diff --git a/benchmarking/degrade/degrade_base.py b/benchmarking/degrade/degrade_base.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..291838c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarking/degrade/degrade_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright 2021-present, Facebook, Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+##############################################################################
+
+from typing import TypedDict
+
+
+class DegradeBase(object):
+    """Base class for platform-specific "degrade" tools to be used to apply cpu or memory device constraints to a benchmark run.
+
+    The implementation-specific constraints are specified by a dictionary containing a "cpu" and / or "memory" dictionary entry.
+
+    For example:
+        {
+            "cpu": {
+                count: "4",
+            },
+            "memory": {
+                limit: "2000000KB",
+            }
+        }
+
+    This class also acts as a default no-op implementation in the case that no implementation is registered for a given platform.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, platform_util, constraints=None):
+        """Specify a dictionary containing "cpu" or "memory" options to a degrade tool to apply device constraints to the benchmark run
+
+        Args:
+            platform_util: (object)  Platform-specific Device identifier object, such as adb
+            constraints (dict):     Dictionary containing a "cpu" and / or "memory" dictionary of platform / implementation-specific device contraint options.
+
+        Notes:
+            The args value may also be passed to setArgs() directly if desired.
+
+        """
+        self.util = platform_util
+        if constraints is not None:
+            self.specifyConstraints(constraints)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.applyConstraints()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        self.resetConstraints()
+
+    def specifyConstraints(self, constraints):
+        """Specify a dictionary containing "cpu" or "memory" options to a degrade tool to apply device constraints to the benchmark run
+
+        Args:
+            constraints (dict):    Dictionary containing a "cpu" and / or "memory" dictionary of platform / implementation-specific device contraint options.
+
+        Notes:
+            The args value may also be passed to the constructor instead of to setArgs() if desired.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def applyConstraints(self):
+        """Apply any cpu / memory constraints set previously"""
+        pass
+
+    def resetConstraints(self):
+        """Reset device to defaults (remove any constraints applied previously)."""
+        pass
+
+    def logConstraints(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class DegradeEntries(TypedDict):
+    platform: str
+    degrade: DegradeBase
+
+
+default_degrade = DegradeBase
+
+degrade_table: DegradeEntries = {}
+
+
+def registerDegrade(platform: str, degrade: DegradeBase):
+    """Register a platform-specific DegradeBase implementation.
+
+    Args:
+        platform (str):         Name of the plaform (eg. "android", "ios").
+        degrade (DegradeBase):  Implementaton drived from DegradeBase.
+    """
+    global degrade_table
+    degrade_table[platform] = degrade
+
+
+def getDegrade(platform: str) -> DegradeBase:
+    """Lookup and return a registered platform-specific implementation of DegradeBase.
+
+    Args:
+        platform (str): Name of the plaform (eg. "android", "ios").
+
+    Returns:
+        A matching DegradeBase implementation or the default implementation if none.
+    """
+    global degrade_table
+    global default_degrade
+    if platform in degrade_table:
+        return degrade_table[platform]
+
+    return default_degrade
diff --git a/benchmarking/platforms/android/android_platform.py b/benchmarking/platforms/android/android_platform.py
index 11bba629..9bdec7df 100644
--- a/benchmarking/platforms/android/android_platform.py
+++ b/benchmarking/platforms/android/android_platform.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import shutil
 import time
 
+from degrade.degrade_base import DegradeBase, getDegrade
 from platforms.platform_base import PlatformBase
 from profilers.profilers import getProfilerByUsage
 from six import string_types
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ def __init__(self, tempdir, adb, args, usb_controller=None):
         self.usb_controller = usb_controller
         self._setLogCatSize()
         self.app = None
+        self.degrade_constraints = None
+        self.degrade: DegradeBase = getDegrade(self.type)
         if self.args.set_freq:
             self.util.setFrequency(self.args.set_freq)
 
@@ -112,6 +115,8 @@ def preprocess(self, *args, **kwargs):
             if "app" in benchmark["model"]:
                 self.app = benchmark["model"]["app"]
 
+        self.degrade_constraints = benchmark["tests"][0].get("degrade")
+
         if not self.app:
             if "intent.txt" in programs:
                 # temporary to rename the program with adb suffix
@@ -152,16 +157,17 @@ def runBenchmark(self, cmd, *args, **kwargs):
         # that is not the output of the command
         meta = {}
 
-        # We know this command may fail. Avoid propogating this
-        # failure to the upstream
-        success = getRunStatus()
-        self.util.logcat("-b", "all", "-c")
-        setRunStatus(success, overwrite=True)
-        if self.app:
-            log, meta = self.runAppBenchmark(cmd, *args, **kwargs)
-        else:
-            log, meta = self.runBinaryBenchmark(cmd, *args, **kwargs)
-        return log, meta
+        with self.degrade(self.util, self.degrade_constraints):
+            # We know this command may fail. Avoid propogating this
+            # failure to the upstream
+            success = getRunStatus()
+            self.util.logcat("-b", "all", "-c")
+            setRunStatus(success, overwrite=True)
+            if self.app:
+                log, meta = self.runAppBenchmark(cmd, *args, **kwargs)
+            else:
+                log, meta = self.runBinaryBenchmark(cmd, *args, **kwargs)
+            return log, meta
 
     def runAppBenchmark(self, cmd, *args, **kwargs):
         arguments = self.getPairedArguments(cmd)