diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 008bc5fae809b9327614df4a432c2d3d894f2c61..c37d0abdf0bdf70f9b97f16bf7ae6010d16c6eb5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@
 [submodule "third_party/boringssl"]
 	path = third_party/boringssl
 	url = https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl
+[submodule "third_party/nanopb"]
+	path = third_party/nanopb
+	url = https://github.com/nanopb/nanopb.git
diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 83c0f4f7dfcce44079fcfe0fbf2e0b9c8a6d15df..91559ff98e15f4ea3c5919f0cc1d78e8aa0e5e8b 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/client_config/client_config.h",
     "src/core/client_config/connector.h",
     "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h",
+    "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policy.h",
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/json/json_common.h",
     "src/core/json/json_reader.h",
     "src/core/json/json_writer.h",
+    "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h",
     "src/core/statistics/census_interface.h",
     "src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h",
     "src/core/surface/api_trace.h",
@@ -284,6 +286,10 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/census/aggregation.h",
     "src/core/census/mlog.h",
     "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h",
     "src/core/census/grpc_context.c",
     "src/core/census/grpc_filter.c",
     "src/core/channel/channel_args.c",
@@ -299,6 +305,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/client_config/connector.c",
     "src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c",
     "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c",
+    "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c",
@@ -363,6 +370,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/json/json_reader.c",
     "src/core/json/json_string.c",
     "src/core/json/json_writer.c",
+    "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c",
     "src/core/surface/alarm.c",
     "src/core/surface/api_trace.c",
     "src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c",
@@ -439,6 +447,9 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/census/operation.c",
     "src/core/census/placeholders.c",
     "src/core/census/tracing.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c",
   ],
   hdrs = [
     "include/grpc/grpc_security.h",
@@ -487,6 +498,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/client_config/client_config.h",
     "src/core/client_config/connector.h",
     "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h",
+    "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policy.h",
@@ -547,6 +559,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/json/json_common.h",
     "src/core/json/json_reader.h",
     "src/core/json/json_writer.h",
+    "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h",
     "src/core/statistics/census_interface.h",
     "src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h",
     "src/core/surface/api_trace.h",
@@ -589,6 +602,10 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/census/aggregation.h",
     "src/core/census/mlog.h",
     "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h",
     "src/core/surface/init_unsecure.c",
     "src/core/census/grpc_context.c",
     "src/core/census/grpc_filter.c",
@@ -605,6 +622,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/client_config/connector.c",
     "src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c",
     "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c",
+    "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c",
@@ -669,6 +687,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/json/json_reader.c",
     "src/core/json/json_string.c",
     "src/core/json/json_writer.c",
+    "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c",
     "src/core/surface/alarm.c",
     "src/core/surface/api_trace.c",
     "src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c",
@@ -724,6 +743,9 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/census/operation.c",
     "src/core/census/placeholders.c",
     "src/core/census/tracing.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c",
   ],
   hdrs = [
     "include/grpc/byte_buffer.h",
@@ -1262,6 +1284,7 @@ objc_library(
     "src/core/client_config/connector.c",
     "src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c",
     "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c",
+    "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c",
@@ -1326,6 +1349,7 @@ objc_library(
     "src/core/json/json_reader.c",
     "src/core/json/json_string.c",
     "src/core/json/json_writer.c",
+    "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c",
     "src/core/surface/alarm.c",
     "src/core/surface/api_trace.c",
     "src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c",
@@ -1402,6 +1426,9 @@ objc_library(
     "src/core/census/operation.c",
     "src/core/census/placeholders.c",
     "src/core/census/tracing.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c",
   ],
   hdrs = [
     "include/grpc/grpc_security.h",
@@ -1431,6 +1458,7 @@ objc_library(
     "src/core/client_config/client_config.h",
     "src/core/client_config/connector.h",
     "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h",
+    "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policy.h",
@@ -1491,6 +1519,7 @@ objc_library(
     "src/core/json/json_common.h",
     "src/core/json/json_reader.h",
     "src/core/json/json_writer.h",
+    "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h",
     "src/core/statistics/census_interface.h",
     "src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h",
     "src/core/surface/api_trace.h",
@@ -1547,6 +1576,10 @@ objc_library(
     "src/core/census/aggregation.h",
     "src/core/census/mlog.h",
     "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h",
   ],
   includes = [
     "include",
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8a005609b267da8034a2fc7ab277fc93ed1f1b55..e425da5a58886e107d29310d4b0ceb123e454c9c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ LD_asan-noleaks = clang
 LDXX_asan-noleaks = clang++
 CPPFLAGS_asan-noleaks = -O0 -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -DGPR_NO_DIRECT_SYSCALLS
 LDFLAGS_asan-noleaks = -fsanitize=address
-DEFINES_asan-noleaks += GRPC_TEST_SLOWDOWN_BUILD_FACTOR=1.5
+DEFINES_asan-noleaks += GRPC_TEST_SLOWDOWN_BUILD_FACTOR=3
 
 VALID_CONFIG_ubsan = 1
 REQUIRE_CUSTOM_LIBRARIES_ubsan = 1
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ LD_asan = clang
 LDXX_asan = clang++
 CPPFLAGS_asan = -O0 -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -DGPR_NO_DIRECT_SYSCALLS
 LDFLAGS_asan = -fsanitize=address
-DEFINES_asan += GRPC_TEST_SLOWDOWN_BUILD_FACTOR=1.5
+DEFINES_asan += GRPC_TEST_SLOWDOWN_BUILD_FACTOR=3
 
 VALID_CONFIG_tsan = 1
 REQUIRE_CUSTOM_LIBRARIES_tsan = 1
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ LD_tsan = clang
 LDXX_tsan = clang++
 CPPFLAGS_tsan = -O0 -fsanitize=thread -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -fPIE -pie -DGPR_NO_DIRECT_SYSCALLS
 LDFLAGS_tsan = -fsanitize=thread -fPIE -pie $(if $(JENKINS_BUILD),-Wl$(comma)-Ttext-segment=0x7e0000000000,)
-DEFINES_tsan += GRPC_TEST_SLOWDOWN_BUILD_FACTOR=2
+DEFINES_tsan += GRPC_TEST_SLOWDOWN_BUILD_FACTOR=5
 
 VALID_CONFIG_msan = 1
 REQUIRE_CUSTOM_LIBRARIES_msan = 1
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ LDXX_msan = clang++
 CPPFLAGS_msan = -O0 -fsanitize=memory -fsanitize-memory-track-origins -fno-omit-frame-pointer -DGTEST_HAS_TR1_TUPLE=0 -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=1 -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -fPIE -pie -DGPR_NO_DIRECT_SYSCALLS
 LDFLAGS_msan = -fsanitize=memory -DGTEST_HAS_TR1_TUPLE=0 -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=1 -fPIE -pie $(if $(JENKINS_BUILD),-Wl$(comma)-Ttext-segment=0x7e0000000000,)
 DEFINES_msan = NDEBUG
-DEFINES_msan += GRPC_TEST_SLOWDOWN_BUILD_FACTOR=2
+DEFINES_msan += GRPC_TEST_SLOWDOWN_BUILD_FACTOR=4
 
 VALID_CONFIG_mutrace = 1
 CC_mutrace = $(DEFAULT_CC)
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ grpc_csharp_plugin: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_csharp_plugin
 grpc_objective_c_plugin: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_objective_c_plugin
 grpc_python_plugin: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_python_plugin
 grpc_ruby_plugin: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_ruby_plugin
+grpclb_api_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpclb_api_test
 hybrid_end2end_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/hybrid_end2end_test
 interop_client: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/interop_client
 interop_server: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/interop_server
@@ -1302,6 +1303,7 @@ buildtests_cxx: buildtests_zookeeper privatelibs_cxx \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/generic_async_streaming_ping_pong_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/generic_end2end_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_cli \
+  $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpclb_api_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/hybrid_end2end_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/interop_client \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/interop_server \
@@ -1612,6 +1614,8 @@ test_cxx: test_zookeeper buildtests_cxx
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/generic_async_streaming_ping_pong_test || ( echo test generic_async_streaming_ping_pong_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing generic_end2end_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/generic_end2end_test || ( echo test generic_end2end_test failed ; exit 1 )
+	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing grpclb_api_test"
+	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpclb_api_test || ( echo test grpclb_api_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing hybrid_end2end_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/hybrid_end2end_test || ( echo test hybrid_end2end_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing interop_test"
@@ -1763,6 +1767,21 @@ $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/pkgconfig/grpc++_unsecure.pc:
 	$(Q) mkdir -p $(@D)
 	$(Q) echo "$(GRPCXX_UNSECURE_PC_FILE)" | tr , '\n' >$@
 
