embedder::Cleanup();
     Platform::Exit((exit_code != 0) ? exit_code : kErrorExitCode);
   }
   main_isolate = isolate;
@@ -1190,7 +1189,7 @@ void main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
   error = Dart_Initialize(&init_params);
   if (error != NULL) {
-    EventHandler::Stop();
+    dart::embedder::Cleanup();
     Syslog::PrintErr("VM initialization failed: %s\n", error);
     free(error);
     Platform::Exit(kErrorExitCode);
@@ -1214,8 +1213,8 @@ void main(int argc, char** argv) {
     Syslog::PrintErr("VM cleanup failed: %s\n", error);
     free(error);
   }
-  Process::ClearAllSignalHandlers();
-  EventHandler::Stop();
+  const intptr_t global_exit_code = Process::GlobalExitCode();
+  dart::embedder::Cleanup();
 
   delete app_snapshot;
   free(app_script_uri);
@@ -1230,7 +1229,7 @@ void main(int argc, char** argv) {
   // Free environment if any.
   Options::DestroyEnvironment();
 
-  Platform::Exit(Process::GlobalExitCode());
+  Platform::Exit(global_exit_code);
 }
 
 }  // namespace bin
diff --git a/runtime/bin/process.h b/runtime/bin/process.h
index 4f34a36c311..a1aa3b9d72f 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/process.h
+++ b/runtime/bin/process.h
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ enum ProcessStartMode {
 
 class Process {
  public:
+  static void Init();
+  static void Cleanup();
+
   // Start a new process providing access to stdin, stdout, stderr and
   // process exit streams.
   static int Start(Namespace* namespc,
diff --git a/runtime/bin/process_android.cc b/runtime/bin/process_android.cc
index 44df4d692d2..2a01538f121 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/process_android.cc
+++ b/runtime/bin/process_android.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace dart {
 namespace bin {
 
 int Process::global_exit_code_ = 0;
-Mutex* Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = new Mutex();
+Mutex* Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = nullptr;
 Process::ExitHook Process::exit_hook_ = NULL;
 
 // ProcessInfo is used to map a process id to the file descriptor for
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class ProcessInfo {
 // started from Dart.
 class ProcessInfoList {
  public:
+  static void Init();
+  static void Cleanup();
+
   static void AddProcess(pid_t pid, intptr_t fd) {
     MutexLocker locker(mutex_);
     ProcessInfo* info = new ProcessInfo(pid, fd);
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ class ProcessInfoList {
 };
 
 ProcessInfo* ProcessInfoList::active_processes_ = NULL;
-Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = nullptr;
 
 // The exit code handler sets up a separate thread which waits for child
 // processes to terminate. That separate thread can then get the exit code from
@@ -127,6 +130,9 @@ Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
 // event loop.
 class ExitCodeHandler {
  public:
+  static void Init();
+  static void Cleanup();
+
   // Notify the ExitCodeHandler that another process exists.
   static void ProcessStarted() {
     // Multiple isolates could be starting processes at the same
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ class ExitCodeHandler {
 bool ExitCodeHandler::running_ = false;
 int ExitCodeHandler::process_count_ = 0;
 bool ExitCodeHandler::terminate_done_ = false;
-Monitor* ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = new Monitor();
+Monitor* ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = nullptr;
 
 class ProcessStarter {
  public:
@@ -953,7 +959,7 @@ int64_t Process::MaxRSS() {
   return usage.ru_maxrss * KB;
 }
 
-static Mutex* signal_mutex = new Mutex();
+static Mutex* signal_mutex = nullptr;
 static SignalInfo* signal_handlers = NULL;
 static const int kSignalsCount = 7;
 static const int kSignals[kSignalsCount] = {
@@ -1057,6 +1063,54 @@ void Process::ClearSignalHandler(intptr_t signal, Dart_Port port) {
   }
 }
 
+void ProcessInfoList::Init() {
+  ASSERT(ProcessInfoList::mutex_ == nullptr);
+  ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+}
+
+void ProcessInfoList::Cleanup() {
+  ASSERT(ProcessInfoList::mutex_ != nullptr);
+  delete ProcessInfoList::mutex_;
+  ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+void ExitCodeHandler::Init() {
+  ASSERT(ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ == nullptr);
+  ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = new Monitor();
+}
+
+void ExitCodeHandler::Cleanup() {
+  ASSERT(ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ != nullptr);
+  delete ExitCodeHandler::monitor_;
+  ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+void Process::Init() {
+  ExitCodeHandler::Init();
+  ProcessInfoList::Init();
+
+  ASSERT(signal_mutex == nullptr);
+  signal_mutex = new Mutex();
+
+  ASSERT(Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ == nullptr);
+  Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = new Mutex();
+}
+
+void Process::Cleanup() {
+  ClearAllSignalHandlers();
+
+  ASSERT(signal_mutex != nullptr);
+  delete signal_mutex;
+  signal_mutex = nullptr;
+
+  ASSERT(Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ != nullptr);
+  delete Process::global_exit_code_mutex_;
+  Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = nullptr;
+
+  ProcessInfoList::Cleanup();
+  ExitCodeHandler::Cleanup();
+}
+
 }  // namespace bin
 }  // namespace dart
 
diff --git a/runtime/bin/process_fuchsia.cc b/runtime/bin/process_fuchsia.cc
index 087d875d5a1..bbf938755b3 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/process_fuchsia.cc
+++ b/runtime/bin/process_fuchsia.cc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace dart {
 namespace bin {
 
 int Process::global_exit_code_ = 0;
-Mutex* Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = new Mutex();
+Mutex* Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = nullptr;
 Process::ExitHook Process::exit_hook_ = NULL;
 
 // ProcessInfo is used to map a process id to the file descriptor for
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class ProcessInfoList {
 };
 
 ProcessInfo* ProcessInfoList::active_processes_ = NULL;
-Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = nullptr;
 
 // The exit code handler sets up a separate thread which waits for child
 // processes to terminate. That separate thread can then get the exit code from
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class ExitCodeHandler {
 zx_handle_t ExitCodeHandler::port_ = ZX_HANDLE_INVALID;
 bool ExitCodeHandler::running_ = false;
 bool ExitCodeHandler::terminate_done_ = false;
-Monitor* ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = new Monitor();
+Monitor* ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = nullptr;
 
 void Process::TerminateExitCodeHandler() {
   ExitCodeHandler::Terminate();
@@ -812,6 +812,54 @@ intptr_t Process::SetSignalHandler(intptr_t signal) {
 
 void Process::ClearSignalHandler(intptr_t signal, Dart_Port port) {}
 
+void ProcessInfoList::Init() {
+  ASSERT(ProcessInfoList::mutex_ == nullptr);
+  ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+}
+
+void ProcessInfoList::Cleanup() {
+  ASSERT(ProcessInfoList::mutex_ != nullptr);
+  delete ProcessInfoList::mutex_;
+  ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+void ExitCodeHandler::Init() {
+  ASSERT(ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ == nullptr);
+  ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = new Monitor();
+}
+
+void ExitCodeHandler::Cleanup() {
+  ASSERT(ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ != nullptr);
+  delete ExitCodeHandler::monitor_;
+  ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+void Process::Init() {
+  ExitCodeHandler::Init();
+  ProcessInfoList::Init();
+
+  ASSERT(signal_mutex == nullptr);
+  signal_mutex = new Mutex();
+
+  ASSERT(Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ == nullptr);
+  Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = new Mutex();
+}
+
+void Process::Cleanup() {
+  ClearAllSignalHandlers();
+
+  ASSERT(signal_mutex != nullptr);
+  delete signal_mutex;
+  signal_mutex = nullptr;
+
+  ASSERT(Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ != nullptr);
+  delete Process::global_exit_code_mutex_;
+  Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = nullptr;
+
+  ProcessInfoList::Cleanup();
+  ExitCodeHandler::Cleanup();
+}
+
 }  // namespace bin
 }  // namespace dart
 
