diff --git a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
index fcfb82af6d..cb58d93be3 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ BrowserMainParts::~BrowserMainParts() {
 }
 
 void BrowserMainParts::PreMainMessageLoopRun() {
-  browser_context_.reset(new BrowserContext);
+  browser_context_.reset(CreateBrowserContext());
 
   // These two objects are owned by devtools_http_handler_.
   auto delegate = new DevToolsDelegate;
@@ -30,4 +30,8 @@ void BrowserMainParts::PreMainMessageLoopRun() {
   devtools_http_handler_ = content::DevToolsHttpHandler::Start(factory, std::string(), delegate);
 }
 
+BrowserContext* BrowserMainParts::CreateBrowserContext() {
+  return new BrowserContext;
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.h b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.h
index 0268dc0402..7120c619b0 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.h
+++ b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.h
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ public:
   content::DevToolsHttpHandler* devtools_http_handler() { return devtools_http_handler_; }
 
 protected:
+  // Subclasses should override this to provide their own BrowserContxt implementation. The caller
+  // takes ownership of the returned object.
+  virtual BrowserContext* CreateBrowserContext();
+
 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
   virtual void PreMainMessageLoopStart() OVERRIDE;
 #endif