diff --git a/public/dart/fuchsia_services/BUILD.gn b/public/dart/fuchsia_services/BUILD.gn
index 4c5d6cc..de06885 100644
--- a/public/dart/fuchsia_services/BUILD.gn
+++ b/public/dart/fuchsia_services/BUILD.gn
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
   sources = [
     "services.dart",
+    "src/environment_service_connection.dart",
     "src/incoming.dart",
     "src/internal/_startup_context_impl.dart",
     "src/outgoing.dart",
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 
 flutter_test("fuchsia_services_package_unittests") {
   sources = [
+    "environment_service_connection_test.dart",
     "service_provider_impl_test.dart",
     "startup_context_test.dart",
   ]
diff --git a/public/dart/fuchsia_services/lib/services.dart b/public/dart/fuchsia_services/lib/services.dart
index 3a6db80..9fdac2c 100644
--- a/public/dart/fuchsia_services/lib/services.dart
+++ b/public/dart/fuchsia_services/lib/services.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 /// The base-level functionality required by any component on Fuchsia.
+export 'src/environment_service_connection.dart';
 export 'src/incoming.dart';
 export 'src/outgoing.dart';
 export 'src/service_provider_impl.dart';
diff --git a/public/dart/fuchsia_services/lib/src/environment_service_connection.dart b/public/dart/fuchsia_services/lib/src/environment_service_connection.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68a6209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/dart/fuchsia_services/lib/src/environment_service_connection.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Fuchsia Authors. 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:fidl/fidl.dart';
+
+import 'startup_context.dart';
+
+/// Deprecated: Connects to the environment service specified by [serviceProxy].
+///
+/// Environment services are services that are implemented by the framework
+/// itself.
+///
+/// Deprecated, instead use
+/// `StartupContext.fromStartupInfo().incoming.connectToService`
+// TODO(MS-2335) remove this class
+void connectToEnvironmentService<T>(AsyncProxy<T> serviceProxy) {
+  StartupContext.fromStartupInfo().incoming.connectToService(serviceProxy);
+}
diff --git a/public/dart/fuchsia_services/test/environment_service_connection_test.dart b/public/dart/fuchsia_services/test/environment_service_connection_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ef8a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/dart/fuchsia_services/test/environment_service_connection_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// ignore_for_file: implementation_imports
+import 'package:fidl/fidl.dart';
+import 'package:fuchsia_services/services.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  group('connectToEnvironmentService', () {
+    test('throws if serviceProxy is null', () {
+      expect(
+          () =>
+              StartupContext.fromStartupInfo().incoming.connectToService(null),
+          throwsArgumentError);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+class FakeAsyncProxy<T> extends AsyncProxy<T> {
+  String serviceName;
+  String interfaceName;
+  FakeAsyncProxy(this.serviceName, this.interfaceName)
+      : super(AsyncProxyController(
+          $serviceName: serviceName,
+          $interfaceName: interfaceName,
+        ));
+}