diff --git a/CHROMIUM_VERSION b/CHROMIUM_VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9fc7b7957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHROMIUM_VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+81.0.4044.92
diff --git a/tools/import-upstream.sh b/tools/import-upstream.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e20cb9b839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/import-upstream.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -ex
+have_version=$(cut -d= -f2 src/chrome/VERSION | tr '\n' . | cut -d. -f1-4)
+want_version=$(cat CHROMIUM_VERSION)
+if [ "$have_version" = "$want_version" ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+name="chromium-$want_version"
+tarball="$name.tar.xz"
+url="https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-official/$tarball"
+root=$(git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD)
+git config core.autocrlf false
+git config core.safecrlf false
+git -c advice.detachedHead=false checkout $root
+rm -rf src
+git checkout master -- tools
+sed -i "s/^\^/$name\//" tools/include.txt
+curl "$url" -o- | tar xJf - --wildcards --wildcards-match-slash -T tools/include.txt
+mv "$name" src
+find src -name .gitignore -delete
+git rm --quiet --force -r tools
+git add src
+git commit --quiet --amend -m "Import $name" --date=now
+git rebase --onto HEAD "$root" master
diff --git a/tools/include.txt b/tools/include.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78053dfc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+*/BUILD.gn
+*.gni
+*.gyp
+*.gypi
+*.mojom
+*.pydeps
+*.typemap
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+^chrome/app/shutdown_signal_handlers*
+^chrome/app/theme/chromium/BRANDING
+^components/version_info
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+^native_client/toolchain_revisions
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+^remoting/VERSION
+^remoting/branding_Chromium
+^remoting/host/win/get_clsids.py
+^remoting/tools/remove_spaces.py
+^testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest_prod.h
+^third_party/angle/*.py
+^third_party/apple_apsl
+^third_party/boringssl
+^third_party/brotli
+^third_party/depot_tools/cpplint.py
+^third_party/googletest/src/googletest/include/gtest/gtest_prod.h
+^third_party/modp_b64
+^third_party/nasm
+^third_party/protobuf/mirclient*
+^third_party/protobuf/src
+^third_party/tcmalloc
+^third_party/win_build_output
+^third_party/yasm
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+^tools/clang/scripts/update.py
+^tools/diagnosis
+^tools/grit
+^tools/gritsettings
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+^tools/win/DebugVisualizers
+^url