diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index b0d9468124..5d61bc18ff 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ template("dawn_static_and_shared_library") {
   static_library("${libname}_static") {
     output_name = libname
 
+    complete_static_lib = dawn_complete_static_libs
+
     # Copy all variables except "configs", which has a default value
     forward_variables_from(invoker, "*", [ "configs" ])
     if (defined(invoker.configs)) {
diff --git a/scripts/dawn_features.gni b/scripts/dawn_features.gni
index 031cdb1739..d86f2189cb 100644
--- a/scripts/dawn_features.gni
+++ b/scripts/dawn_features.gni
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ declare_args() {
   # Enable Dawn's ASSERTs even in release builds
   dawn_always_assert = false
 
+  # Should the Dawn static libraries be fully linked vs. GN's default of
+  # treating them as source sets. This is useful for people using Dawn
+  # standalone to produce static libraries to use in their projects.
+  dawn_complete_static_libs = false
+
   # Enables the compilation of Dawn's D3D12 backend
   dawn_enable_d3d12 = is_win