diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index 1cb920e9ec..a62bb028d1 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -406,13 +406,19 @@ if (!build_with_chromium) {
       "video",
     ]
 
-    # Include audio and video codecs by default.
-    deps += [
-      "api/audio_codecs:builtin_audio_decoder_factory",
-      "api/audio_codecs:builtin_audio_encoder_factory",
-      "api/video_codecs:builtin_video_decoder_factory",
-      "api/video_codecs:builtin_video_encoder_factory",
-    ]
+    if (rtc_include_builtin_audio_codecs) {
+      deps += [
+        "api/audio_codecs:builtin_audio_decoder_factory",
+        "api/audio_codecs:builtin_audio_encoder_factory",
+      ]
+    }
+
+    if (rtc_include_builtin_video_codecs) {
+      deps += [
+        "api/video_codecs:builtin_video_decoder_factory",
+        "api/video_codecs:builtin_video_encoder_factory",
+      ]
+    }
 
     if (build_with_mozilla) {
       deps += [ "api/video:video_frame" ]
diff --git a/webrtc.gni b/webrtc.gni
index 2239d61eba..d716d7d2d1 100644
--- a/webrtc.gni
+++ b/webrtc.gni
@@ -180,6 +180,18 @@ declare_args() {
 
   # Determines whether Metal is available on iOS/macOS.
   rtc_use_metal_rendering = is_mac || (is_ios && current_cpu == "arm64")
+
+  # When set to false, builtin audio encoder/decoder factories and all the
+  # audio codecs they depend on will not be included in libwebrtc.{a|lib}
+  # (they will still be included in libjingle_peerconnection_so.so and
+  # WebRTC.framework)
+  rtc_include_builtin_audio_codecs = true
+
+  # When set to false, builtin video encoder/decoder factories and all the
+  # video codecs they depends on will not be included in libwebrtc.{a|lib}
+  # (they will still be included in libjingle_peerconnection_so.so and
+  # WebRTC.framework)
+  rtc_include_builtin_video_codecs = true
 }
 
 if (!build_with_mozilla) {