diff --git a/build_packages b/build_packages
index 6a0ddb9..a103c31 100755
--- a/build_packages
+++ b/build_packages
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
   "Calculate reverse dependencies on changed ebuilds."
 DEFINE_boolean autosetgov "${FLAGS_FALSE}" \
   "Automatically set cpu governor to 'performance'."
+DEFINE_boolean autosetgov_sticky "${FLAGS_FALSE}" \
+  "Remember --autosetgov setting for future runs."
 DEFINE_boolean use_any_chrome "${FLAGS_TRUE}" \
   "Use any Chrome prebuilt available, even if the prebuilt doesn't match exactly."
 DEFINE_boolean cleanbuild "${FLAGS_FALSE}" \
@@ -149,6 +151,23 @@
 
 # On some systems, powersave can take a long time to ramp up.  Inform the user
 # so they can get faster builds.  https://crbug.com/1008932
+CHROMITE_CONFIG_DIR=$(
+  python -c 'from chromite.lib.chromite_config import DIR; print(DIR)')
+CONFIG_AUTOSETGOV="${CHROMITE_CONFIG_DIR}/autosetgov"
+if [[ "${FLAGS_autosetgov_sticky}" -eq "${FLAGS_TRUE}" ]]; then
+  mkdir -p "${CHROMITE_CONFIG_DIR}"
+  if [[ "${FLAGS_autosetgov}" -eq "${FLAGS_TRUE}" ]]; then
+    info "Future runs of build_packages will *always* use --autosetgov"
+    echo "# Delete this file to turn off automatic build_packages" \
+      "--autosetgov." >"${CONFIG_AUTOSETGOV}"
+  else
+    info "Future runs of build_packages will respect --autosetgov"
+    rm -f "${CONFIG_AUTOSETGOV}"
+  fi
+fi
+if [[ -e "${CONFIG_AUTOSETGOV}" ]]; then
+  FLAGS_autosetgov="${FLAGS_TRUE}"
+fi
 # Make sure we can actually support "performance".
 if grep -qs performance \
      /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors; then