diff --git a/runtime/bin/process_linux.cc b/runtime/bin/process_linux.cc
index 5d82e1b8f8d..0f4106e5e8c 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/process_linux.cc
+++ b/runtime/bin/process_linux.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace dart {
 namespace bin {
 
 int Process::global_exit_code_ = 0;
-Mutex* Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = new Mutex();
+Mutex* Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = nullptr;
 Process::ExitHook Process::exit_hook_ = NULL;
 
 // ProcessInfo is used to map a process id to the file descriptor for
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class ProcessInfo {
 // started from Dart.
 class ProcessInfoList {
  public:
+  static void Init();
+  static void Cleanup();
+
   static void AddProcess(pid_t pid, intptr_t fd) {
     MutexLocker locker(mutex_);
     ProcessInfo* info = new ProcessInfo(pid, fd);
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ class ProcessInfoList {
 };
 
 ProcessInfo* ProcessInfoList::active_processes_ = NULL;
-Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = nullptr;
 
 // The exit code handler sets up a separate thread which waits for child
 // processes to terminate. That separate thread can then get the exit code from
@@ -127,6 +130,9 @@ Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
 // event loop.
 class ExitCodeHandler {
  public:
+  static void Init();
+  static void Cleanup();
+
   // Notify the ExitCodeHandler that another process exists.
   static void ProcessStarted() {
     // Multiple isolates could be starting processes at the same
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ class ExitCodeHandler {
 bool ExitCodeHandler::running_ = false;
 int ExitCodeHandler::process_count_ = 0;
 bool ExitCodeHandler::terminate_done_ = false;
-Monitor* ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = new Monitor();
+Monitor* ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = nullptr;
 
 class ProcessStarter {
  public:
@@ -952,7 +958,7 @@ int64_t Process::MaxRSS() {
   return usage.ru_maxrss * KB;
 }
 
-static Mutex* signal_mutex = new Mutex();
+static Mutex* signal_mutex = nullptr;
 static SignalInfo* signal_handlers = NULL;
 static const int kSignalsCount = 7;
 static const int kSignals[kSignalsCount] = {
@@ -1053,6 +1059,54 @@ void Process::ClearSignalHandler(intptr_t signal, Dart_Port port) {
   }
 }
 
+void ProcessInfoList::Init() {
+  ASSERT(ProcessInfoList::mutex_ == nullptr);
+  ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+}
+
+void ProcessInfoList::Cleanup() {
+  ASSERT(ProcessInfoList::mutex_ != nullptr);
+  delete ProcessInfoList::mutex_;
+  ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+void ExitCodeHandler::Init() {
+  ASSERT(ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ == nullptr);
+  ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = new Monitor();
+}
+
+void ExitCodeHandler::Cleanup() {
+  ASSERT(ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ != nullptr);
+  delete ExitCodeHandler::monitor_;
+  ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+void Process::Init() {
+  ExitCodeHandler::Init();
+  ProcessInfoList::Init();
+
+  ASSERT(signal_mutex == nullptr);
+  signal_mutex = new Mutex();
+
+  ASSERT(Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ == nullptr);
+  Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = new Mutex();
+}
+
+void Process::Cleanup() {
+  ClearAllSignalHandlers();
+
+  ASSERT(signal_mutex != nullptr);
+  delete signal_mutex;
+  signal_mutex = nullptr;
+
+  ASSERT(Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ != nullptr);
+  delete Process::global_exit_code_mutex_;
+  Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = nullptr;
+
+  ProcessInfoList::Cleanup();
+  ExitCodeHandler::Cleanup();
+}
+
 }  // namespace bin
 }  // namespace dart
 
diff --git a/runtime/bin/process_macos.cc b/runtime/bin/process_macos.cc
index 536b1b33c01..df673481758 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/process_macos.cc
+++ b/runtime/bin/process_macos.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace dart {
 namespace bin {
 
 int Process::global_exit_code_ = 0;
-Mutex* Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = new Mutex();
+Mutex* Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = nullptr;
 Process::ExitHook Process::exit_hook_ = NULL;
 
