diff --git a/chromium/.gclient b/chromium/.gclient
index ddfe54204b..7b4c9739f5 100644
--- a/chromium/.gclient
+++ b/chromium/.gclient
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ solutions = [{
   'name': 'src',
   'url': 'https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git',
   'deps_file': '.DEPS.git',
-  'managed': True,
+  'managed': False,
   'custom_deps': {
     # Skip syncing some large dependencies WebRTC will never need.
     'src/chrome/tools/test/reference_build/chrome_linux': None,
diff --git a/chromium/OWNERS b/chromium/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0428a4a1ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chromium/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kjellander@webrtc.org
diff --git a/chromium/README b/chromium/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a47492c5ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chromium/README
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+This .gclient file is used to do download a copy of Chromium.
+WebRTC uses the Chromium build toolchain and a number of shared
+dependencies by creating symlinks to folders in this checkout,
+using the ../setup_links.py script.
+