diff --git a/brightray/browser/mac/bry_inspectable_web_contents_view.mm b/brightray/browser/mac/bry_inspectable_web_contents_view.mm
index afc2f723dbf5..084389dd92c0 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/mac/bry_inspectable_web_contents_view.mm
+++ b/brightray/browser/mac/bry_inspectable_web_contents_view.mm
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ using namespace brightray;
   [contentsView setAutoresizingMask:NSViewWidthSizable | NSViewHeightSizable];
   [self addSubview:contentsView];
 
+  // See https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=348490.
+  [self setWantsLayer:YES];
+
   return self;
 }