 // ProcessInfo is used to map a process id to the file descriptor for
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ class ProcessInfo {
 // started from Dart.
 class ProcessInfoList {
  public:
+  static void Init();
+  static void Cleanup();
+
   static void AddProcess(pid_t pid, intptr_t fd) {
     MutexLocker locker(mutex_);
     ProcessInfo* info = new ProcessInfo(pid, fd);
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ class ProcessInfoList {
 };
 
 ProcessInfo* ProcessInfoList::active_processes_ = NULL;
-Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = nullptr;
 
 // The exit code handler sets up a separate thread which waits for child
 // processes to terminate. That separate thread can then get the exit code from
@@ -126,6 +129,9 @@ Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
 // event loop.
 class ExitCodeHandler {
  public:
+  static void Init();
+  static void Cleanup();
+
   // Notify the ExitCodeHandler that another process exists.
   static void ProcessStarted() {
     // Multiple isolates could be starting processes at the same
@@ -237,7 +243,7 @@ class ExitCodeHandler {
 bool ExitCodeHandler::running_ = false;
 int ExitCodeHandler::process_count_ = 0;
 bool ExitCodeHandler::terminate_done_ = false;
-Monitor* ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = new Monitor();
+Monitor* ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = nullptr;
 
 class ProcessStarter {
  public:
@@ -976,7 +982,7 @@ int64_t Process::MaxRSS() {
   return usage.ru_maxrss;
 }
 
-static Mutex* signal_mutex = new Mutex();
+static Mutex* signal_mutex = nullptr;
 static SignalInfo* signal_handlers = NULL;
 static const int kSignalsCount = 7;
 static const int kSignals[kSignalsCount] = {
@@ -1089,6 +1095,54 @@ void Process::ClearSignalHandler(intptr_t signal, Dart_Port port) {
   }
 }
 
+void ProcessInfoList::Init() {
+  ASSERT(ProcessInfoList::mutex_ == nullptr);
+  ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+}
+
+void ProcessInfoList::Cleanup() {
+  ASSERT(ProcessInfoList::mutex_ != nullptr);
+  delete ProcessInfoList::mutex_;
+  ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+void ExitCodeHandler::Init() {
+  ASSERT(ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ == nullptr);
+  ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = new Monitor();
+}
+
+void ExitCodeHandler::Cleanup() {
+  ASSERT(ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ != nullptr);
+  delete ExitCodeHandler::monitor_;
+  ExitCodeHandler::monitor_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+void Process::Init() {
+  ExitCodeHandler::Init();
+  ProcessInfoList::Init();
+
+  ASSERT(signal_mutex == nullptr);
+  signal_mutex = new Mutex();
+
+  ASSERT(Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ == nullptr);
+  Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = new Mutex();
+}
+
+void Process::Cleanup() {
+  ClearAllSignalHandlers();
+
+  ASSERT(signal_mutex != nullptr);
+  delete signal_mutex;
+  signal_mutex = nullptr;
+
+  ASSERT(Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ != nullptr);
+  delete Process::global_exit_code_mutex_;
+  Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = nullptr;
+
+  ProcessInfoList::Cleanup();
+  ExitCodeHandler::Cleanup();
+}
+
 }  // namespace bin
 }  // namespace dart
 
diff --git a/runtime/bin/process_win.cc b/runtime/bin/process_win.cc
index 4c3c1de140d..564886729c8 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/process_win.cc
+++ b/runtime/bin/process_win.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static const int kReadHandle = 0;
 static const int kWriteHandle = 1;
 
 int Process::global_exit_code_ = 0;
-Mutex* Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = new Mutex();
+Mutex* Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = nullptr;
 Process::ExitHook Process::exit_hook_ = NULL;
 
