diff -up chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libbrlapi/BUILD.gn.link_libgio chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libbrlapi/BUILD.gn
--- chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libbrlapi/BUILD.gn.link_libgio	2016-09-02 21:02:02.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libbrlapi/BUILD.gn	2016-09-09 14:26:52.224691284 +0200
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
+declare_args() {
+  linux_link_libbrlapi = false
+}
+
 import("//tools/generate_library_loader/generate_library_loader.gni")
 
 generate_library_loader("libbrlapi") {
@@ -9,6 +13,7 @@
   output_h = "libbrlapi.h"
   output_cc = "libbrlapi_loader.cc"
   header = "<brlapi.h>"
+  link_directly = linux_link_libbrlapi
 
   functions = [
     "brlapi_getHandleSize",
diff -up chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libpci/BUILD.gn.link_libgio chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libpci/BUILD.gn
--- chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libpci/BUILD.gn.link_libgio	2016-09-02 21:02:02.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libpci/BUILD.gn	2016-09-09 14:24:25.124540583 +0200
@@ -2,14 +2,24 @@
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
+declare_args() {
+  linux_link_libpci = false
+}
+
+config("libpci_config") {
+  libs = [ "pci" ]
+}
+
 import("//tools/generate_library_loader/generate_library_loader.gni")
 
-# This generates a target named "libpci".
-generate_library_loader("libpci") {
+# This generates a target named "libpci_loader".
+generate_library_loader("libpci_loader") {
   name = "LibPciLoader"
   output_h = "libpci.h"
   output_cc = "libpci_loader.cc"
   header = "<pci/pci.h>"
+  link_directly = linux_link_libpci
+  use_extern_c = true
 
   functions = [
     "pci_alloc",
@@ -20,3 +30,10 @@
     "pci_lookup_name",
   ]
 }
+
+source_set("libpci") {
+  public_deps = [ ":libpci_loader" ]
+  if (linux_link_libpci) {
+    public_configs = [ ":libpci_config" ]
+  }
+}
diff -up chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libudev/BUILD.gn.link_libgio chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libudev/BUILD.gn
--- chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libudev/BUILD.gn.link_libgio	2016-09-02 21:02:02.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-53.0.2785.92/build/linux/libudev/BUILD.gn	2016-09-09 14:25:52.512441968 +0200
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
+declare_args() {
+  linux_link_libudev = false
+}
+
+config("libudev_config") {
+  libs = [ "udev" ]
+}
+
 import("//tools/generate_library_loader/generate_library_loader.gni")
 
 libudev_functions = [
@@ -43,6 +51,7 @@
   output_h = "libudev0.h"
   output_cc = "libudev0_loader.cc"
   header = "\"third_party/libudev/libudev0.h\""
+  link_directly = linux_link_libudev
 
   functions = libudev_functions
 }
@@ -53,6 +62,7 @@
   output_h = "libudev1.h"
   output_cc = "libudev1_loader.cc"
   header = "\"third_party/libudev/libudev1.h\""
+  link_directly = linux_link_libudev
 
   functions = libudev_functions
 }
@@ -62,4 +72,5 @@
     ":udev0_loader",
     ":udev1_loader",
   ]
+  public_configs = [ ":libudev_config" ]
 }
diff -up chromium-53.0.2785.92/tools/generate_library_loader/generate_library_loader.gni.link_libgio chromium-53.0.2785.92/tools/generate_library_loader/generate_library_loader.gni
--- chromium-53.0.2785.92/tools/generate_library_loader/generate_library_loader.gni.link_libgio	2016-09-02 21:02:26.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-53.0.2785.92/tools/generate_library_loader/generate_library_loader.gni	2016-09-09 14:22:50.905725074 +0200
@@ -35,20 +35,21 @@
       rebase_path(output_cc, root_build_dir),
       "--header",
       invoker.header,
-
-      # Note GYP build exposes a per-target variable to control this, which, if
-      # manually set to true, will disable dlopen(). Its not clear this is
-      # needed, so here we just leave off. If this can be done globally, we can
-      # expose one switch for this value, otherwise we need to add a template
-      # param for this.
-      "--link-directly=0",
     ]
+    if (invoker.link_directly) {
+      args += [ "--link-directly=1", ]
+    } else {
+      args += [ "--link-directly=0", ]
+    }
     if (defined(invoker.bundled_header)) {
       args += [
         "--bundled-header",
         invoker.bundled_header,
       ]
     }
+    if (defined(invoker.use_extern_c) && invoker.use_extern_c) {
+      args += [ "--use-extern-c", ]
+    }
     args += invoker.functions
   }
 
--- chromium-53.0.2785.92/third_party/speech-dispatcher/BUILD.gn.link_libgio	2016-09-02 21:02:25.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-53.0.2785.92/third_party/speech-dispatcher/BUILD.gn	2016-09-09 14:48:08.131650961 +0200
@@ -2,14 +2,23 @@
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
+declare_args() {
+  linux_link_libspeechd = false
+}
+
+config("speech_dispatcher_config") {
+  libs = [ "speechd" ]
+}
+
 import("//tools/generate_library_loader/generate_library_loader.gni")
 
-generate_library_loader("speech-dispatcher") {
+generate_library_loader("speech-dispatcher-loader") {
   name = "LibSpeechdLoader"
   output_h = "libspeechd.h"
   output_cc = "libspeechd.cc"
-  header = "<libspeechd.h>"
+  header = "<speech-dispatcher/libspeechd.h>"
   bundled_header = "\"third_party/speech-dispatcher/libspeechd.h\""
+  link_directly = linux_link_libspeechd
 
   functions = [
     "spd_open",
@@ -28,3 +37,10 @@
     "spd_set_language",
   ]
 }
+
+source_set("speech-dispatcher") {
+  public_deps = [ ":speech-dispatcher-loader" ]
+  if (linux_link_libspeechd) {
+    public_configs = [ ":speech_dispatcher_config" ]
+  }
+}