diff --git a/app/brave_main_delegate.cc b/app/brave_main_delegate.cc
index 4be66f9662fa..d28d6dc65664 100644
--- a/app/brave_main_delegate.cc
+++ b/app/brave_main_delegate.cc
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ bool BraveMainDelegate::BasicStartupComplete(int* exit_code) {
   command_line.AppendSwitchASCII(switches::kSyncServiceURL,
                                  "https://no-thanks.invalid");
 
+  command_line.AppendSwitch(switches::kDisableDatabases);
+
   // Enabled features.
   const std::unordered_set<const char*> enabled_features = {
       password_manager::features::kPasswordImport.name,
diff --git a/app/brave_main_delegate_browsertest.cc b/app/brave_main_delegate_browsertest.cc
index 457193ed56b1..9b3801b385f1 100644
--- a/app/brave_main_delegate_browsertest.cc
+++ b/app/brave_main_delegate_browsertest.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_features.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/render_view_host.h"
 #include "content/public/common/content_features.h"
+#include "content/public/common/content_switches.h"
 #include "content/public/common/web_preferences.h"
 #include "gpu/config/gpu_finch_features.h"
 #include "services/network/public/cpp/features.h"
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(BraveMainDelegateBrowserTest, DisableHyperlinkAuditing) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(prefs.hyperlink_auditing_enabled);
 }
 
+IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(BraveMainDelegateBrowserTest, DisableWebSQL) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(base::CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()->HasSwitch(
+      switches::kDisableDatabases));
+}
+
 IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(BraveMainDelegateBrowserTest, DisabledFeatures) {
   const base::Feature* disabled_features[] = {
       &autofill::features::kAutofillServerCommunication,
diff --git a/app/websql_browsertest.cc b/app/websql_browsertest.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5874e3199dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/websql_browsertest.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2019 The Brave Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "base/path_service.h"
+#include "brave/common/brave_paths.h"
+#include "chrome/browser/ui/browser.h"
+#include "chrome/test/base/in_process_browser_test.h"
+#include "chrome/test/base/ui_test_utils.h"
+#include "content/public/common/content_switches.h"
+#include "content/public/test/browser_test_utils.h"
+
+class WebSQLDisabledTest : public InProcessBrowserTest {
+ public:
+  void SetUpOnMainThread() override {
+    InProcessBrowserTest::SetUpOnMainThread();
+    content::SetupCrossSiteRedirector(embedded_test_server());
+
+    brave::RegisterPathProvider();
+    base::FilePath test_data_dir;
+    base::PathService::Get(brave::DIR_TEST_DATA, &test_data_dir);
+    embedded_test_server()->ServeFilesFromDirectory(test_data_dir);
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(embedded_test_server()->Start());
+  }
+};
+
+IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(WebSQLDisabledTest, IsDisabled) {
+  GURL url = embedded_test_server()->GetURL("/simple.html");
+  ui_test_utils::NavigateToURL(browser(), url);
+  content::WebContents* contents =
+      browser()->tab_strip_model()->GetActiveWebContents();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(content::WaitForLoadStop(contents));
+  EXPECT_EQ(url, contents->GetURL());
+
+  bool websql_blocked;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
+      contents,
+      "window.domAutomationController.send(window.openDatabase == undefined)",
+      &websql_blocked));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(websql_blocked);
+}
diff --git a/test/BUILD.gn b/test/BUILD.gn
index 9dea520ae899..3d9a8c4c8c1e 100644
--- a/test/BUILD.gn
+++ b/test/BUILD.gn
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ test("brave_browser_tests") {
   testonly = true
   sources = [
     "//brave/app/brave_main_delegate_browsertest.cc",
+    "//brave/app/websql_browsertest.cc",
     "//brave/browser/autocomplete/brave_autocomplete_provider_client_browsertest.cc",
     "//brave/browser/brave_scheme_load_browsertest.cc",
     "//brave/browser/autoplay/autoplay_permission_context_browsertest.cc",