+ifeq ($(NO_PROTOC),true)
+$(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.cc: protoc_dep_error
+$(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.grpc.pb.cc: protoc_dep_error
+else
+$(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.cc: src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.proto $(PROTOBUF_DEP) $(PROTOC_PLUGINS) 
+	$(E) "[PROTOC]  Generating protobuf CC file from $<"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(PROTOC) --cpp_out=$(GENDIR) $<
+
+$(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.grpc.pb.cc: src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.proto $(PROTOBUF_DEP) $(PROTOC_PLUGINS) 
+	$(E) "[GRPC]    Generating gRPC's protobuf service CC file from $<"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(PROTOC) --grpc_out=$(GENDIR) --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc=$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpc_cpp_plugin $<
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(NO_PROTOC),true)
 $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/control.pb.cc: protoc_dep_error
 $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/testing/control.grpc.pb.cc: protoc_dep_error
@@ -2350,6 +2369,7 @@ LIBGRPC_SRC = \
     src/core/client_config/connector.c \
     src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c \
     src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c \
+    src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c \
     src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c \
     src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c \
     src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c \
@@ -2414,6 +2434,7 @@ LIBGRPC_SRC = \
     src/core/json/json_reader.c \
     src/core/json/json_string.c \
     src/core/json/json_writer.c \
+    src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c \
     src/core/surface/alarm.c \
     src/core/surface/api_trace.c \
     src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c \
@@ -2490,6 +2511,9 @@ LIBGRPC_SRC = \
     src/core/census/operation.c \
     src/core/census/placeholders.c \
     src/core/census/tracing.c \
+    third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c \
+    third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c \
+    third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c \
 
 PUBLIC_HEADERS_C += \
     include/grpc/grpc_security.h \
@@ -2657,6 +2681,7 @@ LIBGRPC_UNSECURE_SRC = \
     src/core/client_config/connector.c \
     src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c \
     src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c \
+    src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c \
     src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c \
     src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c \
     src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c \
@@ -2721,6 +2746,7 @@ LIBGRPC_UNSECURE_SRC = \
     src/core/json/json_reader.c \
     src/core/json/json_string.c \
     src/core/json/json_writer.c \
+    src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c \
     src/core/surface/alarm.c \
     src/core/surface/api_trace.c \
     src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c \
@@ -2776,6 +2802,9 @@ LIBGRPC_UNSECURE_SRC = \
     src/core/census/operation.c \
     src/core/census/placeholders.c \
     src/core/census/tracing.c \
+    third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c \
+    third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c \
+    third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c \
 
 PUBLIC_HEADERS_C += \
     include/grpc/byte_buffer.h \
@@ -9729,6 +9758,53 @@ ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
 endif
 
 
+GRPCLB_API_TEST_SRC = \
+    $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.grpc.pb.cc \
+    test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.cc \
+
+GRPCLB_API_TEST_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(GRPCLB_API_TEST_SRC))))
+ifeq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+
+# You can't build secure targets if you don't have OpenSSL.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpclb_api_test: openssl_dep_error
+
+else
+
+
+
+
+ifeq ($(NO_PROTOBUF),true)
+
+# You can't build the protoc plugins or protobuf-enabled targets if you don't have protobuf 3.0.0+.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpclb_api_test: protobuf_dep_error
+
+else
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpclb_api_test: $(PROTOBUF_DEP) $(GRPCLB_API_TEST_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a
+	$(E) "[LD]      Linking $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(LDXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(GRPCLB_API_TEST_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LDLIBSXX) $(LDLIBS_PROTOBUF) $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_SECURE) $(GTEST_LIB) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/grpclb_api_test
+
+endif
+
+endif
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc++.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a
+
+deps_grpclb_api_test: $(GRPCLB_API_TEST_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+
+ifneq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(GRPCLB_API_TEST_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+endif
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.o: $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.cc $(GENDIR)/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.grpc.pb.cc
+
+
 HYBRID_END2END_TEST_SRC = \
     test/cpp/end2end/hybrid_end2end_test.cc \
 
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 0f5817e8dc2fa97bffa18a70f315106dc936247f..35eede15d7a28131d85b488c9cd586f2464d296c 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@
         'src/core/client_config/connector.c',
         'src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c',
         'src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c',
+        'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c',
         'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c',
         'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c',
         'src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c',
@@ -636,6 +637,7 @@
         'src/core/json/json_reader.c',
         'src/core/json/json_string.c',
         'src/core/json/json_writer.c',
+        'src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c',
         'src/core/surface/alarm.c',
         'src/core/surface/api_trace.c',
         'src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c',
@@ -712,6 +714,9 @@
         'src/core/census/operation.c',
         'src/core/census/placeholders.c',
         'src/core/census/tracing.c',
+        'third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c',
+        'third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c',
+        'third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c',
       ],
       "conditions": [
         ['OS == "mac"', {
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index 8e966781b1679b3d4e49cbba57130ed8445ad414..3fedcad7883519ac23408729cc82de08cf151c0a 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ filegroups:
   - src/core/client_config/client_config.h
   - src/core/client_config/connector.h
   - src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h
+  - src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h
   - src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h
   - src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.h
   - src/core/client_config/lb_policy.h
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ filegroups:
   - src/core/json/json_common.h
   - src/core/json/json_reader.h
   - src/core/json/json_writer.h
+  - src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h
   - src/core/statistics/census_interface.h
   - src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h
   - src/core/surface/api_trace.h
@@ -373,6 +375,7 @@ filegroups:
   - src/core/client_config/connector.c
   - src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c
   - src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c
+  - src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c
   - src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c
   - src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c
   - src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c
@@ -437,6 +440,7 @@ filegroups:
   - src/core/json/json_reader.c
   - src/core/json/json_string.c
   - src/core/json/json_writer.c
+  - src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c
   - src/core/surface/alarm.c
   - src/core/surface/api_trace.c
   - src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c
@@ -550,6 +554,16 @@ filegroups:
   - test/core/util/port_posix.c
   - test/core/util/port_windows.c
   - test/core/util/slice_splitter.c
+- name: nanopb
+  headers:
+  - third_party/nanopb/pb.h
+  - third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h
+  - third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h
+  - third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h
+  src:
+  - third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c
+  - third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c
+  - third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c
 libs:
 - name: gpr
   build: all
@@ -585,6 +599,7 @@ libs:
   - grpc_base
   - grpc_secure
   - census
+  - nanopb
   secure: true
   vs_packages:
   - grpc.dependencies.openssl
@@ -654,6 +669,7 @@ libs:
   - grpc_base
   - grpc_codegen
   - census
+  - nanopb
   secure: false
   vs_project_guid: '{46CEDFFF-9692-456A-AA24-38B5D6BCF4C5}'
 - name: grpc_zookeeper
@@ -800,6 +816,8 @@ libs:
   - gpr_codegen
   secure: false
   vs_project_guid: '{B6E81D84-2ACB-41B8-8781-493A944C7817}'
+  vs_props:
+  - protoc
 - name: interop_client_helper
   build: private
   language: c++
@@ -2210,6 +2228,17 @@ targets:
   secure: false
   vs_config_type: Application
   vs_project_guid: '{069E9D05-B78B-4751-9252-D21EBAE7DE8E}'
+- name: grpclb_api_test
+  build: test
+  language: c++
+  src:
+  - src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.proto
+  - test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.cc
+  deps:
+  - grpc++_test_util
+  - grpc_test_util
+  - grpc++
+  - grpc
 - name: hybrid_end2end_test
   build: test
   language: c++
@@ -2334,6 +2363,7 @@ targets:
   - linux
   - posix
 - name: qps_openloop_test
+  cpu_cost: 10
   build: test
   language: c++
   src:
@@ -2366,8 +2396,6 @@ targets:
   - gpr_test_util
   - gpr
   - grpc++_test_config
-  exclude_configs:
-  - tsan
   platforms:
   - mac
   - linux
@@ -2655,7 +2683,7 @@ configs:
     test_environ:
       ASAN_OPTIONS: detect_leaks=1:color=always
       LSAN_OPTIONS: suppressions=tools/lsan_suppressions.txt:report_objects=1
-    timeout_multiplier: 1.5
+    timeout_multiplier: 3
   asan-noleaks:
     CC: clang
     CPPFLAGS: -O0 -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wno-unused-command-line-argument
@@ -2667,7 +2695,7 @@ configs:
     compile_the_world: true
     test_environ:
       ASAN_OPTIONS: detect_leaks=0:color=always
-    timeout_multiplier: 1.5
+    timeout_multiplier: 3
   basicprof:
     CPPFLAGS: -O2 -DGRPC_BASIC_PROFILER -DGRPC_TIMERS_RDTSC
     DEFINES: NDEBUG
@@ -2706,7 +2734,7 @@ configs:
       -fPIE -pie $(if $(JENKINS_BUILD),-Wl$(comma)-Ttext-segment=0x7e0000000000,)
     LDXX: clang++
     compile_the_world: true
-    timeout_multiplier: 2
+    timeout_multiplier: 4
   mutrace:
     CPPFLAGS: -O0
     DEFINES: _DEBUG DEBUG
@@ -2728,7 +2756,7 @@ configs:
     compile_the_world: true
     test_environ:
       TSAN_OPTIONS: suppressions=tools/tsan_suppressions.txt:halt_on_error=1:second_deadlock_stack=1
-    timeout_multiplier: 2
+    timeout_multiplier: 5
   ubsan:
     CC: clang
     CPPFLAGS: -O1 -fsanitize=undefined -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wno-unused-command-line-argument
diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index b0b25ec81909b046b883a03efce7ba41c6d8f31f..d9c81ef88bd666aa1329960015cab4b562fcc815 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/client_config/client_config.h',
                       'src/core/client_config/connector.h',
                       'src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h',
+                      'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h',
                       'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h',
                       'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.h',
                       'src/core/client_config/lb_policy.h',
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/json/json_common.h',
                       'src/core/json/json_reader.h',
                       'src/core/json/json_writer.h',
+                      'src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h',
                       'src/core/statistics/census_interface.h',
                       'src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h',
                       'src/core/surface/api_trace.h',
@@ -288,6 +290,10 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/census/aggregation.h',
                       'src/core/census/mlog.h',
                       'src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h',
+                      'third_party/nanopb/pb.h',
+                      'third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h',
+                      'third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h',
+                      'third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h',
                       'include/grpc/grpc_security.h',
                       'include/grpc/impl/codegen/byte_buffer.h',
                       'include/grpc/impl/codegen/compression_types.h',
@@ -316,6 +322,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/client_config/connector.c',
                       'src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c',
                       'src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c',
+                      'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c',
                       'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c',
                       'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c',
                       'src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c',
@@ -380,6 +387,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/json/json_reader.c',
                       'src/core/json/json_string.c',
                       'src/core/json/json_writer.c',
+                      'src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c',
                       'src/core/surface/alarm.c',
                       'src/core/surface/api_trace.c',
                       'src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c',
@@ -455,7 +463,10 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/census/mlog.c',
                       'src/core/census/operation.c',
                       'src/core/census/placeholders.c',
-                      'src/core/census/tracing.c'
+                      'src/core/census/tracing.c',
+                      'third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c',
+                      'third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c',
+                      'third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c'
 
