diff --git a/tools/download_chromium_sysroot.sh b/tools/download_chromium_sysroot.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Downloads the ia32 and x64 Debian wheezy sysroot that chromium uses,
+# Only tested and used on Ubuntu trusty linux. Used to keep glibc version low.
+# Creates directories called "build" and "tools" in the current directory.
+# After running this, source set_ia32_sysroot.sh or set_x64_sysroot.sh, in 
+# the same working directory, to set the compilation environment variables.
+# Sourcing a script means running the script with a '.', so that it runs
+# in the current shell, not a subshell, as in:
+#   . sdk/tools/set_ia32_sysroot.sh
+
+git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/build
+mkdir tools
+cd tools
+git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp
+cd ..
+
+build/linux/sysroot_scripts/install-sysroot.py --arch i386
+build/linux/sysroot_scripts/install-sysroot.py --arch amd64
diff --git a/tools/set_ia32_sysroot.sh b/tools/set_ia32_sysroot.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Sets the compiler environment variables to use a downloaded wheezy sysroot
+# when building Dart with architecture ia32.
+# Run this in the same working directory that you have run 
+# sdk/tools/download_chromium_sysroot.sh in.
+# Must be sourced, not run in a subshell, to modify the environment.
+# Run with the command ". sdk/tools/set_ia32_sysroot.sh"
+# Only tested and used on Ubuntu trusty linux. Used to build dart with
+# no requirement for glibc greater than version 2.14.
+
+export CXXFLAGS="--sysroot=$PWD/build/linux/debian_wheezy_i386-sysroot -I=/usr/include/c++/4.6 -I=/usr/include/c++/4.6/i486-linux-gnu"
+
+export LDFLAGS=--sysroot=$PWD/build/linux/debian_wheezy_i386-sysroot
+export CFLAGS=--sysroot=$PWD/build/linux/debian_wheezy_i386-sysroot
diff --git a/tools/set_x64_sysroot.sh b/tools/set_x64_sysroot.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Sets the compiler environment variables to use a downloaded wheezy sysroot
+# when building Dart with architecture x64.
+# Run this in the same working directory that you have run 
+# sdk/tools/download_chromium_sysroot.sh in.
+# Must be sourced, not run in a subshell, to modify the environment.
+# Run with the command ". sdk/tools/set_x64_sysroot.sh"
+# Only tested and used on Ubuntu trusty linux. Used to build dart with
+# no requirement for glibc greater than version 2.14.
+
+export CXXFLAGS="--sysroot=$PWD/build/linux/debian_wheezy_amd64-sysroot -I=/usr/include/c++/4.6 -I=/usr/include/c++/4.6/x86_64-linux-gnu"
+
+export LDFLAGS=--sysroot=$PWD/build/linux/debian_wheezy_amd64-sysroot
+export CFLAGS=--sysroot=$PWD/build/linux/debian_wheezy_amd64-sysroot