diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/BUILD.gn b/engine/src/flutter/BUILD.gn
index 5a686fbbd74..ee665ca6e7a 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/BUILD.gn
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/BUILD.gn
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ group("sky") {
     "//sky/engine/web:sky_unittests",
     "//sky/engine/wtf:unittests",
     "//sky/services/inspector",
-    "//sky/tools/debugger",
-    "//sky/tools/tester",
     "//sky/viewer",
   ]
+  if (use_aura) {
+    deps += [
+      "//sky/tools/debugger",
+      "//sky/tools/tester",
+    ]
+  }
   if (!is_android) {
     deps += [ "//third_party/mesa:osmesa" ]
   }
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/BUILD.gn b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/BUILD.gn
index 72a4a1b076d..199269cc46c 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/BUILD.gn
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/BUILD.gn
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ shared_library("sky_debugger") {
   sources = [
     "debugger.cc",
     "debugger.h",
+    "focus_rules.cc",
+    "focus_rules.h",
     "main.cc",
     "navigator_host_impl.cc",
     "navigator_host_impl.h",
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ shared_library("sky_debugger") {
     "//mojo/services/public/interfaces/navigation",
     "//mojo/services/window_manager:lib",
     "//sky/viewer:bindings",
+    "//ui/aura:aura",
+    "//ui/wm:wm",
     ":bindings",
   ]
 }
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/debugger.cc b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/debugger.cc
index 3fb3a9834ab..96e68cc1bff 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/debugger.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/debugger.cc
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 #include "sky/tools/debugger/debugger.h"
 
-#include "mojo/services/window_manager/basic_focus_rules.h"
-
 namespace sky {
 namespace debugger {
 
@@ -60,8 +58,8 @@ void SkyDebugger::OnEmbed(
   content_->SetBounds(root_->bounds());
   root_->AddChild(content_);
 
-  window_manager_app_->InitFocus(scoped_ptr<mojo::FocusRules>(
-      new mojo::BasicFocusRules(window_manager_app_.get(), content_)));
+  window_manager_app_->InitFocus(
+      new FocusRules(window_manager_app_.get(), content_));
 
   if (!pending_url_.empty())
     NavigateToURL(pending_url_);
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/debugger.h b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/debugger.h
index 8c40fc4f5c0..e48a6280d7b 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/debugger.h
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/debugger.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "mojo/services/window_manager/window_manager_app.h"
 #include "mojo/services/window_manager/window_manager_delegate.h"
 #include "sky/tools/debugger/debugger.mojom.h"
+#include "sky/tools/debugger/focus_rules.h"
 #include "sky/tools/debugger/navigator_host_impl.h"
 #include "sky/viewer/services/inspector.mojom.h"
 
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/focus_rules.cc b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/focus_rules.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68eca6223cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/focus_rules.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "sky/tools/debugger/focus_rules.h"
+
+namespace sky {
+namespace debugger {
+
+FocusRules::FocusRules(mojo::WindowManagerApp* window_manager_app,
+                       mojo::View* content)
+    : content_(content),
+      window_manager_app_(window_manager_app) {
+}
+
+FocusRules::~FocusRules() {
+}
+
+bool FocusRules::IsToplevelWindow(aura::Window* window) const {
+  return mojo::WindowManagerApp::GetViewForWindow(window)->parent() == content_;
+}
+
+bool FocusRules::CanActivateWindow(aura::Window* window) const {
+  return mojo::WindowManagerApp::GetViewForWindow(window)->parent() == content_;
+}
+
+bool FocusRules::CanFocusWindow(aura::Window* window) const {
+  return true;
+}
+
+aura::Window* FocusRules::GetToplevelWindow(aura::Window* window) const {
+  mojo::View* view = mojo::WindowManagerApp::GetViewForWindow(window);
+  while (view->parent() != content_) {
+    view = view->parent();
+    if (!view)
+      return NULL;
+  }
+  return window_manager_app_->GetWindowForViewId(view->id());
+}
+
+aura::Window* FocusRules::GetActivatableWindow(aura::Window* window) const {
+  return GetToplevelWindow(window);
+}
+
+aura::Window* FocusRules::GetFocusableWindow(aura::Window* window) const {
+  return window;
+}
+
+aura::Window* FocusRules::GetNextActivatableWindow(aura::Window* ignore) const {
+  aura::Window* activatable = GetActivatableWindow(ignore);
+  const aura::Window::Windows& children = activatable->parent()->children();
+  for (aura::Window::Windows::const_reverse_iterator it = children.rbegin();
+       it != children.rend(); ++it) {
+    if (*it != ignore)
+      return *it;
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+}  // namespace debugger
+}  // namespace sky
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/focus_rules.h b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/focus_rules.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa5a91974fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/debugger/focus_rules.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef SKY_TOOLS_DEBUGGER_FOCUS_RULES_H_
+#define SKY_TOOLS_DEBUGGER_FOCUS_RULES_H_
+
+#include "mojo/services/window_manager/window_manager_app.h"
+#include "ui/aura/window.h"
+#include "ui/wm/core/focus_rules.h"
+
+namespace sky {
+namespace debugger {
+
+class FocusRules : public wm::FocusRules {
+ public:
+  FocusRules(mojo::WindowManagerApp* window_manager_app, mojo::View* content);
+  virtual ~FocusRules();
+
+ private:
+  // Overridden from wm::FocusRules:
+  bool IsToplevelWindow(aura::Window* window) const override;
+  bool CanActivateWindow(aura::Window* window) const override;
+  bool CanFocusWindow(aura::Window* window) const override;
+  aura::Window* GetToplevelWindow(aura::Window* window) const override;
+  aura::Window* GetActivatableWindow(aura::Window* window) const override;
+  aura::Window* GetFocusableWindow(aura::Window* window) const override;
+  aura::Window* GetNextActivatableWindow(aura::Window* ignore) const override;
+
+  mojo::View* content_;
+  mojo::WindowManagerApp* window_manager_app_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FocusRules);
+};
+
+}  // namespace debugger
+}  // namespace sky
+
+#endif  // SKY_TOOLS_DEBUGGER_FOCUS_RULES_H_