diff --git a/src/native/monodroid/embedded-assemblies.cc b/src/native/monodroid/embedded-assemblies.cc
index 07eddf61114..57733c6349e 100644
--- a/src/native/monodroid/embedded-assemblies.cc
+++ b/src/native/monodroid/embedded-assemblies.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "xamarin-app.hh"
 #include "cpp-util.hh"
 #include "monodroid-glue-internal.hh"
+#include "monodroid-state.hh"
 #include "startup-aware-lock.hh"
 #include "timing-internal.hh"
 #include "search.hh"
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ EmbeddedAssemblies::map_runtime_file (XamarinAndroidBundledAssembly& file) noexc
 		close (fd);
 	}
 
-	if (MonodroidRuntime::is_startup_in_progress ()) {
+	if (MonodroidState::is_startup_in_progress ()) {
 		file.data = static_cast<uint8_t*>(map_info.area);
 	} else {
 		uint8_t *expected_null = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/native/monodroid/monodroid-glue-internal.hh b/src/native/monodroid/monodroid-glue-internal.hh
index a8245495dd4..9f6a39d1b84 100644
--- a/src/native/monodroid/monodroid-glue-internal.hh
+++ b/src/native/monodroid/monodroid-glue-internal.hh
@@ -170,11 +170,6 @@ namespace xamarin::android::internal
 
 		jint Java_JNI_OnLoad (JavaVM *vm, void *reserved);
 
-		static bool is_startup_in_progress () noexcept
-		{
-			return startup_in_progress;
-		}
-
 		int get_android_api_level () const
 		{
 			return android_api_level;
@@ -341,7 +336,6 @@ namespace xamarin::android::internal
 		 * able to switch our different contexts from different threads.
 		 */
 		int                 current_context_id = -1;
-		static bool         startup_in_progress;
 
 		jnienv_register_jni_natives_fn jnienv_register_jni_natives = nullptr;
 		MonoAssemblyLoadContextGCHandle default_alc = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/native/monodroid/monodroid-glue.cc b/src/native/monodroid/monodroid-glue.cc
index 49cd5871b2b..f4328e9c7d9 100644
--- a/src/native/monodroid/monodroid-glue.cc
+++ b/src/native/monodroid/monodroid-glue.cc
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #include "timing-internal.hh"
 #include "search.hh"
 #include "runtime-util.hh"
+#include "monodroid-state.hh"
 
 //#include "xamarin_getifaddrs.h"
 
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@ MonoCoreRuntimeProperties MonodroidRuntime::monovm_core_properties = {
 };
 
 std::mutex MonodroidRuntime::dso_handle_write_lock;
-bool MonodroidRuntime::startup_in_progress = true;
 
 void
 MonodroidRuntime::thread_start ([[maybe_unused]] MonoProfiler *prof, [[maybe_unused]] uintptr_t tid)
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ MonodroidRuntime::monodroid_dlopen_log_and_return (void *handle, char **err, con
 force_inline void*
 MonodroidRuntime::monodroid_dlopen_ignore_component_or_load ([[maybe_unused]] hash_t name_hash, const char *name, int flags, char **err) noexcept
 {
-	if (startup_in_progress) {
+	if (MonodroidState::is_startup_in_progress ()) {
 		auto ignore_component = [&](const char *label, MonoComponent component) -> bool {
 			if ((application_config.mono_components_mask & component) != component) {
 				log_info (LOG_ASSEMBLY, "Mono '%s' component requested but not packaged, ignoring", label);
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ MonodroidRuntime::Java_mono_android_Runtime_initInternal (JNIEnv *env, jclass kl
 		xamarin_app_init (env, get_function_pointer_at_runtime);
 	}
 #endif // def RELEASE && def ANDROID && def NET
-	startup_in_progress = false;
+	MonodroidState::mark_startup_done ();
 }
 
 JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL
diff --git a/src/native/monodroid/timing-internal.hh b/src/native/monodroid/timing-internal.hh
index 519b98cb28e..076335e891b 100644
--- a/src/native/monodroid/timing-internal.hh
+++ b/src/native/monodroid/timing-internal.hh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "strings.hh"
 #include "util.hh"
 #include "shared-constants.hh"
+#include "monodroid-state.hh"
 
 namespace xamarin::android::internal
 {
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ namespace xamarin::android::internal
 			TimingEvent &ev = events[index];
 			mark (ev.start);
 			ev.kind = kind;
-			ev.before_managed = MonodroidRuntime::is_startup_in_progress ();
+			ev.before_managed = MonodroidState::is_startup_in_progress ();
 			ev.more_info = nullptr;
 
 			return index;
diff --git a/src/native/monodroid/timing.cc b/src/native/monodroid/timing.cc
index 023b16271ec..a0e8e1699f2 100644
--- a/src/native/monodroid/timing.cc
+++ b/src/native/monodroid/timing.cc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "timing.hh"
 #include "timing-internal.hh"
 
 using namespace xamarin::android;
diff --git a/src/native/runtime-base/monodroid-state.hh b/src/native/runtime-base/monodroid-state.hh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..642e35cb120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/native/runtime-base/monodroid-state.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace xamarin::android::internal
+{
+	class MonodroidState
+	{
+	public:
+		static bool is_startup_in_progress () noexcept
+		{
+			return startup_in_progress;
+		}
+
+		static void mark_startup_done ()
+		{
+			startup_in_progress = false;
+		}
+
+	private:
+		inline static bool startup_in_progress = true;
+	};
+}
diff --git a/src/native/monodroid/startup-aware-lock.hh b/src/native/runtime-base/startup-aware-lock.hh
similarity index 79%
rename from src/native/monodroid/startup-aware-lock.hh
rename to src/native/runtime-base/startup-aware-lock.hh
index 9800370bcec..b8cd7820ddf 100644
--- a/src/native/monodroid/startup-aware-lock.hh
+++ b/src/native/runtime-base/startup-aware-lock.hh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef __STARTUP_AWARE_LOCK_HH
 #define __STARTUP_AWARE_LOCK_HH
 
-#include "globals.hh"
+#include "cppcompat.hh"
+#include "monodroid-state.hh"
 
 namespace xamarin::android::internal
 {
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ namespace xamarin::android::internal
 		explicit StartupAwareLock (std::mutex &m)
 			: lock (m)
 		{
-			if (MonodroidRuntime::is_startup_in_progress ()) {
+			if (MonodroidState::is_startup_in_progress ()) {
 				// During startup we run without threads, do nothing
 				return;
 			}
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ namespace xamarin::android::internal
 
 		~StartupAwareLock ()
 		{
-			if (MonodroidRuntime::is_startup_in_progress ()) {
+			if (MonodroidState::is_startup_in_progress ()) {
 				return;
 			}