diff --git a/webrtc/video/vie_encoder.cc b/webrtc/video/vie_encoder.cc
index de6b9a8a63..b0f01184ce 100644
--- a/webrtc/video/vie_encoder.cc
+++ b/webrtc/video/vie_encoder.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@ namespace {
 // Time interval for logging frame counts.
 const int64_t kFrameLogIntervalMs = 60000;
 // We will never ask for a resolution lower than this.
+#if defined(WEBRTC_ANDROID)
+// TODO(kthelgason): Lower this limit when better testing
+// on MediaCodec and fallback implementations are in place.
+const int kMinPixelsPerFrame = 320 * 180;
+#else
 const int kMinPixelsPerFrame = 120 * 90;
+#endif
 
 // TODO(pbos): Lower these thresholds (to closer to 100%) when we handle
 // pipelining encoders better (multiple input frames before something comes
diff --git a/webrtc/video/vie_encoder_unittest.cc b/webrtc/video/vie_encoder_unittest.cc
index 1bb904be7c..7dd59212e0 100644
--- a/webrtc/video/vie_encoder_unittest.cc
+++ b/webrtc/video/vie_encoder_unittest.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@
 #include "webrtc/video/send_statistics_proxy.h"
 #include "webrtc/video/vie_encoder.h"
 
+namespace {
+#if defined(WEBRTC_ANDROID)
+// TODO(kthelgason): Lower this limit when better testing
+// on MediaCodec and fallback implementations are in place.
+const int kMinPixelsPerFrame = 320 * 180;
+#else
+const int kMinPixelsPerFrame = 120 * 90;
+#endif
+}
+
 namespace webrtc {
 
 using DegredationPreference = VideoSendStream::DegradationPreference;
@@ -924,8 +934,6 @@ TEST_F(ViEEncoderTest, DoesNotScaleBelowSetLimit) {
   const int kTargetBitrateBps = 100000;
   int frame_width = 1280;
   int frame_height = 720;
-  // from vie_encoder.cc
-  const int kMinPixelsPerFrame = 120 * 90;
   vie_encoder_->OnBitrateUpdated(kTargetBitrateBps, 0, 0);
 
   for (size_t i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {