diff --git a/include/v8-platform.h b/include/v8-platform.h
index be9e5c0c6b..c6cba0f982 100644
--- a/include/v8-platform.h
+++ b/include/v8-platform.h
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ class Task {
   virtual void Run() = 0;
 };
 
+
+/**
+* An IdleTask represents a unit of work to be performed in idle time.
+* The Run method is invoked with an argument that specifies the deadline in
+* seconds returned by MonotonicallyIncreasingTime().
+* The idle task is expected to complete by this deadline.
+*/
+class IdleTask {
+ public:
+  virtual ~IdleTask() {}
+  virtual void Run(double deadline_in_seconds) = 0;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * V8 Platform abstraction layer.
  *
@@ -63,10 +77,28 @@ class Platform {
    * scheduling. The definition of "foreground" is opaque to V8.
    */
   virtual void CallDelayedOnForegroundThread(Isolate* isolate, Task* task,
-                                             double delay_in_seconds) {
+                                             double delay_in_seconds) = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * Schedules a task to be invoked on a foreground thread wrt a specific
+   * |isolate| when the embedder is idle.
+   * Requires that SupportsIdleTasks(isolate) is true.
+   * Idle tasks may be reordered relative to other task types and may be
+   * starved for an arbitrarily long time if no idle time is available.
+   * The definition of "foreground" is opaque to V8.
+   */
+  virtual void CallIdleOnForegroundThread(Isolate* isolate, IdleTask* task) {
     // TODO(ulan): Make this function abstract after V8 roll in Chromium.
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns true if idle tasks are enabled for the given |isolate|.
+   */
+  virtual bool IdleTasksEnabled(Isolate* isolate) {
+    // TODO(ulan): Make this function abstract after V8 roll in Chromium.
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Monotonically increasing time in seconds from an arbitrary fixed point in
    * the past. This function is expected to return at least
diff --git a/src/libplatform/default-platform.cc b/src/libplatform/default-platform.cc
index b41c5852a8..ddceab5457 100644
--- a/src/libplatform/default-platform.cc
+++ b/src/libplatform/default-platform.cc
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ void DefaultPlatform::CallDelayedOnForegroundThread(Isolate* isolate,
 }
 
 
+void DefaultPlatform::CallIdleOnForegroundThread(Isolate* isolate,
+                                                 IdleTask* task) {
+  UNREACHABLE();
+}
+
+
+bool DefaultPlatform::IdleTasksEnabled(Isolate* isolate) { return false; }
+
+
 double DefaultPlatform::MonotonicallyIncreasingTime() {
   return base::TimeTicks::HighResolutionNow().ToInternalValue() /
          static_cast<double>(base::Time::kMicrosecondsPerSecond);
diff --git a/src/libplatform/default-platform.h b/src/libplatform/default-platform.h
index fba5803f40..94ef9c5055 100644
--- a/src/libplatform/default-platform.h
+++ b/src/libplatform/default-platform.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ class DefaultPlatform : public Platform {
                                       Task* task) override;
   virtual void CallDelayedOnForegroundThread(Isolate* isolate, Task* task,
                                              double delay_in_seconds) override;
+  virtual void CallIdleOnForegroundThread(Isolate* isolate,
+                                          IdleTask* task) override;
+  virtual bool IdleTasksEnabled(Isolate* isolate) override;
   double MonotonicallyIncreasingTime() override;
 
  private: