diff --git a/.github/workflows/cc_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/cc_tests.yml
index d09c34b8931ff..fed0c2485b527 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cc_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cc_tests.yml
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ jobs:
     - env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       name: 'Run tests'
+        # Regression test using the new API listener. TODO(#2711) clean up.
       run: |
         cd mobile && ./bazelw test \
             --action_env=LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
             --test_output=all \
+            --copt=-DUSE_API_LISTENER \
             $([ -z $GITHUB_TOKEN ] || echo "--config=remote-ci-linux") \
             --remote_header="Authorization=Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
             //test/cc/...
diff --git a/envoy/server/options.h b/envoy/server/options.h
index ab90efdd1f0eb..5da6b566e8538 100644
--- a/envoy/server/options.h
+++ b/envoy/server/options.h
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ class Options {
    * responsibility of the caller to handle the duplicates.
    */
   virtual const Stats::TagVector& statsTags() const PURE;
+
+  /**
+   * @return the type of listener manager to create.
+   */
+  virtual const std::string& listenerManager() const PURE;
 };
 
 } // namespace Server
diff --git a/mobile/envoy_build_config/BUILD b/mobile/envoy_build_config/BUILD
index 25016c7a5f465..877b0732025d5 100644
--- a/mobile/envoy_build_config/BUILD
+++ b/mobile/envoy_build_config/BUILD
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ envoy_cc_library(
     hdrs = ["extension_registry.h"],
     repository = "@envoy",
     deps = [
+        "@envoy//source/extensions/listener_managers/listener_manager:listener_manager_lib",  #TODO(2711) remove
         "extension_registry_platform_additions",
         "@envoy//source/common/network:socket_lib",
         "@envoy//source/common/router:upstream_codec_filter_lib",
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ envoy_cc_library(
         "@envoy//source/extensions/filters/http/router:config",
         "@envoy//source/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager:config",
         "@envoy//source/extensions/http/header_formatters/preserve_case:config",
-        "@envoy//source/extensions/listener_managers/listener_manager:listener_manager_lib",
         "@envoy//source/extensions/network/dns_resolver/getaddrinfo:config",
         "@envoy//source/extensions/request_id/uuid:config",
         "@envoy//source/extensions/stat_sinks/metrics_service:config",
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ envoy_cc_library(
         "@envoy_mobile//library/common/extensions/filters/http/platform_bridge:config",
         "@envoy_mobile//library/common/extensions/filters/http/route_cache_reset:config",
         "@envoy_mobile//library/common/extensions/filters/http/socket_tag:config",
+        "@envoy_mobile//library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager:api_listener_manager_lib",
         "@envoy_mobile//library/common/extensions/retry/options/network_configuration:config",
     ] + envoy_select_enable_http3(
         [
diff --git a/mobile/envoy_build_config/extension_registry.cc b/mobile/envoy_build_config/extension_registry.cc
index a8deb2521f0f5..41f4b5c63ad34 100644
--- a/mobile/envoy_build_config/extension_registry.cc
+++ b/mobile/envoy_build_config/extension_registry.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "library/common/extensions/filters/http/network_configuration/config.h"
 #include "library/common/extensions/filters/http/platform_bridge/config.h"
 #include "library/common/extensions/filters/http/route_cache_reset/config.h"
+#include "library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager/api_listener_manager.h"
 #include "library/common/extensions/retry/options/network_configuration/config.h"
 
 namespace Envoy {
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ void ExtensionRegistry::registerFactories() {
   Envoy::Network::forceRegisterGetAddrInfoDnsResolverFactory();
   Envoy::Extensions::RequestId::forceRegisterUUIDRequestIDExtensionFactory();
   Envoy::Server::forceRegisterDefaultListenerManagerFactoryImpl();
+  Envoy::Server::forceRegisterApiListenerManagerFactoryImpl();
 
 #ifdef ENVOY_ENABLE_QUIC
   Quic::forceRegisterQuicServerTransportSocketConfigFactory();
diff --git a/mobile/envoy_build_config/extensions_build_config.bzl b/mobile/envoy_build_config/extensions_build_config.bzl
index 3b8e6cd4fa883..361156118fd65 100644
--- a/mobile/envoy_build_config/extensions_build_config.bzl
+++ b/mobile/envoy_build_config/extensions_build_config.bzl
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ EXTENSIONS = {
     "envoy.transport_sockets.tls":                         "//source/extensions/transport_sockets/tls:config",
     "envoy.http.stateful_header_formatters.preserve_case": "//source/extensions/http/header_formatters/preserve_case:config",
     "envoy_mobile.cert_validator.platform_bridge_cert_validator": "@envoy_mobile//library/common/extensions/cert_validator/platform_bridge:config",
+    "envoy.listener_manager_impl.api":                     "@envoy_mobile//library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager:api_listener_manager_lib",
+
 }
 WINDOWS_EXTENSIONS = {}
 LEGACY_ALWAYSLINK = 1
diff --git a/mobile/library/common/engine_common.cc b/mobile/library/common/engine_common.cc
index c11b166b57851..e3739cb4ce8fb 100644
--- a/mobile/library/common/engine_common.cc
+++ b/mobile/library/common/engine_common.cc
@@ -5,10 +5,17 @@
 
 namespace Envoy {
 
+// Allows for using the new API listener when building with --copt=-DUSE_API_LISTENER
+#ifdef USE_API_LISTENER
+const char* listener_type = "envoy.listener_manager_impl.api";
+#else
+const char* listener_type = "envoy.listener_manager_impl.default";
+#endif
+
 std::string hotRestartVersion(bool) { return "disabled"; }
 
