diff --git a/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents.cc b/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents.cc
index ca3bded4a4..5e3af6013d 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents.cc
@@ -2,10 +2,18 @@
 
 #include "browser/inspectable_web_contents_impl.h"
 
+#include "content/public/browser/web_contents_view.h"
+
 namespace brightray {
 
 InspectableWebContents* InspectableWebContents::Create(const content::WebContents::CreateParams& create_params) {
-  return Create(content::WebContents::Create(create_params));
+  auto contents = content::WebContents::Create(create_params);
+#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
+  // Work around http://crbug.com/279472.
+  contents->GetView()->SetAllowOverlappingViews(true);
+#endif
+
+  return Create(contents);
 }
 
 InspectableWebContents* InspectableWebContents::Create(content::WebContents* web_contents) {
diff --git a/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents_impl.cc b/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents_impl.cc
index 341521cf9b..935026df31 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents_impl.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/inspectable_web_contents_impl.cc
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ content::WebContents* InspectableWebContentsImpl::GetWebContents() const {
 void InspectableWebContentsImpl::ShowDevTools() {
   if (!devtools_web_contents_) {
     devtools_web_contents_.reset(content::WebContents::Create(content::WebContents::CreateParams(web_contents_->GetBrowserContext())));
+
+#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
+    // Work around http://crbug.com/279472.
+    devtools_web_contents_->GetView()->SetAllowOverlappingViews(true);
+#endif
+
     Observe(devtools_web_contents_.get());
     devtools_web_contents_->SetDelegate(this);