 // ProcessInfo is used to map a process id to the process handle,
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ class ProcessInfo {
 // started from Dart.
 class ProcessInfoList {
  public:
+  static void Init();
+  static void Cleanup();
+
   static void AddProcess(DWORD pid, HANDLE handle, HANDLE pipe) {
     // Register a callback to extract the exit code, when the process
     // is signaled.  The callback runs in a independent thread from the OS pool.
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ class ProcessInfoList {
 };
 
 ProcessInfo* ProcessInfoList::active_processes_ = NULL;
-Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+Mutex* ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = nullptr;
 
 // Types of pipes to create.
 enum NamedPipeType { kInheritRead, kInheritWrite, kInheritNone };
@@ -331,12 +334,13 @@ static InitProcThreadAttrListFn init_proc_thread_attr_list = NULL;
 static UpdateProcThreadAttrFn update_proc_thread_attr = NULL;
 static DeleteProcThreadAttrListFn delete_proc_thread_attr_list = NULL;
 
+static Mutex* initialized_mutex = nullptr;
+static bool load_attempted = false;
+
 static bool EnsureInitialized() {
-  static bool load_attempted = false;
-  static Mutex* mutex = new Mutex();
   HMODULE kernel32_module = GetModuleHandleW(L"kernel32.dll");
   if (!load_attempted) {
-    MutexLocker locker(mutex);
+    MutexLocker locker(initialized_mutex);
     if (load_attempted) {
       return (delete_proc_thread_attr_list != NULL);
     }
@@ -943,7 +947,7 @@ int64_t Process::MaxRSS() {
 }
 
 static SignalInfo* signal_handlers = NULL;
-static Mutex* signal_mutex = new Mutex();
+static Mutex* signal_mutex = nullptr;
 
 SignalInfo::~SignalInfo() {
   FileHandle* file_handle = reinterpret_cast<FileHandle*>(fd_);
@@ -1051,6 +1055,48 @@ void Process::ClearSignalHandler(intptr_t signal, Dart_Port port) {
   }
 }
 
+void ProcessInfoList::Init() {
+  ASSERT(ProcessInfoList::mutex_ == nullptr);
+  ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+}
+
+void ProcessInfoList::Cleanup() {
+  ASSERT(ProcessInfoList::mutex_ != nullptr);
+  delete ProcessInfoList::mutex_;
+  ProcessInfoList::mutex_ = nullptr;
+}
+
+void Process::Init() {
+  ProcessInfoList::Init();
+
+  ASSERT(signal_mutex == nullptr);
+  signal_mutex = new Mutex();
+
+  ASSERT(initialized_mutex == nullptr);
+  initialized_mutex = new Mutex();
+
+  ASSERT(Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ == nullptr);
+  Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = new Mutex();
+}
+
+void Process::Cleanup() {
+  ClearAllSignalHandlers();
+
+  ASSERT(signal_mutex != nullptr);
+  delete signal_mutex;
+  signal_mutex = nullptr;
+
+  ASSERT(initialized_mutex != nullptr);
+  delete initialized_mutex;
+  initialized_mutex = nullptr;
+
+  ASSERT(Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ != nullptr);
+  delete Process::global_exit_code_mutex_;
+  Process::global_exit_code_mutex_ = nullptr;
+
+  ProcessInfoList::Cleanup();
+}
+
 }  // namespace bin
 }  // namespace dart
 
