diff --git a/ports/cef/lib.rs b/ports/cef/lib.rs
index cd96f974d6c..5391c571799 100644
--- a/ports/cef/lib.rs
+++ b/ports/cef/lib.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ pub mod string;
 pub mod string_list;
 pub mod string_map;
 pub mod string_multimap;
+pub mod switches;
 pub mod task;
 pub mod types;
 pub mod urlrequest;
diff --git a/ports/cef/switches.rs b/ports/cef/switches.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0638397ae65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/cef/switches.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+// values taken from chromium/base/base_switches.cc
+
+// Disables the crash reporting.
+pub static KDISABLEBREAKPAD: &'static str               = "disable-breakpad";
+
+// Indicates that crash reporting should be enabled. On platforms where helper
+// processes cannot access to files needed to make this decision, this flag is
+// generated internally.
+pub static KENABLECRASHREPORTER: &'static str           = "enable-crash-reporter";
+
+// Generates full memory crash dump.
+pub static KFULLMEMORYCRASHREPORT: &'static str         = "full-memory-crash-report";
+
+// The value of this switch determines whether the process is started as a
+// renderer or plugin host.  If it's empty, it's the browser.
+pub static KPROCESSTYPE: &'static str                   = "type";
+
+// Suppresses all error dialogs when present.
+pub static KNOERRDIALOGS: &'static str                = "noerrdialogs";
+
+// When running certain tests that spawn child processes, this switch indicates
+// to the test framework that the current process is a child process.
+pub static KTESTCHILDPROCESS: &'static str              = "test-child-process";
+
+// Gives the default maximal active V-logging level; 0 is the default.
+// Normally positive values are used for V-logging levels.
+pub static KV: &'static str                             = "v";
+
+// Gives the per-module maximal V-logging levels to override the value
+// given by --v.  E.g. "my_module=2,foo*=3" would change the logging
+// level for all code in source files "my_module.*" and "foo*.*"
+// ("-inl" suffixes are also disregarded for this matching).
+//
+// Any pattern containing a forward or backward slash will be tested
+// against the whole pathname and not just the module.  E.g.,
+// "*/foo/bar/*=2" would change the logging level for all code in
+// source files under a "foo/bar" directory.
+pub static KVMODULE: &'static str                       = "vmodule";
+
+// Will wait for 60 seconds for a debugger to come to attach to the process.
+pub static KWAITFORDEBUGGER: &'static str               = "wait-for-debugger";
+
+// Sends a pretty-printed version of tracing info to the console.
+pub static KTRACETOCONSOLE: &'static str                = "trace-to-console";
+
+// Configure whether chrome://profiler will contain timing information. This
+// option is enabled by default. A value of "0" will disable profiler timing,
+// while all other values will enable it.
+pub static KPROFILERTIMING: &'static str                = "profiler-timing";
+// Value of the --profiler-timing flag that will disable timing information for
+// chrome://profiler.
+pub static KPROFILERTIMINGDISABLEDVALUE: &'static str   = "0";