diff --git third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
index e6ab3248281e..645fab919ace 100644
--- third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
+++ third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ class WebView : protected WebWidget {
 
   // Sets whether select popup menus should be rendered by the browser.
   BLINK_EXPORT static void SetUseExternalPopupMenus(bool);
+  virtual void SetUseExternalPopupMenusThisInstance(bool) = 0;
 
   // Hides any popup (suggestions, selects...) that might be showing.
   virtual void HidePopups() = 0;
@@ -387,6 +388,8 @@ class WebView : protected WebWidget {
                                   unsigned inactive_background_color,
                                   unsigned inactive_foreground_color) = 0;
 
+  virtual void SetBaseBackgroundColor(WebColor color) = 0;
+
   // Modal dialog support ------------------------------------------------
 
   // Call these methods before and after running a nested, modal event loop
diff --git third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
index 0d070fb8df7c..de3b889ce29a 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
@@ -251,8 +251,13 @@ void WebView::SetUseExternalPopupMenus(bool use_external_popup_menus) {
   g_should_use_external_popup_menus = use_external_popup_menus;
 }
 
-bool WebViewImpl::UseExternalPopupMenus() {
-  return g_should_use_external_popup_menus;
+void WebViewImpl::SetUseExternalPopupMenusThisInstance(
+    bool use_external_popup_menus) {
+  should_use_external_popup_menus_ = use_external_popup_menus;
+}
+
+bool WebViewImpl::UseExternalPopupMenus() const {
+  return should_use_external_popup_menus_;
 }
 
 namespace {
@@ -343,6 +348,7 @@ WebViewImpl::WebViewImpl(WebViewClient* client,
       enable_fake_page_scale_animation_for_testing_(false),
       fake_page_scale_animation_page_scale_factor_(0),
       fake_page_scale_animation_use_anchor_(false),
+      should_use_external_popup_menus_(g_should_use_external_popup_menus),
       compositor_device_scale_factor_override_(0),
       suppress_next_keypress_event_(false),
       ime_accept_events_(true),
diff --git third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h
index 68fadab79a6e..bc397a361f39 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ class CORE_EXPORT WebViewImpl final : public WebView,
   static HashSet<WebViewImpl*>& AllInstances();
   // Returns true if popup menus should be rendered by the browser, false if
   // they should be rendered by WebKit (which is the default).
-  static bool UseExternalPopupMenus();
+  void SetUseExternalPopupMenusThisInstance(bool);
+  bool UseExternalPopupMenus() const;
 
   // WebWidget methods:
   void Close() override;
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT WebViewImpl final : public WebView,
   HitTestResult CoreHitTestResultAt(const WebPoint&);
   void InvalidateRect(const IntRect&);
 
-  void SetBaseBackgroundColor(WebColor);
+  void SetBaseBackgroundColor(WebColor) override;
   void SetBaseBackgroundColorOverride(WebColor);
   void ClearBaseBackgroundColorOverride();
   void SetBackgroundColorOverride(WebColor);
@@ -619,6 +620,8 @@ class CORE_EXPORT WebViewImpl final : public WebView,
   float fake_page_scale_animation_page_scale_factor_;
   bool fake_page_scale_animation_use_anchor_;
 
+  bool should_use_external_popup_menus_;
+
   float compositor_device_scale_factor_override_;
   TransformationMatrix device_emulation_transform_;
 
diff --git third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
index 484f950bd065..a0c47c7ea782 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ PopupMenu* ChromeClientImpl::OpenPopupMenu(LocalFrame& frame,
     return nullptr;
 
   NotifyPopupOpeningObservers();
-  if (WebViewImpl::UseExternalPopupMenus())
+  if (web_view_->UseExternalPopupMenus())
     return new ExternalPopupMenu(frame, select, *web_view_);
 
   DCHECK(RuntimeEnabledFeatures::PagePopupEnabled());