diff --git a/layout/printing/nsPrintEngine.cpp b/layout/printing/nsPrintEngine.cpp
index 794291c7013..bd0d647e33f 100644
--- a/layout/printing/nsPrintEngine.cpp
+++ b/layout/printing/nsPrintEngine.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static const char kPrintingPromptService[] = "@mozilla.org/embedcomp/printingpro
 #include "nsISelectionController.h"
 
 // Misc
+#include "mozilla/gfx/DrawEventRecorder.h"
 #include "mozilla/layout/RemotePrintJobChild.h"
 #include "nsISupportsUtils.h"
 #include "nsIScriptContext.h"
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ static const char kPrintingPromptService[] = "@mozilla.org/embedcomp/printingpro
 
 #include "nsWidgetsCID.h"
 #include "nsIDeviceContextSpec.h"
+#include "nsDeviceContextSpecProxy.h"
 #include "nsViewManager.h"
 #include "nsView.h"
 #include "nsRenderingContext.h"
@@ -569,9 +571,13 @@ nsPrintEngine::DoCommonPrint(bool                    aIsPrintPreview,
   mPrt->mPrintSettings->SetPrintOptions(nsIPrintSettings::kEnableSelectionRB,
                                         isSelection || mPrt->mIsIFrameSelected);
 
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIDeviceContextSpec> devspec
-    (do_CreateInstance("@mozilla.org/gfx/devicecontextspec;1", &rv));
-  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIDeviceContextSpec> devspec;
+  if (XRE_IsContentProcess() && Preferences::GetBool("print.print_via_parent")) {
+    devspec = new nsDeviceContextSpecProxy();
+  } else {
+    devspec = do_CreateInstance("@mozilla.org/gfx/devicecontextspec;1", &rv);
+    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, rv);
+  }
 
   nsScriptSuppressor scriptSuppressor(this);
   if (!aIsPrintPreview) {
diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/all.js b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
index d2d7d54fcaf..90cce286cfe 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/init/all.js
+++ b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
@@ -1004,6 +1004,9 @@ pref("print.print_edge_left", 0);
 pref("print.print_edge_right", 0);
 pref("print.print_edge_bottom", 0);
 
+// Print via the parent process. This is only used when e10s is enabled.
+pref("print.print_via_parent", false);
+
 // Pref used by the spellchecker extension to control the
 // maximum number of misspelled words that will be underlined
 // in a document.
diff --git a/widget/moz.build b/widget/moz.build
index 1773b57135d..4b70a7768d9 100644
--- a/widget/moz.build
+++ b/widget/moz.build
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ EXPORTS += [
     'InputData.h',
     'nsBaseScreen.h',
     'nsBaseWidget.h',
+    'nsDeviceContextSpecProxy.h',
     'nsIDeviceContextSpec.h',
     'nsIPluginWidget.h',
     'nsIRollupListener.h',