     ss.private_header_files = 'src/core/profiling/timers.h',
                               'src/core/support/block_annotate.h',
@@ -481,6 +492,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                               'src/core/client_config/client_config.h',
                               'src/core/client_config/connector.h',
                               'src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h',
+                              'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h',
                               'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h',
                               'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.h',
                               'src/core/client_config/lb_policy.h',
@@ -541,6 +553,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                               'src/core/json/json_common.h',
                               'src/core/json/json_reader.h',
                               'src/core/json/json_writer.h',
+                              'src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h',
                               'src/core/statistics/census_interface.h',
                               'src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h',
                               'src/core/surface/api_trace.h',
@@ -596,7 +609,11 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                               'src/core/tsi/transport_security_interface.h',
                               'src/core/census/aggregation.h',
                               'src/core/census/mlog.h',
-                              'src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h'
+                              'src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h',
+                              'third_party/nanopb/pb.h',
+                              'third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h',
+                              'third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h',
+                              'third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h'
 
     ss.header_mappings_dir = '.'
     # This isn't officially supported in Cocoapods. We've asked for an alternative:
diff --git a/grpc.gemspec b/grpc.gemspec
index 0b6d293e6305044b6f1333d0b35e0b0531837e49..6a0cd6a93436c8a1f118579c011ce74430d4349c 100755
--- a/grpc.gemspec
+++ b/grpc.gemspec
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/client_config.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/connector.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/lb_policy.h )
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += %w( src/core/json/json_common.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/json/json_reader.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/json/json_writer.h )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/statistics/census_interface.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/surface/api_trace.h )
@@ -284,6 +286,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/aggregation.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/mlog.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h )
+  s.files += %w( third_party/nanopb/pb.h )
+  s.files += %w( third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h )
+  s.files += %w( third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h )
+  s.files += %w( third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/grpc_context.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/grpc_filter.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/channel/channel_args.c )
@@ -299,6 +305,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/connector.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c )
@@ -363,6 +370,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += %w( src/core/json/json_reader.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/json/json_string.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/json/json_writer.c )
+  s.files += %w( src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/surface/alarm.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/surface/api_trace.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c )
@@ -439,6 +447,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/operation.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/placeholders.c )
   s.files += %w( src/core/census/tracing.c )
+  s.files += %w( third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c )
+  s.files += %w( third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c )
+  s.files += %w( third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c )
   s.files += %w( third_party/boringssl/crypto/aes/internal.h )
   s.files += %w( third_party/boringssl/crypto/asn1/asn1_locl.h )
   s.files += %w( third_party/boringssl/crypto/bio/internal.h )
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b765b9a93f2b63620035d531f2798b229cc04b4f..bc58e3d337010662ef39881c54c189b2ec90a8bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
     "src/core/client_config/client_config.h",
     "src/core/client_config/connector.h",
     "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h",
+    "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.h",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policy.h",
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@
     "src/core/json/json_common.h",
     "src/core/json/json_reader.h",
     "src/core/json/json_writer.h",
+    "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h",
     "src/core/statistics/census_interface.h",
     "src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h",
     "src/core/surface/api_trace.h",
@@ -229,6 +231,10 @@
     "src/core/census/aggregation.h",
     "src/core/census/mlog.h",
     "src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h",
     "src/core/census/grpc_context.c",
     "src/core/census/grpc_filter.c",
     "src/core/channel/channel_args.c",
@@ -244,6 +250,7 @@
     "src/core/client_config/connector.c",
     "src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c",
     "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c",
+    "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c",
     "src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c",
@@ -308,6 +315,7 @@
     "src/core/json/json_reader.c",
     "src/core/json/json_string.c",
     "src/core/json/json_writer.c",
+    "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c",
     "src/core/surface/alarm.c",
     "src/core/surface/api_trace.c",
     "src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c",
@@ -384,6 +392,9 @@
     "src/core/census/operation.c",
     "src/core/census/placeholders.c",
     "src/core/census/tracing.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c",
+    "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c",
     "third_party/zlib/crc32.h",
     "third_party/zlib/deflate.h",
     "third_party/zlib/gzguts.h",
diff --git a/src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c b/src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a6b5785fe4ed088eeacb0d19154facdf809760ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h"
+#include "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h"
+#include "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h"
+
+#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
+
+typedef struct decode_serverlist_arg {
+  int first_pass;
+  int i;
+  size_t num_servers;
+  grpc_grpclb_server **servers;
+} decode_serverlist_arg;
+
+/* invoked once for every Server in ServerList */
+static bool decode_serverlist(pb_istream_t *stream, const pb_field_t *field,
+                              void **arg) {
+  decode_serverlist_arg *dec_arg = *arg;
+  if (dec_arg->first_pass != 0) { /* first pass */
+    grpc_grpclb_server server;
+    if (!pb_decode(stream, grpc_lb_v0_Server_fields, &server)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    dec_arg->num_servers++;
+  } else { /* second pass */
+    grpc_grpclb_server *server = gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_grpclb_server));
+    GPR_ASSERT(dec_arg->num_servers > 0);
+    if (dec_arg->i == 0) { /* first iteration of second pass */
+      dec_arg->servers =
+          gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_grpclb_server *) * dec_arg->num_servers);
+    }
+    if (!pb_decode(stream, grpc_lb_v0_Server_fields, server)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    dec_arg->servers[dec_arg->i++] = server;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+grpc_grpclb_request *grpc_grpclb_request_create(const char *lb_service_name) {
+  grpc_grpclb_request *req = gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_grpclb_request));
+
+  req->has_client_stats = 0; /* TODO(dgq): add support for stats once defined */
+  req->has_initial_request = 1;
+  req->initial_request.has_name = 1;
+  strncpy(req->initial_request.name, lb_service_name,
+          GRPC_GRPCLB_SERVICE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH);
+  return req;
+}
+
+gpr_slice grpc_grpclb_request_encode(const grpc_grpclb_request *request) {
+  size_t encoded_length;
+  pb_ostream_t sizestream;
+  pb_ostream_t outputstream;
+  gpr_slice slice;
+  memset(&sizestream, 0, sizeof(pb_ostream_t));
+  pb_encode(&sizestream, grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest_fields, request);
+  encoded_length = sizestream.bytes_written;
+
+  slice = gpr_slice_malloc(encoded_length);
+  outputstream =
+      pb_ostream_from_buffer(GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(slice), encoded_length);
+  GPR_ASSERT(pb_encode(&outputstream, grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest_fields,
+                       request) != 0);
+  return slice;
+}
+
+void grpc_grpclb_request_destroy(grpc_grpclb_request *request) {
+  gpr_free(request);
+}
+
+grpc_grpclb_response *grpc_grpclb_response_parse(gpr_slice encoded_response) {
+  bool status;
+  pb_istream_t stream =
+      pb_istream_from_buffer(GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(encoded_response),
+                             GPR_SLICE_LENGTH(encoded_response));
+  grpc_grpclb_response *res = gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_grpclb_response));
+  memset(res, 0, sizeof(*res));
+  status = pb_decode(&stream, grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_fields, res);
+  GPR_ASSERT(status == true);
+  return res;
+}
+
+grpc_grpclb_serverlist *grpc_grpclb_response_parse_serverlist(
+    gpr_slice encoded_response) {
+  grpc_grpclb_serverlist *sl = gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_grpclb_serverlist));
+  bool status;
+  decode_serverlist_arg arg;
+  pb_istream_t stream =
+      pb_istream_from_buffer(GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(encoded_response),
+                             GPR_SLICE_LENGTH(encoded_response));
+  pb_istream_t stream_at_start = stream;
+  grpc_grpclb_response *res = gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_grpclb_response));
+  memset(res, 0, sizeof(*res));
+  memset(&arg, 0, sizeof(decode_serverlist_arg));
+
+  res->server_list.servers.funcs.decode = decode_serverlist;
+  res->server_list.servers.arg = &arg;
+  arg.first_pass = 1;
+  status = pb_decode(&stream, grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_fields, res);
+  GPR_ASSERT(status == true);
+  GPR_ASSERT(arg.num_servers > 0);
+
+  arg.first_pass = 0;
+  status =
+      pb_decode(&stream_at_start, grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_fields, res);
+  GPR_ASSERT(status == true);
+  GPR_ASSERT(arg.servers != NULL);
+
+  sl->num_servers = arg.num_servers;
+  sl->servers = arg.servers;
+  if (res->server_list.has_expiration_interval) {
+    sl->expiration_interval = res->server_list.expiration_interval;
