diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf937369ae..2104635e82 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 /tools_webrtc/audio_quality/win/*.exe
 /tools_webrtc/audio_quality/win/*.dll
 /tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/linux/ffmpeg
-/tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/linux/frame_analyzer
 /tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/linux/zxing
 /tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/mac/ffmpeg
 /tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/mac/zxing
diff --git a/examples/BUILD.gn b/examples/BUILD.gn
index 05ddef876a..efd4e798c6 100644
--- a/examples/BUILD.gn
+++ b/examples/BUILD.gn
@@ -154,6 +154,31 @@ if (is_android) {
     ]
   }
 
+  group("video_quality_loopback_test") {
+    testonly = true
+
+    deps = [
+      ":AppRTCMobile_stubbed_video_io_test_apk",
+      "../rtc_tools:frame_analyzer_host",
+    ]
+
+    data = [
+      "../build/android/adb_reverse_forwarder.py",
+      "../examples/androidtests/video_quality_loopback_test.py",
+      "../resources/reference_video_640x360_30fps.y4m",
+      "../rtc_tools/barcode_tools/barcode_decoder.py",
+      "../rtc_tools/barcode_tools/helper_functions.py",
+      "../rtc_tools/compare_videos.py",
+      "../rtc_tools/testing/prebuilt_apprtc.zip",
+      "../rtc_tools/testing/golang/linux/go.tar.gz",
+      "../rtc_tools/testing/build_apprtc.py",
+      "../rtc_tools/testing/utils.py",
+      "../tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/linux/ffmpeg",
+      "../tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/linux/zxing",
+      "${root_out_dir}/frame_analyzer_host",
+    ]
+  }
+
   rtc_instrumentation_test_apk("AppRTCMobile_stubbed_video_io_test_apk") {
     apk_name = "AppRTCMobileTestStubbedVideoIO"
     android_manifest = "androidtests/AndroidManifest.xml"
@@ -171,22 +196,6 @@ if (is_android) {
       "//third_party/hamcrest:hamcrest_java",
       "//third_party/junit",
     ]
-
-    data = [
-      "../build/android/adb_reverse_forwarder.py",
-      "../examples/androidtests/video_quality_loopback_test.py",
-      "../resources/reference_video_640x360_30fps.y4m",
-      "../rtc_tools/barcode_tools/barcode_decoder.py",
-      "../rtc_tools/barcode_tools/helper_functions.py",
-      "../rtc_tools/compare_videos.py",
-      "../rtc_tools/testing/prebuilt_apprtc.zip",
-      "../rtc_tools/testing/golang/linux/go.tar.gz",
-      "../rtc_tools/testing/build_apprtc.py",
-      "../rtc_tools/testing/utils.py",
-      "../tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/linux/ffmpeg",
-      "../tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/linux/frame_analyzer",
-      "../tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/linux/zxing",
-    ]
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/androidtests/video_quality_loopback_test.py b/examples/androidtests/video_quality_loopback_test.py
index 225f885273..a74acf177a 100755
--- a/examples/androidtests/video_quality_loopback_test.py
+++ b/examples/androidtests/video_quality_loopback_test.py
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ def _ParseArgs():
   parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Start loopback video analysis.')
   parser.add_argument('build_dir_android',
       help='The path to the build directory for Android.')
-  parser.add_argument('--build_dir_x86',
-      help='The path to the build directory for building locally.')
   parser.add_argument('--temp_dir',
       help='A temporary directory to put the output.')
   parser.add_argument('--adb-path', help='Path to adb binary.', default='adb')
@@ -192,7 +190,7 @@ def RunTest(android_device, adb_path, build_dir, temp_dir, num_retries,
 
   # Run comparison script.
   compare_script = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, 'rtc_tools', 'compare_videos.py')
-  frame_analyzer = os.path.join(TOOLCHAIN_DIR, 'frame_analyzer')
+  frame_analyzer = os.path.join(build_dir, 'frame_analyzer_host')
   zxing_path = os.path.join(TOOLCHAIN_DIR, 'zxing')
   stats_file_ref = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'stats_ref.txt')
   stats_file_test = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'stats_test.txt')
@@ -241,4 +239,3 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   sys.exit(main())
-
diff --git a/rtc_tools/BUILD.gn b/rtc_tools/BUILD.gn
index e84d0030d5..dcee868856 100644
--- a/rtc_tools/BUILD.gn
+++ b/rtc_tools/BUILD.gn
@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ rtc_executable("frame_analyzer") {
   ]
 }
 