 EngineCommon::EngineCommon(int argc, const char* const* argv)
-    : options_(argc, argv, &hotRestartVersion, spdlog::level::info),
+    : options_(argc, argv, &hotRestartVersion, spdlog::level::info, listener_type),
       base_(options_, real_time_system_, default_listener_hooks_, prod_component_factory_,
             std::make_unique<PlatformImpl>(), std::make_unique<Random::RandomGeneratorImpl>(),
             nullptr) {
diff --git a/mobile/library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager/BUILD b/mobile/library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1edcd81a93d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+load(
+    "@envoy//bazel:envoy_build_system.bzl",
+    "envoy_cc_extension",
+    "envoy_extension_package",
+)
+
+licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2
+
+envoy_extension_package()
+
+envoy_cc_extension(
+    name = "api_listener_manager_lib",
+    srcs = [
+        "api_listener_manager.cc",
+    ],
+    hdrs = [
+        "api_listener_manager.h",
+    ],
+    repository = "@envoy",
+    deps = [
+        "@envoy//envoy/server:instance_interface",
+        "@envoy//envoy/server:listener_manager_interface",
+        "@envoy//source/server:api_listener_lib",
+        "@envoy//source/server:listener_manager_factory_lib",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/mobile/library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager/api_listener_manager.cc b/mobile/library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager/api_listener_manager.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..22cd0f28fa7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager/api_listener_manager.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include "library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager/api_listener_manager.h"
+
+#include "envoy/config/listener/v3/listener.pb.h"
+#include "envoy/network/listener.h"
+
+#include "source/common/common/assert.h"
+#include "source/common/common/fmt.h"
+#include "source/common/config/utility.h"
+#include "source/server/api_listener_impl.h"
+
+namespace Envoy {
+namespace Server {
+
+ApiListenerManagerImpl::ApiListenerManagerImpl(Instance& server) : server_(server) {}
+bool ApiListenerManagerImpl::addOrUpdateListener(
+    const envoy::config::listener::v3::Listener& config, const std::string&, bool added_via_api) {
+  std::string name;
+  if (!config.name().empty()) {
+    name = config.name();
+  } else {
+    // TODO (soulxu): The random uuid name is bad for logging. We can use listening addresses in
+    // the log to improve that.
+    name = server_.api().randomGenerator().uuid();
+  }
+
+  // TODO(junr03): currently only one ApiListener can be installed via bootstrap to avoid having to
+  // build a collection of listeners, and to have to be able to warm and drain the listeners. In the
+  // future allow multiple ApiListeners, and allow them to be created via LDS as well as bootstrap.
+  if (config.has_api_listener()) {
+    if (config.has_internal_listener()) {
+      throw EnvoyException(fmt::format(
+          "error adding listener named '{}': api_listener and internal_listener cannot be both set",
+          name));
+    }
+    if (!api_listener_ && !added_via_api) {
+      // TODO(junr03): dispatch to different concrete constructors when there are other
+      // ApiListenerImplBase derived classes.
+      api_listener_ = std::make_unique<HttpApiListener>(config, server_, config.name());
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      ENVOY_LOG(warn, "listener {} can not be added because currently only one ApiListener is "
+                      "allowed, and it can only be added via bootstrap configuration");
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+REGISTER_FACTORY(ApiListenerManagerFactoryImpl, ListenerManagerFactory);
+
+} // namespace Server
+} // namespace Envoy
diff --git a/mobile/library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager/api_listener_manager.h b/mobile/library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager/api_listener_manager.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2980ea8c819a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/library/common/extensions/listener_managers/api_listener_manager/api_listener_manager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "envoy/server/instance.h"
+#include "envoy/server/listener_manager.h"
+
+#include "source/server/listener_manager_factory.h"
+
+namespace Envoy {
+namespace Server {
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of a lightweight ListenerManager for Envoy Mobile.
+ * This does not handle downstream TCP / UDP connections but only the API listener.
+ */
+class ApiListenerManagerImpl : public ListenerManager, Logger::Loggable<Logger::Id::config> {
+public:
+  explicit ApiListenerManagerImpl(Instance& server);
+
+  // Server::ListenerManager
+  bool addOrUpdateListener(const envoy::config::listener::v3::Listener& config,
+                           const std::string& version_info, bool added_via_api) override;
+  void createLdsApi(const envoy::config::core::v3::ConfigSource&,
+                    const xds::core::v3::ResourceLocator*) override {}
+  std::vector<std::reference_wrapper<Network::ListenerConfig>> listeners(ListenerState) override {
+    return {};
+  }
+  uint64_t numConnections() const override { return 0; }
+  bool removeListener(const std::string&) override { return true; }
+  void startWorkers(GuardDog&, std::function<void()> callback) override { callback(); }
+  void stopListeners(StopListenersType) override {}
+  void stopWorkers() override {}
+  void beginListenerUpdate() override {}
+  void endListenerUpdate(FailureStates&&) override {}
+  bool isWorkerStarted() override { return true; }
+  Http::Context& httpContext() { return server_.httpContext(); }
+  ApiListenerOptRef apiListener() override {
+    return api_listener_ ? ApiListenerOptRef(std::ref(*api_listener_)) : absl::nullopt;
+  }
+
+private:
+  Instance& server_;
+  ApiListenerPtr api_listener_;
+};
+
+class ApiListenerManagerFactoryImpl : public ListenerManagerFactory {
+public:
+  std::unique_ptr<ListenerManager>
+  createListenerManager(Instance& server, std::unique_ptr<ListenerComponentFactory>&&,
+                        WorkerFactory&, bool, Quic::QuicStatNames&) override {
+    return std::make_unique<ApiListenerManagerImpl>(server);
+  }
+  std::string name() const override { return "envoy.listener_manager_impl.api"; }
+};
+
+DECLARE_FACTORY(ApiListenerManagerFactoryImpl);
+
+} // namespace Server
+} // namespace Envoy
diff --git a/source/server/BUILD b/source/server/BUILD
index 9ce0fa8257e5e..942adf83697ff 100644
--- a/source/server/BUILD
+++ b/source/server/BUILD
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ envoy_cc_library(
     name = "listener_manager_factory_lib",
     hdrs = ["listener_manager_factory.h"],
     deps = [
+        ":worker_lib",
         "//envoy/server:factory_context_interface",
         "//envoy/server:listener_manager_interface",
         "//source/common/quic:quic_stat_names_lib",
diff --git a/source/server/options_impl.cc b/source/server/options_impl.cc
index eae78c65d513c..76987f2df6d8c 100644
--- a/source/server/options_impl.cc
+++ b/source/server/options_impl.cc
@@ -36,12 +36,16 @@ std::vector<std::string> toArgsVector(int argc, const char* const* argv) {
 
 OptionsImpl::OptionsImpl(int argc, const char* const* argv,
                          const HotRestartVersionCb& hot_restart_version_cb,
-                         spdlog::level::level_enum default_log_level)
-    : OptionsImpl(toArgsVector(argc, argv), hot_restart_version_cb, default_log_level) {}
+                         spdlog::level::level_enum default_log_level,
+                         absl::string_view listener_manager)
+    : OptionsImpl(toArgsVector(argc, argv), hot_restart_version_cb, default_log_level,
+                  listener_manager) {}
 
 OptionsImpl::OptionsImpl(std::vector<std::string> args,
                          const HotRestartVersionCb& hot_restart_version_cb,
-                         spdlog::level::level_enum default_log_level) {
+                         spdlog::level::level_enum default_log_level,
+                         absl::string_view listener_manager)
+    : listener_manager_(listener_manager) {
   std::string log_levels_string = fmt::format("Log levels: {}", allowedLogLevels());
   log_levels_string +=
       fmt::format("\nDefault is [{}]", spdlog::level::level_string_views[default_log_level]);
@@ -442,7 +446,8 @@ Server::CommandLineOptionsPtr OptionsImpl::toCommandLineOptions() const {
 OptionsImpl::OptionsImpl(const std::string& service_cluster, const std::string& service_node,
                          const std::string& service_zone, spdlog::level::level_enum log_level)
     : log_level_(log_level), service_cluster_(service_cluster), service_node_(service_node),
-      service_zone_(service_zone) {}
+      service_zone_(service_zone),
+      listener_manager_(Config::ServerExtensionValues::get().DEFAULT_LISTENER) {}
 
 void OptionsImpl::disableExtensions(const std::vector<std::string>& names) {
   for (const auto& name : names) {
diff --git a/source/server/options_impl.h b/source/server/options_impl.h
index 3c4426ade7aef..c9a325e708e5e 100644
--- a/source/server/options_impl.h
+++ b/source/server/options_impl.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "envoy/server/options.h"
 
 #include "source/common/common/logger.h"
+#include "source/common/config/well_known_names.h"
 
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
 
@@ -31,8 +32,10 @@ class OptionsImpl : public Server::Options, protected Logger::Loggable<Logger::I
    * @throw MalformedArgvException if something is wrong with the arguments (invalid flag or flag
    *        value). The caller should call exit(1) after any necessary cleanup.
    */
-  OptionsImpl(int argc, const char* const* argv, const HotRestartVersionCb& hot_restart_version_cb,
-              spdlog::level::level_enum default_log_level);
+  OptionsImpl(
+      int argc, const char* const* argv, const HotRestartVersionCb& hot_restart_version_cb,
+      spdlog::level::level_enum default_log_level,
+      absl::string_view listener_manager = Config::ServerExtensionValues::get().DEFAULT_LISTENER);
 
   /**
    * @throw NoServingException if Envoy has already done everything specified by the args (e.g.
@@ -41,8 +44,10 @@ class OptionsImpl : public Server::Options, protected Logger::Loggable<Logger::I
    * @throw MalformedArgvException if something is wrong with the arguments (invalid flag or flag
    *        value). The caller should call exit(1) after any necessary cleanup.
    */
-  OptionsImpl(std::vector<std::string> args, const HotRestartVersionCb& hot_restart_version_cb,
-              spdlog::level::level_enum default_log_level);
+  OptionsImpl(
+      std::vector<std::string> args, const HotRestartVersionCb& hot_restart_version_cb,
+      spdlog::level::level_enum default_log_level,
+      absl::string_view listener_manager = Config::ServerExtensionValues::get().DEFAULT_LISTENER);
 