+  }
+  grpc_grpclb_response_destroy(res);
+  return sl;
+}
+
+void grpc_grpclb_destroy_serverlist(grpc_grpclb_serverlist *serverlist) {
+  size_t i;
+  for (i = 0; i < serverlist->num_servers; i++) {
+    gpr_free(serverlist->servers[i]);
+  }
+  gpr_free(serverlist->servers);
+  gpr_free(serverlist);
+}
+
+void grpc_grpclb_response_destroy(grpc_grpclb_response *response) {
+  gpr_free(response);
+}
diff --git a/src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h b/src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4dbe1d6c224ef595fe82cf3812c25f0293ae78c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_INTERNAL_CORE_CLIENT_CONFIG_LB_POLICIES_LOAD_BALANCER_API_H
+#define GRPC_INTERNAL_CORE_CLIENT_CONFIG_LB_POLICIES_LOAD_BALANCER_API_H
+
+#include <grpc/support/slice_buffer.h>
+
+#include "src/core/client_config/lb_policy_factory.h"
+#include "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#define GRPC_GRPCLB_SERVICE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH 128
+
+typedef grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest grpc_grpclb_request;
+typedef grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse grpc_grpclb_response;
+typedef grpc_lb_v0_Server grpc_grpclb_server;
+typedef grpc_lb_v0_Duration grpc_grpclb_duration;
+typedef struct grpc_grpclb_serverlist {
+  grpc_grpclb_server **servers;
+  size_t num_servers;
+  grpc_grpclb_duration expiration_interval;
+} grpc_grpclb_serverlist;
+
+/** Create a request for a gRPC LB service under \a lb_service_name */
+grpc_grpclb_request *grpc_grpclb_request_create(const char *lb_service_name);
+
+/** Protocol Buffers v3-encode \a request */
+gpr_slice grpc_grpclb_request_encode(const grpc_grpclb_request *request);
+
+/** Destroy \a request */
+void grpc_grpclb_request_destroy(grpc_grpclb_request *request);
+
+/** Parse (ie, decode) the bytes in \a encoded_response as a \a
+ * grpc_grpclb_response */
+grpc_grpclb_response *grpc_grpclb_response_parse(gpr_slice encoded_response);
+
+/** Destroy \a serverlist */
+void grpc_grpclb_destroy_serverlist(grpc_grpclb_serverlist *serverlist);
+
+/** Parse the list of servers from an encoded \a grpc_grpclb_response */
+grpc_grpclb_serverlist *grpc_grpclb_response_parse_serverlist(
+    gpr_slice encoded_response);
+
+/** Destroy \a response */
+void grpc_grpclb_response_destroy(grpc_grpclb_response *response);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* GRPC_INTERNAL_CORE_CLIENT_CONFIG_LB_POLICIES_LOAD_BALANCER_API_H */
diff --git a/src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c b/src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..59aae30cff97c35d1b98b7bb7613199b53c725f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+/* Automatically generated nanopb constant definitions */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.3.5-dev */
+
+#include "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h"
+
+#if PB_PROTO_HEADER_VERSION != 30
+#error Regenerate this file with the current version of nanopb generator.
+#endif
+
+
+
+const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_Duration_fields[3] = {
+    PB_FIELD(  1, INT64   , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , FIRST, grpc_lb_v0_Duration, seconds, seconds, 0),
+    PB_FIELD(  2, INT32   , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , OTHER, grpc_lb_v0_Duration, nanos, seconds, 0),
+    PB_LAST_FIELD
+};
+
+const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest_fields[3] = {
+    PB_FIELD(  1, MESSAGE , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , FIRST, grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest, initial_request, initial_request, &grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest_fields),
+    PB_FIELD(  2, MESSAGE , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , OTHER, grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest, client_stats, initial_request, &grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_fields),
+    PB_LAST_FIELD
+};
+
+const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest_fields[2] = {
+    PB_FIELD(  1, STRING  , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , FIRST, grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest, name, name, 0),
+    PB_LAST_FIELD
+};
+
+const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_fields[4] = {
+    PB_FIELD(  1, INT64   , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , FIRST, grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats, total_requests, total_requests, 0),
+    PB_FIELD(  2, INT64   , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , OTHER, grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats, client_rpc_errors, total_requests, 0),
+    PB_FIELD(  3, INT64   , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , OTHER, grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats, dropped_requests, client_rpc_errors, 0),
+    PB_LAST_FIELD
+};
+
+const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_fields[3] = {
+    PB_FIELD(  1, MESSAGE , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , FIRST, grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse, initial_response, initial_response, &grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_fields),
+    PB_FIELD(  2, MESSAGE , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , OTHER, grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse, server_list, initial_response, &grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_fields),
+    PB_LAST_FIELD
+};
+
+const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_fields[4] = {
+    PB_FIELD(  1, STRING  , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , FIRST, grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse, client_config, client_config, 0),
+    PB_FIELD(  2, STRING  , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , OTHER, grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse, load_balancer_delegate, client_config, 0),
+    PB_FIELD(  3, MESSAGE , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , OTHER, grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse, client_stats_report_interval, load_balancer_delegate, &grpc_lb_v0_Duration_fields),
+    PB_LAST_FIELD
+};
+
+const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_fields[3] = {
+    PB_FIELD(  1, MESSAGE , REPEATED, CALLBACK, FIRST, grpc_lb_v0_ServerList, servers, servers, &grpc_lb_v0_Server_fields),
+    PB_FIELD(  3, MESSAGE , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , OTHER, grpc_lb_v0_ServerList, expiration_interval, servers, &grpc_lb_v0_Duration_fields),
+    PB_LAST_FIELD
+};
+
+const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_Server_fields[5] = {
+    PB_FIELD(  1, STRING  , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , FIRST, grpc_lb_v0_Server, ip_address, ip_address, 0),
+    PB_FIELD(  2, INT32   , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , OTHER, grpc_lb_v0_Server, port, ip_address, 0),
+    PB_FIELD(  3, BYTES   , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , OTHER, grpc_lb_v0_Server, load_balance_token, port, 0),
+    PB_FIELD(  4, BOOL    , OPTIONAL, STATIC  , OTHER, grpc_lb_v0_Server, drop_request, load_balance_token, 0),
+    PB_LAST_FIELD
+};
+
+
+/* Check that field information fits in pb_field_t */
+#if !defined(PB_FIELD_32BIT)
+/* If you get an error here, it means that you need to define PB_FIELD_32BIT
+ * compile-time option. You can do that in pb.h or on compiler command line.
+ * 
+ * The reason you need to do this is that some of your messages contain tag
+ * numbers or field sizes that are larger than what can fit in 8 or 16 bit
+ * field descriptors.
+ */
+PB_STATIC_ASSERT((pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest, initial_request) < 65536 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest, client_stats) < 65536 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse, initial_response) < 65536 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse, server_list) < 65536 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse, client_stats_report_interval) < 65536 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_ServerList, servers) < 65536 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_ServerList, expiration_interval) < 65536), YOU_MUST_DEFINE_PB_FIELD_32BIT_FOR_MESSAGES_grpc_lb_v0_Duration_grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest_grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest_grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_grpc_lb_v0_Server)
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(PB_FIELD_16BIT) && !defined(PB_FIELD_32BIT)
+/* If you get an error here, it means that you need to define PB_FIELD_16BIT
+ * compile-time option. You can do that in pb.h or on compiler command line.
+ * 
+ * The reason you need to do this is that some of your messages contain tag
+ * numbers or field sizes that are larger than what can fit in the default
+ * 8 bit descriptors.
+ */
+PB_STATIC_ASSERT((pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest, initial_request) < 256 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest, client_stats) < 256 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse, initial_response) < 256 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse, server_list) < 256 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse, client_stats_report_interval) < 256 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_ServerList, servers) < 256 && pb_membersize(grpc_lb_v0_ServerList, expiration_interval) < 256), YOU_MUST_DEFINE_PB_FIELD_16BIT_FOR_MESSAGES_grpc_lb_v0_Duration_grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest_grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest_grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_grpc_lb_v0_Server)
+#endif
+
+
diff --git a/src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h b/src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3599f881bb17e328389f01ce9493cd42f4184490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+/* Automatically generated nanopb header */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.3.5-dev */
+
+#ifndef PB_LOAD_BALANCER_PB_H_INCLUDED
+#define PB_LOAD_BALANCER_PB_H_INCLUDED
+#include "third_party/nanopb/pb.h"
+#if PB_PROTO_HEADER_VERSION != 30
+#error Regenerate this file with the current version of nanopb generator.
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* Struct definitions */
+typedef struct _grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats {
+    bool has_total_requests;
+    int64_t total_requests;
+    bool has_client_rpc_errors;
+    int64_t client_rpc_errors;
+    bool has_dropped_requests;
+    int64_t dropped_requests;
+} grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats;
+
+typedef struct _grpc_lb_v0_Duration {
+    bool has_seconds;
+    int64_t seconds;
+    bool has_nanos;
+    int32_t nanos;
+} grpc_lb_v0_Duration;
+
+typedef struct _grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest {
+    bool has_name;
+    char name[128];
+} grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest;
+
+typedef PB_BYTES_ARRAY_T(64) grpc_lb_v0_Server_load_balance_token_t;
+typedef struct _grpc_lb_v0_Server {
+    bool has_ip_address;
+    char ip_address[46];
+    bool has_port;
+    int32_t port;
+    bool has_load_balance_token;
+    grpc_lb_v0_Server_load_balance_token_t load_balance_token;
+    bool has_drop_request;
+    bool drop_request;
+} grpc_lb_v0_Server;
+
+typedef struct _grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse {
+    bool has_client_config;
+    char client_config[64];
+    bool has_load_balancer_delegate;
+    char load_balancer_delegate[64];
+    bool has_client_stats_report_interval;
+    grpc_lb_v0_Duration client_stats_report_interval;
+} grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse;
+
+typedef struct _grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest {
+    bool has_initial_request;
+    grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest initial_request;
+    bool has_client_stats;
+    grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats client_stats;
+} grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest;
+
+typedef struct _grpc_lb_v0_ServerList {
+    pb_callback_t servers;
+    bool has_expiration_interval;
+    grpc_lb_v0_Duration expiration_interval;
+} grpc_lb_v0_ServerList;
+
+typedef struct _grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse {
+    bool has_initial_response;
+    grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse initial_response;
+    bool has_server_list;
+    grpc_lb_v0_ServerList server_list;
+} grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse;
+
+/* Default values for struct fields */
+
+/* Initializer values for message structs */
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Duration_init_default         {false, 0, false, 0}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest_init_default {false, grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest_init_default, false, grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_init_default}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest_init_default {false, ""}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_init_default      {false, 0, false, 0, false, 0}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_init_default {false, grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_init_default, false, grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_init_default}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_init_default {false, "", false, "", false, grpc_lb_v0_Duration_init_default}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_init_default       {{{NULL}, NULL}, false, grpc_lb_v0_Duration_init_default}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Server_init_default           {false, "", false, 0, false, {0, {0}}, false, 0}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Duration_init_zero            {false, 0, false, 0}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest_init_zero  {false, grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest_init_zero, false, grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_init_zero}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest_init_zero {false, ""}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_init_zero         {false, 0, false, 0, false, 0}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_init_zero {false, grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_init_zero, false, grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_init_zero}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_init_zero {false, "", false, "", false, grpc_lb_v0_Duration_init_zero}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_init_zero          {{{NULL}, NULL}, false, grpc_lb_v0_Duration_init_zero}
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Server_init_zero              {false, "", false, 0, false, {0, {0}}, false, 0}
+
+/* Field tags (for use in manual encoding/decoding) */
+#define grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_total_requests_tag 1
+#define grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_client_rpc_errors_tag 2
+#define grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_dropped_requests_tag 3
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Duration_seconds_tag          1
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Duration_nanos_tag            2
+#define grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest_name_tag 1
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Server_ip_address_tag         1
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Server_port_tag               2
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Server_load_balance_token_tag 3
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Server_drop_request_tag       4
+#define grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_client_config_tag 1
+#define grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_load_balancer_delegate_tag 2
+#define grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_client_stats_report_interval_tag 3
+#define grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest_initial_request_tag 1
+#define grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest_client_stats_tag 2
+#define grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_servers_tag        1
+#define grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_expiration_interval_tag 3
+#define grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_initial_response_tag 1
+#define grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_server_list_tag 2
+
+/* Struct field encoding specification for nanopb */
+extern const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_Duration_fields[3];
+extern const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest_fields[3];
+extern const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest_fields[2];
+extern const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_fields[4];
+extern const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_fields[3];
+extern const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_fields[4];
+extern const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_fields[3];
+extern const pb_field_t grpc_lb_v0_Server_fields[5];
+
+/* Maximum encoded size of messages (where known) */
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Duration_size                 22
+#define grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceRequest_size       169
+#define grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceRequest_size 131
+#define grpc_lb_v0_ClientStats_size              33
+#define grpc_lb_v0_LoadBalanceResponse_size      (165 + grpc_lb_v0_ServerList_size)
+#define grpc_lb_v0_InitialLoadBalanceResponse_size 156
+#define grpc_lb_v0_Server_size                   127
+
+/* Message IDs (where set with "msgid" option) */
+#ifdef PB_MSGID
+
+#define LOAD_BALANCER_MESSAGES \
+
+
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* extern "C" */
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Control.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Control.cs
index b90243c2bd501c49c89e0d1e0b45d9bb131213c5..291bc753978b74a1466b9d97fb6bb32e5cb53c71 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Control.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Control.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
             "LmdycGMudGVzdGluZy5EZXRlcm1pbmlzdGljUGFyYW1zSAASLAoGcGFyZXRv",
             "GAUgASgLMhouZ3JwYy50ZXN0aW5nLlBhcmV0b1BhcmFtc0gAQgYKBGxvYWQi",
             "QwoOU2VjdXJpdHlQYXJhbXMSEwoLdXNlX3Rlc3RfY2EYASABKAgSHAoUc2Vy",
-            "dmVyX2hvc3Rfb3ZlcnJpZGUYAiABKAkirwMKDENsaWVudENvbmZpZxIWCg5z",
+            "dmVyX2hvc3Rfb3ZlcnJpZGUYAiABKAki1gMKDENsaWVudENvbmZpZxIWCg5z",
             "ZXJ2ZXJfdGFyZ2V0cxgBIAMoCRItCgtjbGllbnRfdHlwZRgCIAEoDjIYLmdy",
             "cGMudGVzdGluZy5DbGllbnRUeXBlEjUKD3NlY3VyaXR5X3BhcmFtcxgDIAEo",
             "CzIcLmdycGMudGVzdGluZy5TZWN1cml0eVBhcmFtcxIkChxvdXRzdGFuZGlu",
@@ -48,24 +48,27 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
             "GAogASgLMhguZ3JwYy50ZXN0aW5nLkxvYWRQYXJhbXMSMwoOcGF5bG9hZF9j",
             "b25maWcYCyABKAsyGy5ncnBjLnRlc3RpbmcuUGF5bG9hZENvbmZpZxI3ChBo",
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+            "b3RvMw=="));
       descriptor = pbr::FileDescriptor.FromGeneratedCode(descriptorData,
           new pbr::FileDescriptor[] { global::Grpc.Testing.PayloadsReflection.Descriptor, global::Grpc.Testing.StatsReflection.Descriptor, },
           new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(new[] {typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ClientType), typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ServerType), typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.RpcType), }, new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo[] {
@@ -76,13 +79,16 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
             new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ClosedLoopParams), global::Grpc.Testing.ClosedLoopParams.Parser, null, null, null, null),
             new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.LoadParams), global::Grpc.Testing.LoadParams.Parser, new[]{ "ClosedLoop", "Poisson", "Uniform", "Determ", "Pareto" }, new[]{ "Load" }, null, null),
             new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.SecurityParams), global::Grpc.Testing.SecurityParams.Parser, new[]{ "UseTestCa", "ServerHostOverride" }, null, null, null),
-            new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ClientConfig), global::Grpc.Testing.ClientConfig.Parser, new[]{ "ServerTargets", "ClientType", "SecurityParams", "OutstandingRpcsPerChannel", "ClientChannels", "AsyncClientThreads", "RpcType", "LoadParams", "PayloadConfig", "HistogramParams" }, null, null, null),
+            new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ClientConfig), global::Grpc.Testing.ClientConfig.Parser, new[]{ "ServerTargets", "ClientType", "SecurityParams", "OutstandingRpcsPerChannel", "ClientChannels", "AsyncClientThreads", "RpcType", "LoadParams", "PayloadConfig", "HistogramParams", "CoreList", "CoreLimit" }, null, null, null),
             new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ClientStatus), global::Grpc.Testing.ClientStatus.Parser, new[]{ "Stats" }, null, null, null),
             new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.Mark), global::Grpc.Testing.Mark.Parser, new[]{ "Reset" }, null, null, null),
             new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ClientArgs), global::Grpc.Testing.ClientArgs.Parser, new[]{ "Setup", "Mark" }, new[]{ "Argtype" }, null, null),
-            new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ServerConfig), global::Grpc.Testing.ServerConfig.Parser, new[]{ "ServerType", "SecurityParams", "Host", "Port", "AsyncServerThreads", "CoreLimit", "PayloadConfig" }, null, null, null),
+            new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ServerConfig), global::Grpc.Testing.ServerConfig.Parser, new[]{ "ServerType", "SecurityParams", "Port", "AsyncServerThreads", "CoreLimit", "PayloadConfig", "CoreList" }, null, null, null),
             new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ServerArgs), global::Grpc.Testing.ServerArgs.Parser, new[]{ "Setup", "Mark" }, new[]{ "Argtype" }, null, null),
-            new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ServerStatus), global::Grpc.Testing.ServerStatus.Parser, new[]{ "Stats", "Port", "Cores" }, null, null, null)
+            new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.ServerStatus), global::Grpc.Testing.ServerStatus.Parser, new[]{ "Stats", "Port", "Cores" }, null, null, null),
+            new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest), global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest.Parser, null, null, null, null),
+            new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse), global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse.Parser, new[]{ "Cores" }, null, null, null),
+            new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(typeof(global::Grpc.Testing.Void), global::Grpc.Testing.Void.Parser, null, null, null, null)
           }));
     }
     #endregion
@@ -97,6 +103,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
   public enum ServerType {
     SYNC_SERVER = 0,
     ASYNC_SERVER = 1,
+    ASYNC_GENERIC_SERVER = 2,
   }
 
