diff --git a/libs/gpu-dawn/README.md b/libs/gpu-dawn/README.md
index 49b01eee..015d067c 100644
--- a/libs/gpu-dawn/README.md
+++ b/libs/gpu-dawn/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ Here's how to read the downloads provided:
 * `headers.json.gz` is a JSON archive of all the Dawn/WebGPU headers.
 * Files ending in `.a.gz` and `.lib.gz` are the individual static `libdawn.a` and `dawn.lib` (Windows) gzippped and distributed. These are provided as individual downloads so there is no need to extract a tarball.
 
+## Important: Building WebGPU API symbols
+
+Dawn and other WebGPU implementations (like the Rust one) do not agree on a standard `webgpu.h` API. Aspirationally, they aim to target the same https://github.com/webgpu-native/webgpu-headers header, but in practice they expose different APIs which are not ABI compatible.
+
+When you call a Dawn `webgpu.h` function, Dawn internally diverts this call through a vtable which must be initialized using a call to `dawnProcSetProcs`.
+
+`mach/gpu-dawn` builds since Oct 17th 2022 no longer include the `webgpu.h` symbols by default. If you intend to actually call the WebGPU API, you should build [`dawn_proc.c`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hexops/dawn/generated-2022-08-06/out/Debug/gen/src/dawn/dawn_proc.c) as part of your application and call `dawnProcSetProcs`.
+
 ## A warning about API stability
 
 You should be aware:
diff --git a/libs/gpu-dawn/sdk.zig b/libs/gpu-dawn/sdk.zig
index 37925773..b7f55b61 100644
--- a/libs/gpu-dawn/sdk.zig
+++ b/libs/gpu-dawn/sdk.zig
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ pub fn Sdk(comptime deps: anytype) type {
                     "mock",
                     "SpirvValidation.cpp",
                     "XlibXcbFunctions.cpp",
+                    "dawn_proc.c",
                 },
             });