diff --git a/audio/policy/1.0/vts/OWNERS b/audio/policy/1.0/vts/OWNERS
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+++ b/audio/policy/1.0/vts/OWNERS
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+elaurent@google.com
+mnaganov@google.com
diff --git a/audio/policy/1.0/vts/functional/Android.bp b/audio/policy/1.0/vts/functional/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f668a25
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+++ b/audio/policy/1.0/vts/functional/Android.bp
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+cc_test {
+    name: "VtsHalAudioPolicyV1_0TargetTest",
+    defaults: ["vts_target_tests_defaults"],
+    srcs: [
+        "ValidateEngineConfiguration.cpp",
+    ],
+    static_libs: [
+        "android.hardware.audio.common.test.utility",
+        "libxml2",
+        "liblog",
+    ],
+    // Use test_config for vts-core suite.
+    // TODO(b/146104851): Add auto-gen rules and remove it.
+    test_config: "VtsHalAudioPolicyV1_0TargetTest.xml",
+    cflags: [
+        "-DXSD_DIR=\"/data/local/tmp\"",
+        "-Wall",
+        "-Werror",
+        "-Wno-unused-function",
+        "-O0",
+        "-g",
+    ],
+    data: [
+        ":audio_policy_engine_conf_V1_0",
+    ],
+    gtest: true,
+    test_suites: [
+        "general-tests",
+        "vts-core",
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/audio/policy/1.0/vts/functional/ValidateEngineConfiguration.cpp b/audio/policy/1.0/vts/functional/ValidateEngineConfiguration.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eb39f9
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+++ b/audio/policy/1.0/vts/functional/ValidateEngineConfiguration.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string>
+#include "utility/ValidateXml.h"
+
+static const std::vector<const char*> locations = {"/odm/etc", "/vendor/etc", "/system/etc"};
+static const std::string config = "audio_policy_engine_configuration.xml";
+static const std::string schema =
+        std::string(XSD_DIR) + "/audio_policy_engine_configuration_V1_0.xsd";
+
+/**
+ * @brief TEST to ensure the audio policy engine configuration file is validating schemas.
+ * Note: this configuration file is not mandatory, an hardcoded fallback is provided, so
+ * it does not fail if not found.
+ */
+TEST(ValidateConfiguration, audioPolicyEngineConfiguration) {
+    RecordProperty("description",
+                   "Verify that the audio policy engine configuration file "
+                   "is valid according to the schemas");
+    EXPECT_VALID_XML_MULTIPLE_LOCATIONS(config.c_str(), locations, schema.c_str());
+}
diff --git a/audio/policy/1.0/vts/functional/VtsHalAudioPolicyV1_0TargetTest.xml b/audio/policy/1.0/vts/functional/VtsHalAudioPolicyV1_0TargetTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4318e92
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+++ b/audio/policy/1.0/vts/functional/VtsHalAudioPolicyV1_0TargetTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+
+     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+     You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+     limitations under the License.
+-->
+<configuration description="Runs VtsHalAudioPolicyV1_0TargetTest.">
+  <option name="test-suite-tag" value="apct" />
+  <option name="test-suite-tag" value="apct-native" />
+
+  <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.RootTargetPreparer">
+  </target_preparer>
+
+  <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.RunCommandTargetPreparer">
+  </target_preparer>
+
+  <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.PushFilePreparer">
+    <option name="cleanup" value="true" />
+    <option name="push" value="VtsHalAudioPolicyV1_0TargetTest->/data/local/tmp/VtsHalAudioPolicyV1_0TargetTest" />
+    <option name="push" value="audio_policy_engine_conf_V1_0.xsd->/data/local/tmp/audio_policy_engine_configuration_V1_0.xsd" />
+  </target_preparer>
+
+  <test class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.GTest" >
+    <option name="native-test-device-path" value="/data/local/tmp" />
+    <option name="module-name" value="VtsHalAudioPolicyV1_0TargetTest" />
+  </test>
+</configuration>