   public enum RpcType {
@@ -1097,6 +1104,8 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       LoadParams = other.loadParams_ != null ? other.LoadParams.Clone() : null;
       PayloadConfig = other.payloadConfig_ != null ? other.PayloadConfig.Clone() : null;
       HistogramParams = other.histogramParams_ != null ? other.HistogramParams.Clone() : null;
+      coreList_ = other.coreList_.Clone();
+      coreLimit_ = other.coreLimit_;
     }
 
     public ClientConfig Clone() {
@@ -1219,6 +1228,28 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Field number for the "core_list" field.</summary>
+    public const int CoreListFieldNumber = 13;
+    private static readonly pb::FieldCodec<int> _repeated_coreList_codec
+        = pb::FieldCodec.ForInt32(106);
+    private readonly pbc::RepeatedField<int> coreList_ = new pbc::RepeatedField<int>();
+    /// <summary>
+    ///  Specify the cores we should run the client on, if desired
+    /// </summary>
+    public pbc::RepeatedField<int> CoreList {
+      get { return coreList_; }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Field number for the "core_limit" field.</summary>
+    public const int CoreLimitFieldNumber = 14;
+    private int coreLimit_;
+    public int CoreLimit {
+      get { return coreLimit_; }
+      set {
+        coreLimit_ = value;
+      }
+    }
+
     public override bool Equals(object other) {
       return Equals(other as ClientConfig);
     }
@@ -1240,6 +1271,8 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       if (!object.Equals(LoadParams, other.LoadParams)) return false;
       if (!object.Equals(PayloadConfig, other.PayloadConfig)) return false;
       if (!object.Equals(HistogramParams, other.HistogramParams)) return false;
+      if(!coreList_.Equals(other.coreList_)) return false;
+      if (CoreLimit != other.CoreLimit) return false;
       return true;
     }
 
@@ -1255,6 +1288,8 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       if (loadParams_ != null) hash ^= LoadParams.GetHashCode();
       if (payloadConfig_ != null) hash ^= PayloadConfig.GetHashCode();
       if (histogramParams_ != null) hash ^= HistogramParams.GetHashCode();
+      hash ^= coreList_.GetHashCode();
+      if (CoreLimit != 0) hash ^= CoreLimit.GetHashCode();
       return hash;
     }
 
@@ -1300,6 +1335,11 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
         output.WriteRawTag(98);
         output.WriteMessage(HistogramParams);
       }
+      coreList_.WriteTo(output, _repeated_coreList_codec);
+      if (CoreLimit != 0) {
+        output.WriteRawTag(112);
+        output.WriteInt32(CoreLimit);
+      }
     }
 
     public int CalculateSize() {
@@ -1332,6 +1372,10 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       if (histogramParams_ != null) {
         size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeMessageSize(HistogramParams);
       }
+      size += coreList_.CalculateSize(_repeated_coreList_codec);
+      if (CoreLimit != 0) {
+        size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeInt32Size(CoreLimit);
+      }
       return size;
     }
 
@@ -1379,6 +1423,10 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
         }
         HistogramParams.MergeFrom(other.HistogramParams);
       }
+      coreList_.Add(other.coreList_);
+      if (other.CoreLimit != 0) {
+        CoreLimit = other.CoreLimit;
+      }
     }
 
     public void MergeFrom(pb::CodedInputStream input) {
@@ -1440,6 +1488,15 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
             input.ReadMessage(histogramParams_);
             break;
           }
+          case 106:
+          case 104: {
+            coreList_.AddEntriesFrom(input, _repeated_coreList_codec);
+            break;
+          }
+          case 112: {
+            CoreLimit = input.ReadInt32();
+            break;
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -1855,11 +1912,11 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
     public ServerConfig(ServerConfig other) : this() {
       serverType_ = other.serverType_;
       SecurityParams = other.securityParams_ != null ? other.SecurityParams.Clone() : null;
-      host_ = other.host_;
       port_ = other.port_;
       asyncServerThreads_ = other.asyncServerThreads_;
       coreLimit_ = other.coreLimit_;
       PayloadConfig = other.payloadConfig_ != null ? other.PayloadConfig.Clone() : null;
+      coreList_ = other.coreList_.Clone();
     }
 
     public ServerConfig Clone() {
@@ -1886,19 +1943,6 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       }
     }
 
-    /// <summary>Field number for the "host" field.</summary>
-    public const int HostFieldNumber = 3;
-    private string host_ = "";
-    /// <summary>
-    ///  Host on which to listen.
-    /// </summary>
-    public string Host {
-      get { return host_; }
-      set {
-        host_ = pb::Preconditions.CheckNotNull(value, "value");
-      }
-    }
-
     /// <summary>Field number for the "port" field.</summary>
     public const int PortFieldNumber = 4;
     private int port_;
@@ -1929,7 +1973,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
     public const int CoreLimitFieldNumber = 8;
     private int coreLimit_;
     /// <summary>
-    ///  restrict core usage, currently unused
+    ///  Specify the number of cores to limit server to, if desired
     /// </summary>
     public int CoreLimit {
       get { return coreLimit_; }
@@ -1941,6 +1985,9 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
     /// <summary>Field number for the "payload_config" field.</summary>
     public const int PayloadConfigFieldNumber = 9;
     private global::Grpc.Testing.PayloadConfig payloadConfig_;
+    /// <summary>
+    ///  payload config, used in generic server
+    /// </summary>
     public global::Grpc.Testing.PayloadConfig PayloadConfig {
       get { return payloadConfig_; }
       set {
@@ -1948,6 +1995,18 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Field number for the "core_list" field.</summary>
+    public const int CoreListFieldNumber = 10;
+    private static readonly pb::FieldCodec<int> _repeated_coreList_codec
+        = pb::FieldCodec.ForInt32(82);
+    private readonly pbc::RepeatedField<int> coreList_ = new pbc::RepeatedField<int>();
+    /// <summary>
+    ///  Specify the cores we should run the server on, if desired
+    /// </summary>
+    public pbc::RepeatedField<int> CoreList {
+      get { return coreList_; }
+    }
+
     public override bool Equals(object other) {
       return Equals(other as ServerConfig);
     }
@@ -1961,11 +2020,11 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       }
       if (ServerType != other.ServerType) return false;
       if (!object.Equals(SecurityParams, other.SecurityParams)) return false;
-      if (Host != other.Host) return false;
       if (Port != other.Port) return false;
       if (AsyncServerThreads != other.AsyncServerThreads) return false;
       if (CoreLimit != other.CoreLimit) return false;
       if (!object.Equals(PayloadConfig, other.PayloadConfig)) return false;
+      if(!coreList_.Equals(other.coreList_)) return false;
       return true;
     }
 
@@ -1973,11 +2032,11 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       int hash = 1;
       if (ServerType != global::Grpc.Testing.ServerType.SYNC_SERVER) hash ^= ServerType.GetHashCode();
       if (securityParams_ != null) hash ^= SecurityParams.GetHashCode();
-      if (Host.Length != 0) hash ^= Host.GetHashCode();
       if (Port != 0) hash ^= Port.GetHashCode();
       if (AsyncServerThreads != 0) hash ^= AsyncServerThreads.GetHashCode();
       if (CoreLimit != 0) hash ^= CoreLimit.GetHashCode();
       if (payloadConfig_ != null) hash ^= PayloadConfig.GetHashCode();
+      hash ^= coreList_.GetHashCode();
       return hash;
     }
 
