new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/delegates/BrowserAppDelegateWithReference.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.mozilla.gecko.delegates;
+
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.support.annotation.CallSuper;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.BrowserApp;
+
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+
+/**
+ * BrowserAppDelegate that stores a reference to the parent BrowserApp.
+ */
+public abstract class BrowserAppDelegateWithReference extends BrowserAppDelegate {
+
+    private WeakReference<BrowserApp> mBrowserApp;
+
+    @Override
+    @CallSuper
+    public void onCreate(BrowserApp browserApp, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        mBrowserApp = new WeakReference<>(browserApp);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain the referenced BrowserApp. May return <code>null</code> if the BrowserApp no longer
+     * exists.
+     */
+    protected BrowserApp getBrowserApp() {
+        return mBrowserApp.get();
+    }
+}

--- a/mobile/android/base/moz.build
+++ b/mobile/android/base/moz.build
@@ -243,16 +243,17 @@ gbjar.sources += ['java/org/mozilla/geck
     'db/Table.java',
     'db/TabsAccessor.java',
     'db/TabsProvider.java',
     'db/UrlAnnotations.java',
     'db/URLMetadata.java',
     'db/URLMetadataTable.java',
     'delegates/BookmarkStateChangeDelegate.java',
     'delegates/BrowserAppDelegate.java',
+    'delegates/BrowserAppDelegateWithReference.java',
     'delegates/ScreenshotDelegate.java',
     'DevToolsAuthHelper.java',
     'distribution/Distribution.java',
     'distribution/DistributionStoreCallback.java',
     'distribution/ReferrerDescriptor.java',
     'distribution/ReferrerReceiver.java',
     'dlc/BaseAction.java',
     'dlc/catalog/DownloadContent.java',