diff --git a/appshell/cefclient.cpp b/appshell/cefclient.cpp
index e96faddf5..21e1667bd 100644
--- a/appshell/cefclient.cpp
+++ b/appshell/cefclient.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ void AppGetSettings(CefSettings& settings, CefRefPtr<ClientApp> app) {
       g_command_line->HasSwitch(cefclient::kMultiThreadedMessageLoop);
 #endif
 
+  settings.persist_session_cookies = true;
   CefString(&settings.cache_path) =
       g_command_line->GetSwitchValue(cefclient::kCachePath);
   CefString(&settings.log_file) =
diff --git a/appshell/client_handler.cpp b/appshell/client_handler.cpp
index b97a8309a..c552d3880 100644
--- a/appshell/client_handler.cpp
+++ b/appshell/client_handler.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ ClientHandler::ClientHandler()
   callbackId = 0;
   CreateProcessMessageDelegates(process_message_delegates_);
   CreateRequestDelegates(request_delegates_);
+  
+  // Default schemes that support cookies.
+  cookieable_schemes_.push_back("http");
+  cookieable_schemes_.push_back("https");
+  cookieable_schemes_.push_back("file");
+
+  // Register cookieable schemes with the global cookie manager.
+  CefRefPtr<CefCookieManager> manager = CefCookieManager::GetGlobalManager();
+  ASSERT(manager.get());
+  manager->SetSupportedSchemes(cookieable_schemes_);
 }
 
 ClientHandler::~ClientHandler() {
diff --git a/appshell/client_handler.h b/appshell/client_handler.h
index e3ab256c3..292420be0 100644
--- a/appshell/client_handler.h
+++ b/appshell/client_handler.h
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ class ClientHandler : public CefClient,
   IMPLEMENT_REFCOUNTING(ClientHandler);
   // Include the default locking implementation.
   IMPLEMENT_LOCKING(ClientHandler);
+  
+  // Schemes that will be registered with the global cookie manager.
+  std::vector<CefString> cookieable_schemes_;
 };
 
 #endif  // CEF_TESTS_CEFCLIENT_CLIENT_HANDLER_H_