diff --git a/layout/build/nsLayoutModule.cpp b/layout/build/nsLayoutModule.cpp
index 4c847a4b0141..60619bed9608 100644
--- a/layout/build/nsLayoutModule.cpp
+++ b/layout/build/nsLayoutModule.cpp
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ nsLayoutModuleInitialize()
 
   gInitialized = true;
 
+  if (XRE_GetProcessType() == GeckoProcessType_VR) {
+    // VR process doesn't need the layout module.
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (XRE_GetProcessType() == GeckoProcessType_GPU) {
     // We mark the layout module as being available in the GPU process so that
     // XPCOM's component manager initializes the power manager service, which
@@ -686,7 +691,8 @@ Initialize()
 static void
 LayoutModuleDtor()
 {
-  if (XRE_GetProcessType() == GeckoProcessType_GPU) {
+  if (XRE_GetProcessType() == GeckoProcessType_GPU ||
+      XRE_GetProcessType() == GeckoProcessType_VR) {
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/core/Telemetry.cpp b/toolkit/components/telemetry/core/Telemetry.cpp
index 7284c39373a9..f6e9eccbe4ce 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/core/Telemetry.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/core/Telemetry.cpp
@@ -1641,12 +1641,12 @@ NS_GENERIC_FACTORY_SINGLETON_CONSTRUCTOR(nsITelemetry, TelemetryImpl::CreateTele
 NS_DEFINE_NAMED_CID(NS_TELEMETRY_CID);
 
 const Module::CIDEntry kTelemetryCIDs[] = {
-  { &kNS_TELEMETRY_CID, false, nullptr, nsITelemetryConstructor, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS },
+  { &kNS_TELEMETRY_CID, false, nullptr, nsITelemetryConstructor, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS },
   { nullptr }
 };
 
 const Module::ContractIDEntry kTelemetryContracts[] = {
-  { "@mozilla.org/base/telemetry;1", &kNS_TELEMETRY_CID, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS },
+  { "@mozilla.org/base/telemetry;1", &kNS_TELEMETRY_CID, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS },
   { nullptr }
 };
 
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ const Module kTelemetryModule = {
   nullptr,
   nullptr,
   TelemetryImpl::ShutdownTelemetry,
-  Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS
+  Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS
 };
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
diff --git a/toolkit/xre/nsEmbedFunctions.cpp b/toolkit/xre/nsEmbedFunctions.cpp
index 01875ce7cd07..8ef8a42d4c6c 100644
--- a/toolkit/xre/nsEmbedFunctions.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/xre/nsEmbedFunctions.cpp
@@ -660,12 +660,12 @@ XRE_InitChildProcess(int aArgc,
   switch (XRE_GetProcessType()) {
   case GeckoProcessType_Content:
   case GeckoProcessType_GPU:
+  case GeckoProcessType_VR:
       // Content processes need the XPCOM/chromium frankenventloop
       uiLoopType = MessageLoop::TYPE_MOZILLA_CHILD;
       break;
   case GeckoProcessType_GMPlugin:
   case GeckoProcessType_PDFium:
-  case GeckoProcessType_VR:
       uiLoopType = MessageLoop::TYPE_DEFAULT;
       break;
   default:
diff --git a/widget/cocoa/nsWidgetFactory.mm b/widget/cocoa/nsWidgetFactory.mm
index 35e7cd585273..9830b6c5d6f2 100644
--- a/widget/cocoa/nsWidgetFactory.mm
+++ b/widget/cocoa/nsWidgetFactory.mm
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static const mozilla::Module::CIDEntry kWidgetCIDs[] = {
     mozilla::Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
   { &kNS_COLORPICKER_CID, false, NULL, nsColorPickerConstructor,
     mozilla::Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
-  { &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, false, NULL, nsAppShellConstructor, mozilla::Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS },
+  { &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, false, NULL, nsAppShellConstructor, mozilla::Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS },
   { &kNS_SOUND_CID, false, NULL, nsSoundConstructor,
     mozilla::Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
   { &kNS_TRANSFERABLE_CID, false, NULL, nsTransferableConstructor },
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static const mozilla::Module::ContractIDEntry kWidgetContracts[] = {
     mozilla::Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
   { "@mozilla.org/colorpicker;1", &kNS_COLORPICKER_CID,
     mozilla::Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
-  { "@mozilla.org/widget/appshell/mac;1", &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, mozilla::Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS },
+  { "@mozilla.org/widget/appshell/mac;1", &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, mozilla::Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS },
   { "@mozilla.org/sound;1", &kNS_SOUND_CID,
     mozilla::Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
   { "@mozilla.org/widget/transferable;1", &kNS_TRANSFERABLE_CID },
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static const mozilla::Module kWidgetModule = {
   NULL,
   nsAppShellInit,
   nsWidgetCocoaModuleDtor,
-  mozilla::Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS
+  mozilla::Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS
 };
 