diff --git a/runtime/bin/run_vm_tests.cc b/runtime/bin/run_vm_tests.cc
index e99cd4e4dfb..5e44275b9d5 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/run_vm_tests.cc
+++ b/runtime/bin/run_vm_tests.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "bin/file.h"
 #include "bin/loader.h"
 #include "bin/platform.h"
+#include "bin/process.h"
 #include "bin/snapshot_utils.h"
 #include "bin/thread.h"
 #include "bin/utils.h"
@@ -355,6 +356,7 @@ static int Main(int argc, const char** argv) {
   }
 
   bin::TimerUtils::InitOnce();
+  bin::Process::Init();
   bin::EventHandler::Start();
 
   char* error = Flags::ProcessCommandLineFlags(dart_argc, dart_argv);
@@ -393,6 +395,7 @@ static int Main(int argc, const char** argv) {
   // Apply the filter to all registered benchmarks.
   Benchmark::RunAll(argv[0]);
 
+  bin::Process::TerminateExitCodeHandler();
   error = Dart::Cleanup();
   if (error != nullptr) {
     Syslog::PrintErr("Failed shutdown VM: %s\n", error);
@@ -403,6 +406,7 @@ static int Main(int argc, const char** argv) {
   TestCaseBase::RunAllRaw();
 
   bin::EventHandler::Stop();
+  bin::Process::Cleanup();
 
   // Print a warning message if no tests or benchmarks were matched.
   if (run_matches == 0) {
diff --git a/runtime/bin/secure_socket_filter.cc b/runtime/bin/secure_socket_filter.cc
index d61c5cb4123..a713441fc55 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/secure_socket_filter.cc
+++ b/runtime/bin/secure_socket_filter.cc
@@ -30,9 +30,20 @@ namespace bin {
 
 bool SSLFilter::library_initialized_ = false;
 // To protect library initialization.
-Mutex* SSLFilter::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+Mutex* SSLFilter::mutex_ = nullptr;
 int SSLFilter::filter_ssl_index;
 
+void SSLFilter::Init() {
+  ASSERT(SSLFilter::mutex_ == nullptr);
+  SSLFilter::mutex_ = new Mutex();
+}
+
+void SSLFilter::Cleanup() {
+  ASSERT(SSLFilter::mutex_ != nullptr);
+  delete SSLFilter::mutex_;
+  SSLFilter::mutex_ = nullptr;
+}
+
 const intptr_t SSLFilter::kInternalBIOSize = 10 * KB;
 const intptr_t SSLFilter::kApproximateSize =
     sizeof(SSLFilter) + (2 * SSLFilter::kInternalBIOSize);
diff --git a/runtime/bin/secure_socket_filter.h b/runtime/bin/secure_socket_filter.h
index e09f0e6f8f5..70ad32e54ff 100644
--- a/runtime/bin/secure_socket_filter.h
+++ b/runtime/bin/secure_socket_filter.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ extern unsigned int root_certificates_pem_length;
 
 class SSLFilter : public ReferenceCounted<SSLFilter> {
  public:
+  static void Init();
+  static void Cleanup();
+
   // These enums must agree with those in sdk/lib/io/secure_socket.dart.
   enum BufferIndex {
     kReadPlaintext,
diff --git a/runtime/include/dart_embedder_api.h b/runtime/include/dart_embedder_api.h
index c9860ddd5ec..e565ebf6ee9 100644
--- a/runtime/include/dart_embedder_api.h
+++ b/runtime/include/dart_embedder_api.h
@@ -12,10 +12,20 @@ namespace dart {
 namespace embedder {
 
 // Initialize all subsystems of the embedder.
+//
+// Must be called before the `Dart_Initialize()` call to initialize the
+// Dart VM.
+//
 // Returns true on success and false otherwise, in which case error would
 // contain error message.
 DART_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT bool InitOnce(char** error);
 
+// Cleans up all subsystems of the embedder.
+//
+// Must be called after the `Dart_Cleanup()` call to initialize the
+// Dart VM.
+void Cleanup();
+
 // Common arguments that are passed to isolate creation callback and to
 // API methods that create isolates.
 struct IsolateCreationData {