diff --git a/ios/Podfile b/ios/Podfile
index f4824c8..98a90b8 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile
+++ b/ios/Podfile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Uncomment this line to define a global platform for your project
 # platform :ios, '9.0'
-source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
 
 # CocoaPods analytics sends network stats synchronously affecting flutter build latency.
 ENV['COCOAPODS_DISABLE_STATS'] = 'true'
@@ -16,49 +15,64 @@ def parse_KV_file(file, separator='=')
   if !File.exists? file_abs_path
     return [];
   end
-  pods_ary = []
+  generated_key_values = {}
   skip_line_start_symbols = ["#", "/"]
-  File.foreach(file_abs_path) { |line|
-      next if skip_line_start_symbols.any? { |symbol| line =~ /^\s*#{symbol}/ }
-      plugin = line.split(pattern=separator)
-      if plugin.length == 2
-        podname = plugin[0].strip()
-        path = plugin[1].strip()
-        podpath = File.expand_path("#{path}", file_abs_path)
-        pods_ary.push({:name => podname, :path => podpath});
-      else
-        puts "Invalid plugin specification: #{line}"
-      end
-  }
-  return pods_ary
+  File.foreach(file_abs_path) do |line|
+    next if skip_line_start_symbols.any? { |symbol| line =~ /^\s*#{symbol}/ }
+    plugin = line.split(pattern=separator)
+    if plugin.length == 2
+      podname = plugin[0].strip()
+      path = plugin[1].strip()
+      podpath = File.expand_path("#{path}", file_abs_path)
+      generated_key_values[podname] = podpath
+    else
+      puts "Invalid plugin specification: #{line}"
+    end
+  end
+  generated_key_values
 end
 
 target 'Runner' do
+  # Flutter Pod
+
+  copied_flutter_dir = File.join(__dir__, 'Flutter')
+  copied_framework_path = File.join(copied_flutter_dir, 'Flutter.framework')
+  copied_podspec_path = File.join(copied_flutter_dir, 'Flutter.podspec')
+  unless File.exist?(copied_framework_path) && File.exist?(copied_podspec_path)
+    # Copy Flutter.framework and Flutter.podspec to Flutter/ to have something to link against if the xcode backend script has not run yet.
+    # That script will copy the correct debug/profile/release version of the framework based on the currently selected Xcode configuration.
+    # CocoaPods will not embed the framework on pod install (before any build phases can generate) if the dylib does not exist.
+
+    generated_xcode_build_settings_path = File.join(copied_flutter_dir, 'Generated.xcconfig')
+    unless File.exist?(generated_xcode_build_settings_path)
+      raise "Generated.xcconfig must exist. If you're running pod install manually, make sure flutter pub get is executed first"
+    end
+    generated_xcode_build_settings = parse_KV_file(generated_xcode_build_settings_path)
+    cached_framework_dir = generated_xcode_build_settings['FLUTTER_FRAMEWORK_DIR'];
+
+    unless File.exist?(copied_framework_path)
+      FileUtils.cp_r(File.join(cached_framework_dir, 'Flutter.framework'), copied_flutter_dir)
+    end
+    unless File.exist?(copied_podspec_path)
+      FileUtils.cp(File.join(cached_framework_dir, 'Flutter.podspec'), copied_flutter_dir)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Keep pod path relative so it can be checked into Podfile.lock.
+  pod 'Flutter', :path => 'Flutter'
+
+  # Plugin Pods
+
   # Prepare symlinks folder. We use symlinks to avoid having Podfile.lock
   # referring to absolute paths on developers' machines.
   system('rm -rf .symlinks')
   system('mkdir -p .symlinks/plugins')
-
-  # Flutter Pods
-  generated_xcode_build_settings = parse_KV_file('./Flutter/Generated.xcconfig')
-  if generated_xcode_build_settings.empty?
-    puts "Generated.xcconfig must exist. If you're running pod install manually, make sure flutter pub get is executed first."
-  end
-  generated_xcode_build_settings.map { |p|
-    if p[:name] == 'FLUTTER_FRAMEWORK_DIR'
-      symlink = File.join('.symlinks', 'flutter')
-      File.symlink(File.dirname(p[:path]), symlink)
-      pod 'Flutter', :path => File.join(symlink, File.basename(p[:path]))
-    end
-  }
-
-  # Plugin Pods
   plugin_pods = parse_KV_file('../.flutter-plugins')
-  plugin_pods.map { |p|
-    symlink = File.join('.symlinks', 'plugins', p[:name])
-    File.symlink(p[:path], symlink)
-    pod p[:name], :path => File.join(symlink, 'ios')
-  }
+  plugin_pods.each do |name, path|
+    symlink = File.join('.symlinks', 'plugins', name)
+    File.symlink(path, symlink)
+    pod name, :path => File.join(symlink, 'ios')
+  end
 end
 
 # Prevent Cocoapods from embedding a second Flutter framework and causing an error with the new Xcode build system.
diff --git a/ios/Podfile.lock b/ios/Podfile.lock
index 9eeb5cf..c7beaa7 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PODS:
-  - FinApplet (2.1.3)
+  - FinApplet (2.8.6)
   - Flutter (1.0.0)
   - mop (0.1.0):
     - FinApplet
     - Flutter
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
-  - Flutter (from `.symlinks/flutter/ios`)
+  - Flutter (from `Flutter`)
   - mop (from `.symlinks/plugins/mop/ios`)
 
 SPEC REPOS:
-  https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git:
+  trunk:
     - FinApplet
 
 EXTERNAL SOURCES:
   Flutter:
-    :path: ".symlinks/flutter/ios"
+    :path: Flutter
   mop:
     :path: ".symlinks/plugins/mop/ios"
 
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
-  FinApplet: 85f4c1b6bee9d811220fe8e6b301314ee30dd271
+  FinApplet: 5eefbc232bce0b1a0532901f31578f3c48b60837
   Flutter: 0e3d915762c693b495b44d77113d4970485de6ec
   mop: e3eac9de90d3e331268e9c9e8308e233e540ad1c
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: b66559db98de00d11e349a06f9e603856ed75d6e
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 3dbe063e9c90a5d7c9e4e76e70a821b9e2c1d271
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.9.1