   // Default constructor; creates "reasonable" defaults, but desired values should be set
   // explicitly.
@@ -157,6 +162,7 @@ class OptionsImpl : public Server::Options, protected Logger::Loggable<Logger::I
   }
   uint32_t count() const;
   const std::string& socketPath() const override { return socket_path_; }
+  const std::string& listenerManager() const override { return listener_manager_; }
   mode_t socketMode() const override { return socket_mode_; }
 
   /**
@@ -217,6 +223,7 @@ class OptionsImpl : public Server::Options, protected Logger::Loggable<Logger::I
   // enable_fine_grain_logging_.
   bool enable_fine_grain_logging_ = false;
   std::string socket_path_{"@envoy_domain_socket"};
+  std::string listener_manager_;
   mode_t socket_mode_{0};
 };
 
diff --git a/source/server/server.cc b/source/server/server.cc
index b632720a5aa52..60323126163db 100644
--- a/source/server/server.cc
+++ b/source/server/server.cc
@@ -607,11 +607,9 @@ void InstanceImpl::initialize(Network::Address::InstanceConstSharedPtr local_add
       Network::SocketInterfaceSingleton::initialize(sock);
     }
   }
-
   // Workers get created first so they register for thread local updates.
   listener_manager_ =
-      Config::Utility::getAndCheckFactoryByName<ListenerManagerFactory>(
-          Config::ServerExtensionValues::get().DEFAULT_LISTENER)
+      Config::Utility::getAndCheckFactoryByName<ListenerManagerFactory>(options_.listenerManager())
           .createListenerManager(*this, nullptr, worker_factory_,
                                  bootstrap_.enable_dispatcher_stats(), quic_stat_names_);
 
diff --git a/test/mocks/server/BUILD b/test/mocks/server/BUILD
index 28311cf689862..dfc46a741c22a 100644
--- a/test/mocks/server/BUILD
+++ b/test/mocks/server/BUILD
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ envoy_cc_mock(
     hdrs = ["options.h"],
     deps = [
         "//envoy/server:options_interface",
+        "//source/common/config:well_known_names",
         "@envoy_api//envoy/admin/v3:pkg_cc_proto",
         "@envoy_api//envoy/config/bootstrap/v3:pkg_cc_proto",
     ],
diff --git a/test/mocks/server/options.cc b/test/mocks/server/options.cc
index d947cccf1c9e5..37ba32421140a 100644
--- a/test/mocks/server/options.cc
+++ b/test/mocks/server/options.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include "envoy/admin/v3/server_info.pb.h"
 
+#include "source/common/config/well_known_names.h"
+
 #include "gmock/gmock.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ MockOptions::MockOptions(const std::string& config_path) : config_path_(config_p
   ON_CALL(*this, socketPath()).WillByDefault(ReturnRef(socket_path_));
   ON_CALL(*this, socketMode()).WillByDefault(ReturnPointee(&socket_mode_));
   ON_CALL(*this, statsTags()).WillByDefault(ReturnRef(stats_tags_));
+  ON_CALL(*this, listenerManager())
+      .WillByDefault(ReturnRef(Config::ServerExtensionValues::get().DEFAULT_LISTENER));
 }
 
 MockOptions::~MockOptions() = default;
diff --git a/test/mocks/server/options.h b/test/mocks/server/options.h
index fb64f4f1b6642..8b6ef95596b81 100644
--- a/test/mocks/server/options.h
+++ b/test/mocks/server/options.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class MockOptions : public Options {
   MOCK_METHOD(const std::string&, socketPath, (), (const));
   MOCK_METHOD(mode_t, socketMode, (), (const));
   MOCK_METHOD((const Stats::TagVector&), statsTags, (), (const));
+  MOCK_METHOD(const std::string&, listenerManager, (), (const));
 
   std::string config_path_;
   envoy::config::bootstrap::v3::Bootstrap config_proto_;