diff --git a/src/modules/video_coding/main/test/test_util.cc b/src/modules/video_coding/main/test/test_util.cc
index 545d3fa7b9..d102699db9 100644
--- a/src/modules/video_coding/main/test/test_util.cc
+++ b/src/modules/video_coding/main/test/test_util.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@
 
 using namespace webrtc;
 
+// Normal Distribution
+#define PI  3.14159265
+double
+NormalDist(double mean, double stdDev)
+{
+    // Creating a Normal distribution variable from two independent uniform
+    // variables based on the Box-Muller transform
+    double uniform1 = (std::rand() + 1.0) / (RAND_MAX + 1.0);
+    double uniform2 = (std::rand() + 1.0) / (RAND_MAX + 1.0);
+    return (mean + stdDev * sqrt(-2 * log(uniform1)) * cos(2 * PI * uniform2));
+}
+
+
 /******************************
  *  VCMEncodeCompleteCallback
  *****************************/
@@ -199,6 +212,7 @@ RTPSendCompleteCallback::RTPSendCompleteCallback(RtpRtcp* rtp,
     _lossPct(0),
     _burstLength(0),
     _networkDelayMs(0),
+    _jitterVar(0),
     _prevLossState(0),
     _totalSentLength(0),
     _rtpPackets(),
@@ -307,8 +321,13 @@ RTPSendCompleteCallback::SendPacket(int channel, const void *data, int len)
         rtpPacket* newPacket = new rtpPacket();
         memcpy(newPacket->data, data, len);
         newPacket->length = len;
-        // Simulate receive time
-        newPacket->receiveTime = now + _networkDelayMs;
+        // Simulate receive time = network delay + packet jitter
+        // simulated as a Normal distribution random variable with
+        // mean = networkDelay and variance = jitterVar
+        WebRtc_Word32
+        simulatedDelay = (WebRtc_Word32)NormalDist(_networkDelayMs,
+                                                   sqrt(_jitterVar));
+        newPacket->receiveTime = now + simulatedDelay;
         _rtpPackets.PushBack(newPacket);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/video_coding/main/test/test_util.h b/src/modules/video_coding/main/test/test_util.h
index 6e7d761b26..97e305856c 100644
--- a/src/modules/video_coding/main/test/test_util.h
+++ b/src/modules/video_coding/main/test/test_util.h
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ public:
     // Set network delay in the network
     void SetNetworkDelay(WebRtc_UWord32 networkDelayMs)
                         {_networkDelayMs = networkDelayMs;};
+    // Set Packet jitter delay
+    void SetJitterVar(WebRtc_UWord32 jitterVar)
+                      {_jitterVar = jitterVar;};
     // Return send count
     int SendCount() {return _sendCount; }
     // Return accumulated length in bytes of transmitted packets
@@ -221,6 +224,7 @@ private:
     double                  _lossPct;
     double                  _burstLength;
     WebRtc_UWord32          _networkDelayMs;
+    double                  _jitterVar;
     bool                    _prevLossState;
     WebRtc_UWord32          _totalSentLength;
     webrtc::ListWrapper     _rtpPackets;