 NSMODULE_DEFN(nsWidgetMacModule) = &kWidgetModule;
diff --git a/widget/gtk/nsWidgetFactory.cpp b/widget/gtk/nsWidgetFactory.cpp
index 1973c2a73536..78a96661fec4 100644
--- a/widget/gtk/nsWidgetFactory.cpp
+++ b/widget/gtk/nsWidgetFactory.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ NS_DEFINE_NAMED_CID(NS_GFXINFO_CID);
 
 
 static const mozilla::Module::CIDEntry kWidgetCIDs[] = {
-    { &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, false, nullptr, nsAppShellConstructor, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS },
+    { &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, false, nullptr, nsAppShellConstructor, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS },
     { &kNS_COLORPICKER_CID, false, nullptr, nsColorPickerConstructor, Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
     { &kNS_FILEPICKER_CID, false, nullptr, nsFilePickerConstructor, Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
 #ifdef MOZ_WIDGET_GTK
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static const mozilla::Module::CIDEntry kWidgetCIDs[] = {
 };
 
 static const mozilla::Module::ContractIDEntry kWidgetContracts[] = {
-    { "@mozilla.org/widget/appshell/gtk;1", &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS },
+    { "@mozilla.org/widget/appshell/gtk;1", &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS },
     { "@mozilla.org/colorpicker;1", &kNS_COLORPICKER_CID, Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
     { "@mozilla.org/filepicker;1", &kNS_FILEPICKER_CID, Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
 #ifdef MOZ_WIDGET_GTK
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static const mozilla::Module kWidgetModule = {
     nullptr,
     nsAppShellInit,
     nsWidgetGtk2ModuleDtor,
-    Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS
+    Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS
 };
 
 NSMODULE_DEFN(nsWidgetGtk2Module) = &kWidgetModule;
diff --git a/widget/windows/nsWidgetFactory.cpp b/widget/windows/nsWidgetFactory.cpp
index c3fa2f56270d..9e80f6b8e0fa 100644
--- a/widget/windows/nsWidgetFactory.cpp
+++ b/widget/windows/nsWidgetFactory.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ NS_DEFINE_NAMED_CID(NS_DEVICE_CONTEXT_SPEC_CID);
 static const mozilla::Module::CIDEntry kWidgetCIDs[] = {
   { &kNS_FILEPICKER_CID, false, nullptr, FilePickerConstructor, Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
   { &kNS_COLORPICKER_CID, false, nullptr, ColorPickerConstructor, Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
-  { &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, false, nullptr, nsAppShellConstructor, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS },
+  { &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, false, nullptr, nsAppShellConstructor, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS },
   { &kNS_SCREENMANAGER_CID, false, nullptr, ScreenManagerConstructor,
     Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
   { &kNS_GFXINFO_CID, false, nullptr, GfxInfoConstructor, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS },
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static const mozilla::Module::CIDEntry kWidgetCIDs[] = {
 static const mozilla::Module::ContractIDEntry kWidgetContracts[] = {
   { "@mozilla.org/filepicker;1", &kNS_FILEPICKER_CID, Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
   { "@mozilla.org/colorpicker;1", &kNS_COLORPICKER_CID, Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
-  { "@mozilla.org/widget/appshell/win;1", &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS },
+  { "@mozilla.org/widget/appshell/win;1", &kNS_APPSHELL_CID, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS },
   { "@mozilla.org/gfx/screenmanager;1", &kNS_SCREENMANAGER_CID, Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY },
   { "@mozilla.org/gfx/info;1", &kNS_GFXINFO_CID, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS },
   { "@mozilla.org/widget/idleservice;1", &kNS_IDLE_SERVICE_CID },
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static const mozilla::Module kWidgetModule = {
   nullptr,
   nsAppShellInit,
   nsWidgetWindowsModuleDtor,
-  Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS
+  Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS
 };
 
 NSMODULE_DEFN(nsWidgetModule) = &kWidgetModule;
diff --git a/xpcom/build/XPCOMInit.cpp b/xpcom/build/XPCOMInit.cpp
index 595436e4d8fd..62784b33342b 100644
--- a/xpcom/build/XPCOMInit.cpp
+++ b/xpcom/build/XPCOMInit.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ CreateINIParserFactory(const mozilla::Module& aModule,
 #define COMPONENT(NAME, Ctor) { &kNS_##NAME##_CID, false, nullptr, Ctor },
 #define COMPONENT_M(NAME, Ctor, Selector) { &kNS_##NAME##_CID, false, nullptr, Ctor, Selector },
 const mozilla::Module::CIDEntry kXPCOMCIDEntries[] = {
-  { &kComponentManagerCID, true, nullptr, nsComponentManagerImpl::Create, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS },
+  { &kComponentManagerCID, true, nullptr, nsComponentManagerImpl::Create, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS },
   { &kINIParserFactoryCID, false, CreateINIParserFactory },
 #include "XPCOMModule.inc"
   { &kNS_CHROMEREGISTRY_CID, false, nullptr, nsChromeRegistryConstructor },
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ const mozilla::Module kXPCOMModule = {
   nullptr,
   nullptr,
   nullptr,
-  Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS
+  Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS
 };
 
 // gDebug will be freed during shutdown.
diff --git a/xpcom/build/XPCOMModule.inc b/xpcom/build/XPCOMModule.inc
index a57f81369ff5..c671491dedaf 100644
--- a/xpcom/build/XPCOMModule.inc
+++ b/xpcom/build/XPCOMModule.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-    COMPONENT_M(MEMORY, nsMemoryImpl::Create, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS)
+    COMPONENT_M(MEMORY, nsMemoryImpl::Create, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS)
     COMPONENT_M(DEBUG,  nsDebugImpl::Create, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS)
     COMPONENT(ERRORSERVICE, nsErrorService::Create)
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     COMPONENT(ARRAY, nsArrayBase::XPCOMConstructor)
     COMPONENT(CONSOLESERVICE, nsConsoleServiceConstructor)
-    COMPONENT_M(OBSERVERSERVICE, nsObserverService::Create, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS)
+    COMPONENT_M(OBSERVERSERVICE, nsObserverService::Create, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS)
 
     COMPONENT_M(TIMER, nsTimer::XPCOMConstructor, Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS)
 
diff --git a/xpcom/components/Module.h b/xpcom/components/Module.h
index ba8b3dbe271a..341cb6d5ed29 100644
--- a/xpcom/components/Module.h
+++ b/xpcom/components/Module.h
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ struct Module
      * ANY_PROCESS is specified. This flag enables a module in the
      * GPU process.
      */
-    ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS = 0x4
+    ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS = 0x4,
+    ALLOW_IN_VR_PROCESS = 0x8,
+    ALLOW_IN_GPU_AND_VR_PROCESS = ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS | ALLOW_IN_VR_PROCESS
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/xpcom/components/nsComponentManager.cpp b/xpcom/components/nsComponentManager.cpp
index b5670c9b81b4..7839f968b9f9 100644
--- a/xpcom/components/nsComponentManager.cpp
+++ b/xpcom/components/nsComponentManager.cpp
@@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ nsComponentManagerImpl::Init()
   // used, and before any calls are made into the JS engine.
   nsLayoutModuleInitialize();
 
-  bool loadChromeManifests = (XRE_GetProcessType() != GeckoProcessType_GPU);
+  bool loadChromeManifests = (XRE_GetProcessType() != GeckoProcessType_GPU &&
+                              XRE_GetProcessType() != GeckoProcessType_VR);
   if (loadChromeManifests) {
     // The overall order in which chrome.manifests are expected to be treated
     // is the following:
@@ -443,6 +444,10 @@ ProcessSelectorMatches(Module::ProcessSelector aSelector)
     return !!(aSelector & Module::ALLOW_IN_GPU_PROCESS);
   }
 
+  if (type == GeckoProcessType_VR) {
+    return !!(aSelector & Module::ALLOW_IN_VR_PROCESS);
+  }
+
   if (aSelector & Module::MAIN_PROCESS_ONLY) {
     return type == GeckoProcessType_Default;
   }