+action("frame_analyzer_host") {
+  script = "//tools_webrtc/executable_host_build.py"
+  outputs = [
+    "${root_out_dir}/frame_analyzer_host",
+  ]
+  args = [
+    "--executable_name",
+    "frame_analyzer",
+  ]
+}
+
 # Only expose the targets needed by Chromium (e.g. frame_analyzer) to avoid
 # building a lot of redundant code as part of Chromium builds.
 if (!build_with_chromium) {
diff --git a/tools_webrtc/executable_host_build.py b/tools_webrtc/executable_host_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc1e7ee59e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools_webrtc/executable_host_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env/python
+
+# Copyright (c) 2018 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 builds a GN executable targeting the host machine.
+
+It is useful, for example, for mobile devices performance testing where
+it makes sense to build WebRTC for a mobile platform (e.g. Android) but
+part of the test is performed on the host machine (e.g. running an
+executable to analyze a video downloaded from a device).
+
+The script has only one (mandatory) option: --executable_name, which is
+the output name of the GN executable. For example, if you have the
+following executable in your out folder:
+
+  out/Debug/random_exec
+
+You will be able to compile the same executable targeting your host machine
+by running:
+
+  $ python tools_webrtc/executable_host_build.py --executable_name random_exec
+
+The generated executable will have the same name as the input executable with
+suffix '_host'.
+
+This script should not be used standalone but from GN, through an action:
+
+  action("random_exec_host") {
+    script = "//tools_webrtc/executable_host_build.py"
+    outputs = [
+      "${root_out_dir}/random_exec_host",
+    ]
+    args = [
+      "--executable_name",
+      "random_exec",
+    ]
+  }
+
+The executable for the host machine will be generated in the GN out directory
+(e.g. out/Debug in the previous example).
+"""
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+
+SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+SRC_DIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, os.pardir))
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(SRC_DIR, 'build'))
+import find_depot_tools
+
+
+def _ParseArgs():
+  desc = 'Generates a GN executable targeting the host machine.'
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=desc)
+  parser.add_argument('--executable_name',
+                      required=True,
+                      help='Name of the executable to build')
+  args = parser.parse_args()
+  return args
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def HostBuildDir():
+  temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+  try:
+    yield temp_dir
+  finally:
+    shutil.rmtree(temp_dir)
+
+
+def _RunCommand(argv, cwd=SRC_DIR, **kwargs):
+  with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull:
+    subprocess.check_call(argv, cwd=cwd, stdout=devnull, **kwargs)
+
+
+def DepotToolPath(*args):
+  return os.path.join(find_depot_tools.DEPOT_TOOLS_PATH, *args)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  ARGS = _ParseArgs()
+  EXECUTABLE_TO_BUILD = ARGS.executable_name
+  EXECUTABLE_FINAL_NAME = ARGS.executable_name + '_host'
+  with HostBuildDir() as build_dir:
+    _RunCommand([sys.executable, DepotToolPath('gn.py'), 'gen', build_dir])
+    _RunCommand([DepotToolPath('ninja'), '-C', build_dir, EXECUTABLE_TO_BUILD])
+    shutil.copy(os.path.join(build_dir, EXECUTABLE_TO_BUILD),
+                EXECUTABLE_FINAL_NAME)
diff --git a/tools_webrtc/mb/gn_isolate_map.pyl b/tools_webrtc/mb/gn_isolate_map.pyl
index 479c5eae79..fecc56c38e 100644
--- a/tools_webrtc/mb/gn_isolate_map.pyl
+++ b/tools_webrtc/mb/gn_isolate_map.pyl
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     "type": "console_test_launcher",
   },
   "video_quality_loopback_test": {
-    "label": "//examples:AppRTCMobile_stubbed_video_io_test_apk",
+    "label": "//examples:video_quality_loopback_test",
     "type": "script",
     "script": "//examples/androidtests/video_quality_loopback_test.py",
     "args": ["."],
diff --git a/tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/linux/frame_analyzer.sha1 b/tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/linux/frame_analyzer.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f7d4e9f74..0000000000
--- a/tools_webrtc/video_quality_toolchain/linux/frame_analyzer.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-fe3e1e5253a1a49277e3ec9c0699ccf059cd8601
\ No newline at end of file