diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/app.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/app.coffee
index 3db4582abc7c..9f9f5811d76a 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/app.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/app.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ electron = require 'electron'
 {EventEmitter} = require 'events'
 
 bindings = process.atomBinding 'app'
-sessionBindings = process.atomBinding 'session'
 downloadItemBindings = process.atomBinding 'download_item'
 
 app = bindings.app
@@ -61,11 +60,6 @@ deprecate.event app, 'activate-with-no-open-windows', 'activate', (event, hasVis
 deprecate.event app, 'select-certificate', 'select-client-certificate'
 
 # Wrappers for native classes.
-wrapSession = (session) ->
-  # session is an EventEmitter.
-  session.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
-sessionBindings._setWrapSession wrapSession
-
 wrapDownloadItem = (downloadItem) ->
   # downloadItem is an EventEmitter.
   downloadItem.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/exports/electron.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/exports/electron.coffee
index f0c3b87c987b..3f7d9b1a13fe 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/exports/electron.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/exports/electron.coffee
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ Object.defineProperties module.exports,
   screen:
     enumerable: true
     get: -> require '../screen'
+  session:
+    enumerable: true
+    get: -> require '../session'
   Tray:
     enumerable: true
     get: -> require '../tray'
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/session.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/session.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0fc7b6e0bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/session.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{EventEmitter} = require 'events'
+
+bindings = process.atomBinding 'session'
+
+PERSIST_PERFIX = 'persist:'
+
+exports.fromPartition = (partition='') ->
+  if partition.startsWith PERSIST_PERFIX
+    bindings.fromPartition partition.substr(PERSIST_PERFIX.length), false
+  else
+    bindings.fromPartition partition, true
+
+wrapSession = (session) ->
+  # session is an EventEmitter.
+  session.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+
+bindings._setWrapSession wrapSession
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
index 1a224c7416f5..335928dcea81 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {EventEmitter} = require 'events'
-{deprecate, ipcMain, NavigationController, Menu} = require 'electron'
+{deprecate, ipcMain, session, NavigationController, Menu} = require 'electron'
 
 binding = process.atomBinding 'web_contents'
 
diff --git a/filenames.gypi b/filenames.gypi
index 7e1f3e1827e0..7157079178ee 100644
--- a/filenames.gypi
+++ b/filenames.gypi
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
       'atom/browser/api/lib/power-monitor.coffee',
       'atom/browser/api/lib/power-save-blocker.coffee',
       'atom/browser/api/lib/protocol.coffee',
+      'atom/browser/api/lib/session.coffee',
       'atom/browser/api/lib/screen.coffee',
       'atom/browser/api/lib/tray.coffee',
       'atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee',