diff --git a/libs/hwui/JankTracker.cpp b/libs/hwui/JankTracker.cpp
index 76e587e162b64..47d01088f6f74 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/JankTracker.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/JankTracker.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 #include "JankTracker.h"
 
+#include "Properties.h"
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cutils/ashmem.h>
 #include <cutils/log.h>
@@ -77,6 +79,11 @@ static const uint32_t kBucket2msIntervals = 32;
 // If a frame is > this, start counting in increments of 4ms
 static const uint32_t kBucket4msIntervals = 48;
 
+// For testing purposes to try and eliminate test infra overhead we will
+// consider any unknown delay of frame start as part of the test infrastructure
+// and filter it out of the frame profile data
+static FrameInfoIndex sFrameStart = FrameInfoIndex::IntendedVsync;
+
 // This will be called every frame, performance sensitive
 // Uses bit twiddling to avoid branching while achieving the packing desired
 static uint32_t frameCountIndexForFrameTime(nsecs_t frameTime, uint32_t max) {
@@ -242,7 +249,7 @@ void JankTracker::addFrame(const FrameInfo& frame) {
     mData->totalFrameCount++;
     // Fast-path for jank-free frames
     int64_t totalDuration =
-            frame[FrameInfoIndex::FrameCompleted] - frame[FrameInfoIndex::IntendedVsync];
+            frame[FrameInfoIndex::FrameCompleted] - frame[sFrameStart];
     uint32_t framebucket = frameCountIndexForFrameTime(
             totalDuration, mData->frameCounts.size() - 1);
     // Keep the fast path as fast as possible.
@@ -280,6 +287,9 @@ void JankTracker::dumpBuffer(const void* buffer, size_t bufsize, int fd) {
 }
 
 void JankTracker::dumpData(const ProfileData* data, int fd) {
+    if (sFrameStart != FrameInfoIndex::IntendedVsync) {
+        dprintf(fd, "\nNote: Data has been filtered!");
+    }
     dprintf(fd, "\nStats since: %" PRIu64 "ns", data->statStartTime);
     dprintf(fd, "\nTotal frames rendered: %u", data->totalFrameCount);
     dprintf(fd, "\nJanky frames: %u (%.2f%%)", data->jankFrameCount,
@@ -305,6 +315,9 @@ void JankTracker::reset() {
     mData->totalFrameCount = 0;
     mData->jankFrameCount = 0;
     mData->statStartTime = systemTime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+    sFrameStart = Properties::filterOutTestOverhead
+            ? FrameInfoIndex::HandleInputStart
+            : FrameInfoIndex::IntendedVsync;
 }
 
 uint32_t JankTracker::findPercentile(const ProfileData* data, int percentile) {
diff --git a/libs/hwui/Properties.cpp b/libs/hwui/Properties.cpp
index bbd8c7226ab22..6f68c2bdff802 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Properties.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/Properties.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ bool Properties::sDisableProfileBars = false;
 
 bool Properties::waitForGpuCompletion = false;
 
+bool Properties::filterOutTestOverhead = false;
+
 static int property_get_int(const char* key, int defaultValue) {
     char buf[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX] = {'\0',};
 
@@ -156,6 +158,8 @@ bool Properties::load() {
     textureCacheFlushRate = std::max(0.0f, std::min(1.0f,
             property_get_float(PROPERTY_TEXTURE_CACHE_FLUSH_RATE, DEFAULT_TEXTURE_CACHE_FLUSH_RATE)));
 
+    filterOutTestOverhead = property_get_bool(PROPERTY_FILTER_TEST_OVERHEAD, false);
+
     return (prevDebugLayersUpdates != debugLayersUpdates)
             || (prevDebugOverdraw != debugOverdraw)
             || (prevDebugStencilClip != debugStencilClip);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/Properties.h b/libs/hwui/Properties.h
index 249b5b07fa118..171873de1f9ab 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/Properties.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/Properties.h
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ enum DebugLevel {
  */
 #define PROPERTY_ENABLE_PARTIAL_UPDATES "debug.hwui.enable_partial_updates"
 
+#define PROPERTY_FILTER_TEST_OVERHEAD "debug.hwui.filter_test_overhead"
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Runtime configuration properties
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -294,6 +296,10 @@ public:
     // Should be used only by test apps
     static bool waitForGpuCompletion;
 
+    // Should only be set by automated tests to try and filter out
+    // any overhead they add
+    static bool filterOutTestOverhead;
+
 private:
     static ProfileType sProfileType;
     static bool sDisableProfileBars;