diff --git a/sdk_lib/enter_chroot.sh b/sdk_lib/enter_chroot.sh
index 8e76444..619529d 100755
--- a/sdk_lib/enter_chroot.sh
+++ b/sdk_lib/enter_chroot.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 Otherwise, provides an interactive shell.
 "
 
+CROS_LOG_PREFIX=cros_sdk:enter_chroot
+
 # Version of info from common.sh that only echos if --verbose is set.
 debug() {
   if [ $FLAGS_verbose -eq $FLAGS_TRUE ]; then
@@ -212,6 +214,35 @@
   cp "$1" "${FLAGS_chroot}/$2"
 }
 
+# Usage: promote_api_keys
+# This takes care of getting the developer API keys into the chroot where
+# chrome can build with them.  It needs to take it from the places a dev
+# is likely to put them, and recognize that older chroots may or may not
+# have been used since the concept of keys got added, as well as before
+# and after the developer decding to grab his own keys.
+promote_api_keys() {
+  local destination="${FLAGS_chroot}/home/${USER}/.googleapikeys"
+  # Don't disturb existing keys.  They could be set differently
+  if [[ -s "${destination}" ]]; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  if [[ -r "${HOME}/.googleapikeys" ]]; then
+    cp "${HOME}/.googleapikeys" "${destination}"
+    if [[ -s "${destination}" ]] ; then
+      info "Copied Google API keys into chroot."
+    fi
+  elif [[ -r "${HOME}/.gyp/include.gypi" ]]; then
+    local NAME="('google_(api_key|default_client_(id|secret))')"
+    local WS="[[:space:]]*"
+    local CONTENTS="('[^\\\\']*')"
+    sed -nr -e "/^${WS}${NAME}${WS}[:=]${WS}${CONTENTS}.*/{s//\1: \4,/;p;}" \
+         "${HOME}/.gyp/include.gypi" >"${destination}"
+    if [[ -s "${destination}" ]]; then
+      info "Put discovered Google API keys into chroot."
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
 setup_env() {
   # Validate sudo timestamp before entering the critical section so that we
   # don't stall for a password while we have the lockfile.
@@ -433,6 +464,7 @@
     for fn in "${FILES_TO_COPY_TO_CHROOT[@]}"; do
       copy_into_chroot_if_exists "${HOME}/${fn}" "/home/${USER}/${fn}"
     done
+    promote_api_keys
 
     # Make sure user's requested locales are available
     # http://crosbug.com/19139
diff --git a/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh b/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
index 6f957c9..94dfe82 100755
--- a/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
+++ b/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
 check_flags_only_and_allow_null_arg "$@" && set --
 
-CROS_LOG_PREFIX=cros_sdk
+CROS_LOG_PREFIX=cros_sdk:make_chroot
 
 assert_not_root_user
 # Set the right umask for chroot creation.