diff --git a/pkg/compiler/test/record_use/record_use_test.dart b/pkg/compiler/test/record_use/record_use_test.dart
index 4c2da019141..ed81a94f0aa 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/test/record_use/record_use_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/compiler/test/record_use/record_use_test.dart
@@ -231,4 +231,4 @@ Future<String?> compileWithUsages({
       .toString();
 }
 
-const Set<String> dart2jsNotSupported = {};
+const Set<String> dart2jsNotSupported = {'external_function.dart'};
diff --git a/pkg/vm/testcases/transformations/record_use/lib/external_function.dart b/pkg/vm/testcases/transformations/record_use/lib/external_function.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fc12a993db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/vm/testcases/transformations/record_use/lib/external_function.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:meta/meta.dart' show RecordUse;
+
+void main() {
+  print(someExternalFunction(6));
+  print(SomeClass.someExternalStaticMethod(7));
+}
+
+@RecordUse()
+external int someExternalFunction(int k);
+
+class SomeClass {
+  @RecordUse()
+  external static int someExternalStaticMethod(int k);
+}
diff --git a/pkg/vm/testcases/transformations/record_use/lib/external_function.dart.aot.expect b/pkg/vm/testcases/transformations/record_use/lib/external_function.dart.aot.expect
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f13b980e390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/vm/testcases/transformations/record_use/lib/external_function.dart.aot.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+library #lib;
+import self as self;
+import "dart:core" as core;
+import "package:meta/meta.dart" as meta;
+
+import "package:meta/meta.dart" show RecordUse;
+
+abstract class SomeClass extends core::Object {
+
+  [@vm.inferred-return-type.metadata=int]
+  [@vm.unboxing-info.metadata=(i)->i]
+  @#C1
+  external static method someExternalStaticMethod([@vm.inferred-arg-type.metadata=dart.core::_Smi (value: 7)] core::int k) → core::int;
+}
+
+[@vm.inferred-return-type.metadata=dart.core::Null? (value: null)]
+static method main() → void {
+  core::print([@vm.inferred-type.metadata=int] self::someExternalFunction(6));
+  core::print([@vm.inferred-type.metadata=int] self::SomeClass::someExternalStaticMethod(7));
+}
+
+[@vm.inferred-return-type.metadata=int]
+[@vm.unboxing-info.metadata=(i)->i]
+@#C1
+external static method someExternalFunction([@vm.inferred-arg-type.metadata=dart.core::_Smi (value: 6)] core::int k) → core::int;
+constants  {
+  #C1 = meta::RecordUse {}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/vm/testcases/transformations/record_use/lib/external_function.dart.json.expect b/pkg/vm/testcases/transformations/record_use/lib/external_function.dart.json.expect
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ae72176b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/vm/testcases/transformations/record_use/lib/external_function.dart.json.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+{
+  "constants": [
+    {
+      "type": "int",
+      "value": 6
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "int",
+      "value": 7
+    }
+  ],
+  "definitions": [
+    {
+      "path": [
+        {
+          "kind": "class",
+          "name": "SomeClass"
+        },
+        {
+          "disambiguators": [
+            "static"
+          ],
+          "kind": "method",
+          "name": "someExternalStaticMethod"
+        }
+      ],
+      "uri": "package:record_use_test/external_function.dart"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": [
+        {
+          "disambiguators": [
+            "static"
+          ],
+          "kind": "method",
+          "name": "someExternalFunction"
+        }
+      ],
+      "uri": "package:record_use_test/external_function.dart"
+    }
+  ],
+  "loading_units": [
+    {
+      "name": "1"
+    }
+  ],
+  "metadata": {
+    "comment": "Recorded usages of objects tagged with a `RecordUse` annotation.",
+    "version": "0.4.0"
+  },
+  "uses": {
+    "static_calls": [
+      {
+        "definition_index": 0,
+        "uses": [
+          {
+            "loading_unit_indices": [
+              0
+            ],
+            "positional": [
+              1
+            ],
+            "type": "with_arguments"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "definition_index": 1,
+        "uses": [
+          {
+            "loading_unit_indices": [
+              0
+            ],
+            "positional": [
+              0
+            ],
+            "type": "with_arguments"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
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