diff --git a/scripts/dawn_features.gni b/scripts/dawn_features.gni
index 1cee174..9d3cbfc 100644
--- a/scripts/dawn_features.gni
+++ b/scripts/dawn_features.gni
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@
   # Whether Dawn should enable X11 support.
   dawn_use_x11 = is_linux && !is_chromeos
 
-  # Enable support WGSL for shaders. Currently this is
-  # experimental, and requires dawn_tint_dir to be set.
-  dawn_enable_wgsl = false
+  # Enable support WGSL for shaders.
+  # Turned off for Skia, because Tint is currently not part of its DEPS.
+  dawn_enable_wgsl = !defined(is_skia_standalone)
 }
 
 # GN does not allow reading a variable defined in the same declare_args().