diff --git a/webrtc/audio/BUILD.gn b/webrtc/audio/BUILD.gn
index acd8dfa7e8..a6a22e652c 100644
--- a/webrtc/audio/BUILD.gn
+++ b/webrtc/audio/BUILD.gn
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 # be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
 
 import("../webrtc.gni")
+if (is_android) {
+  import("//build/config/android/config.gni")
+  import("//build/config/android/rules.gni")
+}
 
 rtc_static_library("audio") {
   sources = [
@@ -79,4 +83,20 @@ if (rtc_include_tests) {
       suppressed_configs += [ "//build/config/clang:find_bad_constructs" ]
     }
   }
+
+  if (rtc_enable_protobuf) {
+    rtc_executable("low_bandwidth_audio_test") {
+      testonly = true
+
+      sources = [
+        "test/low_bandwidth_audio_test.cc",
+      ]
+
+      deps = []
+
+      if (is_android) {
+        deps += [ "//testing/android/native_test:native_test_support" ]
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/webrtc/audio/test/low_bandwidth_audio_test.cc b/webrtc/audio/test/low_bandwidth_audio_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c78e8897a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webrtc/audio/test/low_bandwidth_audio_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2017 The WebRTC Project Authors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+ *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+ *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+ *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
+ *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+ */
+
+// This is a placeholder for the work oprypin@ is doing on a low-bandwidth
+// audio test executable.
+
+int main() {
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/webrtc/audio/test/low_bandwidth_audio_test.py b/webrtc/audio/test/low_bandwidth_audio_test.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..aaba9d2398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webrtc/audio/test/low_bandwidth_audio_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2017 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+# that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+# tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+# in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
+# be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+
+"""
+This script is the wrapper that runs the low-bandwidth audio test.
+
+After running the test, post-process steps for calculating audio quality of the
+output files will be performed.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+SRC_DIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, os.pardir, os.pardir,
+                                        os.pardir))
+
+
+def _RunCommand(argv, cwd=SRC_DIR, **kwargs):
+  logging.info('Running %r', argv)
+  subprocess.check_call(argv, cwd=cwd, **kwargs)
+
+
+def _ParseArgs():
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Run low-bandwidth audio tests.')
+  parser.add_argument('build_dir',
+      help='Path to the build directory (e.g. out/Release).')
+  args = parser.parse_args()
+  return args
+
+
+def main():
+  # pylint: disable=W0101
+  logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+  args = _ParseArgs()
+
+  test_executable = os.path.join(args.build_dir, 'low_bandwidth_audio_test')
+  if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    test_executable += '.exe'
+
+  _RunCommand([test_executable])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  sys.exit(main())