@@ -1994,10 +2053,6 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
         output.WriteRawTag(18);
         output.WriteMessage(SecurityParams);
       }
-      if (Host.Length != 0) {
-        output.WriteRawTag(26);
-        output.WriteString(Host);
-      }
       if (Port != 0) {
         output.WriteRawTag(32);
         output.WriteInt32(Port);
@@ -2014,6 +2069,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
         output.WriteRawTag(74);
         output.WriteMessage(PayloadConfig);
       }
+      coreList_.WriteTo(output, _repeated_coreList_codec);
     }
 
     public int CalculateSize() {
@@ -2024,9 +2080,6 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       if (securityParams_ != null) {
         size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeMessageSize(SecurityParams);
       }
-      if (Host.Length != 0) {
-        size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeStringSize(Host);
-      }
       if (Port != 0) {
         size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeInt32Size(Port);
       }
@@ -2039,6 +2092,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       if (payloadConfig_ != null) {
         size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeMessageSize(PayloadConfig);
       }
+      size += coreList_.CalculateSize(_repeated_coreList_codec);
       return size;
     }
 
@@ -2055,9 +2109,6 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
         }
         SecurityParams.MergeFrom(other.SecurityParams);
       }
-      if (other.Host.Length != 0) {
-        Host = other.Host;
-      }
       if (other.Port != 0) {
         Port = other.Port;
       }
@@ -2073,6 +2124,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
         }
         PayloadConfig.MergeFrom(other.PayloadConfig);
       }
+      coreList_.Add(other.coreList_);
     }
 
     public void MergeFrom(pb::CodedInputStream input) {
@@ -2093,10 +2145,6 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
             input.ReadMessage(securityParams_);
             break;
           }
-          case 26: {
-            Host = input.ReadString();
-            break;
-          }
           case 32: {
             Port = input.ReadInt32();
             break;
@@ -2116,6 +2164,11 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
             input.ReadMessage(payloadConfig_);
             break;
           }
+          case 82:
+          case 80: {
+            coreList_.AddEntriesFrom(input, _repeated_coreList_codec);
+            break;
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -2347,7 +2400,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
     public const int CoresFieldNumber = 3;
     private int cores_;
     /// <summary>
-    ///  Number of cores on the server. See gpr_cpu_num_cores.
+    ///  Number of cores available to the server
     /// </summary>
     public int Cores {
       get { return cores_; }
@@ -2460,6 +2513,264 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
 
   }
 
+  [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+  public sealed partial class CoreRequest : pb::IMessage<CoreRequest> {
+    private static readonly pb::MessageParser<CoreRequest> _parser = new pb::MessageParser<CoreRequest>(() => new CoreRequest());
+    public static pb::MessageParser<CoreRequest> Parser { get { return _parser; } }
+
+    public static pbr::MessageDescriptor Descriptor {
+      get { return global::Grpc.Testing.ControlReflection.Descriptor.MessageTypes[14]; }
+    }
+
+    pbr::MessageDescriptor pb::IMessage.Descriptor {
+      get { return Descriptor; }
+    }
+
+    public CoreRequest() {
+      OnConstruction();
+    }
+
+    partial void OnConstruction();
+
+    public CoreRequest(CoreRequest other) : this() {
+    }
+
+    public CoreRequest Clone() {
+      return new CoreRequest(this);
+    }
+
+    public override bool Equals(object other) {
+      return Equals(other as CoreRequest);
+    }
+
+    public bool Equals(CoreRequest other) {
+      if (ReferenceEquals(other, null)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ReferenceEquals(other, this)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    public override int GetHashCode() {
+      int hash = 1;
+      return hash;
+    }
+
+    public override string ToString() {
+      return pb::JsonFormatter.ToDiagnosticString(this);
+    }
+
+    public void WriteTo(pb::CodedOutputStream output) {
+    }
+
+    public int CalculateSize() {
+      int size = 0;
+      return size;
+    }
+
+    public void MergeFrom(CoreRequest other) {
+      if (other == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    public void MergeFrom(pb::CodedInputStream input) {
+      uint tag;
+      while ((tag = input.ReadTag()) != 0) {
+        switch(tag) {
+          default:
+            input.SkipLastField();
+            break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+  public sealed partial class CoreResponse : pb::IMessage<CoreResponse> {
+    private static readonly pb::MessageParser<CoreResponse> _parser = new pb::MessageParser<CoreResponse>(() => new CoreResponse());
+    public static pb::MessageParser<CoreResponse> Parser { get { return _parser; } }
+
+    public static pbr::MessageDescriptor Descriptor {
+      get { return global::Grpc.Testing.ControlReflection.Descriptor.MessageTypes[15]; }
+    }
+
+    pbr::MessageDescriptor pb::IMessage.Descriptor {
+      get { return Descriptor; }
+    }
+
+    public CoreResponse() {
+      OnConstruction();
+    }
+
+    partial void OnConstruction();
+
+    public CoreResponse(CoreResponse other) : this() {
+      cores_ = other.cores_;
+    }
+
+    public CoreResponse Clone() {
+      return new CoreResponse(this);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Field number for the "cores" field.</summary>
+    public const int CoresFieldNumber = 1;
+    private int cores_;
+    /// <summary>
+    ///  Number of cores available on the server
+    /// </summary>
+    public int Cores {
+      get { return cores_; }
+      set {
+        cores_ = value;
+      }
+    }
+
+    public override bool Equals(object other) {
+      return Equals(other as CoreResponse);
+    }
+
+    public bool Equals(CoreResponse other) {
+      if (ReferenceEquals(other, null)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ReferenceEquals(other, this)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (Cores != other.Cores) return false;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    public override int GetHashCode() {
+      int hash = 1;
+      if (Cores != 0) hash ^= Cores.GetHashCode();
+      return hash;
+    }
+
+    public override string ToString() {
+      return pb::JsonFormatter.ToDiagnosticString(this);
+    }
+
+    public void WriteTo(pb::CodedOutputStream output) {
+      if (Cores != 0) {
+        output.WriteRawTag(8);
+        output.WriteInt32(Cores);
+      }
+    }
+
+    public int CalculateSize() {
+      int size = 0;
+      if (Cores != 0) {
+        size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeInt32Size(Cores);
+      }
+      return size;
+    }
+
+    public void MergeFrom(CoreResponse other) {
+      if (other == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (other.Cores != 0) {
+        Cores = other.Cores;
+      }
+    }
+
+    public void MergeFrom(pb::CodedInputStream input) {
+      uint tag;
+      while ((tag = input.ReadTag()) != 0) {
+        switch(tag) {
+          default:
+            input.SkipLastField();
+            break;
+          case 8: {
+            Cores = input.ReadInt32();
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+  public sealed partial class Void : pb::IMessage<Void> {
+    private static readonly pb::MessageParser<Void> _parser = new pb::MessageParser<Void>(() => new Void());
+    public static pb::MessageParser<Void> Parser { get { return _parser; } }
+
+    public static pbr::MessageDescriptor Descriptor {
+      get { return global::Grpc.Testing.ControlReflection.Descriptor.MessageTypes[16]; }
+    }
+
+    pbr::MessageDescriptor pb::IMessage.Descriptor {
+      get { return Descriptor; }
+    }
+
+    public Void() {
+      OnConstruction();
+    }
+
+    partial void OnConstruction();
+
+    public Void(Void other) : this() {
+    }
+
+    public Void Clone() {
+      return new Void(this);
+    }
+
+    public override bool Equals(object other) {
+      return Equals(other as Void);
+    }
+
+    public bool Equals(Void other) {
+      if (ReferenceEquals(other, null)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ReferenceEquals(other, this)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    public override int GetHashCode() {
+      int hash = 1;
+      return hash;
+    }
+
+    public override string ToString() {
+      return pb::JsonFormatter.ToDiagnosticString(this);
+    }
+
+    public void WriteTo(pb::CodedOutputStream output) {
+    }
+
+    public int CalculateSize() {
+      int size = 0;
+      return size;
+    }
+
+    public void MergeFrom(Void other) {
+      if (other == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    public void MergeFrom(pb::CodedInputStream input) {
+      uint tag;
+      while ((tag = input.ReadTag()) != 0) {
+        switch(tag) {
+          default:
+            input.SkipLastField();
+            break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+  }
+
   #endregion
 
 }
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/QpsWorker.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/QpsWorker.cs
index 686b48434537ceef3967d121f0e27d989ad9f7cb..e407792c4b58ffa4f7d34e51c82212a8a2fd888e 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/QpsWorker.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/QpsWorker.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #region Copyright notice and license
 
-// Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+// Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
 // All rights reserved.
 //
 // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -85,24 +85,27 @@ namespace Grpc.IntegrationTesting
             }
 
             var workerServer = new QpsWorker(options);
-            workerServer.Run();
+            workerServer.RunAsync().Wait();
         }
 
-        private void Run()
+        private async Task RunAsync()
         {
             string host = "0.0.0.0";
             int port = options.DriverPort;
 
+            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
+            var workerServiceImpl = new WorkerServiceImpl(() => { Task.Run(() => tcs.SetResult(null)); });
+                
             var server = new Server
             {
-                Services = { WorkerService.BindService(new WorkerServiceImpl()) },
+                Services = { WorkerService.BindService(workerServiceImpl) },
                 Ports = { new ServerPort(host, options.DriverPort, ServerCredentials.Insecure )}
             };
             int boundPort = server.Ports.Single().BoundPort;
             Console.WriteLine("Running qps worker server on " + string.Format("{0}:{1}", host, boundPort));
             server.Start();
-
-            server.ShutdownTask.Wait();
+            await tcs.Task;
+            await server.ShutdownAsync();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/RunnerClientServerTest.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/RunnerClientServerTest.cs
index 3dd91b794851b325523ec544599fa5331a202300..06d5ee93d8843167a31728fbcc0ced1ff50a51cb 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/RunnerClientServerTest.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/RunnerClientServerTest.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #region Copyright notice and license
 
-// Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+// Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
 // All rights reserved.
 //
 // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ namespace Grpc.IntegrationTesting
     /// </summary>
     public class RunnerClientServerTest
     {
-        const string Host = "localhost";
         IServerRunner serverRunner;
 
         [TestFixtureSetUp]
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ namespace Grpc.IntegrationTesting
             var serverConfig = new ServerConfig
             {
                 ServerType = ServerType.ASYNC_SERVER,
-                Host = Host,
                 PayloadConfig = new PayloadConfig
                 {
                     SimpleParams = new SimpleProtoParams
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ namespace Grpc.IntegrationTesting
         {
             var config = new ClientConfig
             {
-                ServerTargets = { string.Format("{0}:{1}", Host, serverRunner.BoundPort) },
+                ServerTargets = { string.Format("{0}:{1}", "localhost", serverRunner.BoundPort) },
                 RpcType = RpcType.UNARY,
                 LoadParams = new LoadParams { ClosedLoop = new ClosedLoopParams() },
                 PayloadConfig = new PayloadConfig
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/ServerRunners.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/ServerRunners.cs
index 9b09b9bdd340d55e7c5286df8eccb51ac4624a67..4a73645e6ca85369770fccb68ee874ed4cb54954 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/ServerRunners.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/ServerRunners.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Grpc.IntegrationTesting
             var server = new Server
             {
                 Services = { BenchmarkService.BindService(new BenchmarkServiceImpl(responseSize)) },
-                Ports = { new ServerPort(config.Host, config.Port, credentials) }
+                Ports = { new ServerPort("[::]", config.Port, credentials) }
             };
 
             server.Start();
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Services.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Services.cs
index 04a092ccd79cb1a3c68c624ba5ce1ff8974b9fe6..a8475c181720de6e4014bd05598d5313a21028c3 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Services.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/Services.cs
@@ -29,11 +29,14 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
             "QmVuY2htYXJrU2VydmljZRJGCglVbmFyeUNhbGwSGy5ncnBjLnRlc3Rpbmcu",
             "U2ltcGxlUmVxdWVzdBocLmdycGMudGVzdGluZy5TaW1wbGVSZXNwb25zZRJO",
             "Cg1TdHJlYW1pbmdDYWxsEhsuZ3JwYy50ZXN0aW5nLlNpbXBsZVJlcXVlc3Qa",
-            "HC5ncnBjLnRlc3RpbmcuU2ltcGxlUmVzcG9uc2UoATABMp0BCg1Xb3JrZXJT",
+            "HC5ncnBjLnRlc3RpbmcuU2ltcGxlUmVzcG9uc2UoATABMpcCCg1Xb3JrZXJT",
             "ZXJ2aWNlEkUKCVJ1blNlcnZlchIYLmdycGMudGVzdGluZy5TZXJ2ZXJBcmdz",
             "GhouZ3JwYy50ZXN0aW5nLlNlcnZlclN0YXR1cygBMAESRQoJUnVuQ2xpZW50",
             "EhguZ3JwYy50ZXN0aW5nLkNsaWVudEFyZ3MaGi5ncnBjLnRlc3RpbmcuQ2xp",
-            "ZW50U3RhdHVzKAEwAWIGcHJvdG8z"));
+            "ZW50U3RhdHVzKAEwARJCCglDb3JlQ291bnQSGS5ncnBjLnRlc3RpbmcuQ29y",
+            "ZVJlcXVlc3QaGi5ncnBjLnRlc3RpbmcuQ29yZVJlc3BvbnNlEjQKClF1aXRX",
+            "b3JrZXISEi5ncnBjLnRlc3RpbmcuVm9pZBoSLmdycGMudGVzdGluZy5Wb2lk",
+            "YgZwcm90bzM="));
       descriptor = pbr::FileDescriptor.FromGeneratedCode(descriptorData,
           new pbr::FileDescriptor[] { global::Grpc.Testing.MessagesReflection.Descriptor, global::Grpc.Testing.ControlReflection.Descriptor, },
           new pbr::GeneratedCodeInfo(null, null));
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/ServicesGrpc.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/ServicesGrpc.cs
index dd30afb427f8c6eeb9c7cc43f3d039c3dc1e76b4..996439afbf1395f4d8f64ae3a47d20a43ef6998d 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/ServicesGrpc.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/ServicesGrpc.cs
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
     static readonly Marshaller<global::Grpc.Testing.ServerStatus> __Marshaller_ServerStatus = Marshallers.Create((arg) => global::Google.Protobuf.MessageExtensions.ToByteArray(arg), global::Grpc.Testing.ServerStatus.Parser.ParseFrom);
     static readonly Marshaller<global::Grpc.Testing.ClientArgs> __Marshaller_ClientArgs = Marshallers.Create((arg) => global::Google.Protobuf.MessageExtensions.ToByteArray(arg), global::Grpc.Testing.ClientArgs.Parser.ParseFrom);
     static readonly Marshaller<global::Grpc.Testing.ClientStatus> __Marshaller_ClientStatus = Marshallers.Create((arg) => global::Google.Protobuf.MessageExtensions.ToByteArray(arg), global::Grpc.Testing.ClientStatus.Parser.ParseFrom);
+    static readonly Marshaller<global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest> __Marshaller_CoreRequest = Marshallers.Create((arg) => global::Google.Protobuf.MessageExtensions.ToByteArray(arg), global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest.Parser.ParseFrom);
+    static readonly Marshaller<global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse> __Marshaller_CoreResponse = Marshallers.Create((arg) => global::Google.Protobuf.MessageExtensions.ToByteArray(arg), global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse.Parser.ParseFrom);
+    static readonly Marshaller<global::Grpc.Testing.Void> __Marshaller_Void = Marshallers.Create((arg) => global::Google.Protobuf.MessageExtensions.ToByteArray(arg), global::Grpc.Testing.Void.Parser.ParseFrom);
 
     static readonly Method<global::Grpc.Testing.ServerArgs, global::Grpc.Testing.ServerStatus> __Method_RunServer = new Method<global::Grpc.Testing.ServerArgs, global::Grpc.Testing.ServerStatus>(
         MethodType.DuplexStreaming,
@@ -129,6 +132,20 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
         __Marshaller_ClientArgs,
         __Marshaller_ClientStatus);
 
+    static readonly Method<global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest, global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse> __Method_CoreCount = new Method<global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest, global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse>(
+        MethodType.Unary,
+        __ServiceName,
+        "CoreCount",
+        __Marshaller_CoreRequest,
+        __Marshaller_CoreResponse);
+
+    static readonly Method<global::Grpc.Testing.Void, global::Grpc.Testing.Void> __Method_QuitWorker = new Method<global::Grpc.Testing.Void, global::Grpc.Testing.Void>(
+        MethodType.Unary,
+        __ServiceName,
+        "QuitWorker",
+        __Marshaller_Void,
+        __Marshaller_Void);
+
     // service descriptor
     public static global::Google.Protobuf.Reflection.ServiceDescriptor Descriptor
     {
@@ -142,6 +159,14 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
       AsyncDuplexStreamingCall<global::Grpc.Testing.ServerArgs, global::Grpc.Testing.ServerStatus> RunServer(CallOptions options);
       AsyncDuplexStreamingCall<global::Grpc.Testing.ClientArgs, global::Grpc.Testing.ClientStatus> RunClient(Metadata headers = null, DateTime? deadline = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));
       AsyncDuplexStreamingCall<global::Grpc.Testing.ClientArgs, global::Grpc.Testing.ClientStatus> RunClient(CallOptions options);
+      global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse CoreCount(global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest request, Metadata headers = null, DateTime? deadline = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));
+      global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse CoreCount(global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest request, CallOptions options);
+      AsyncUnaryCall<global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse> CoreCountAsync(global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest request, Metadata headers = null, DateTime? deadline = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));
+      AsyncUnaryCall<global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse> CoreCountAsync(global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest request, CallOptions options);
+      global::Grpc.Testing.Void QuitWorker(global::Grpc.Testing.Void request, Metadata headers = null, DateTime? deadline = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));
+      global::Grpc.Testing.Void QuitWorker(global::Grpc.Testing.Void request, CallOptions options);
+      AsyncUnaryCall<global::Grpc.Testing.Void> QuitWorkerAsync(global::Grpc.Testing.Void request, Metadata headers = null, DateTime? deadline = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));
+      AsyncUnaryCall<global::Grpc.Testing.Void> QuitWorkerAsync(global::Grpc.Testing.Void request, CallOptions options);
     }
 
     // server-side interface
@@ -149,6 +174,8 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
     {
       Task RunServer(IAsyncStreamReader<global::Grpc.Testing.ServerArgs> requestStream, IServerStreamWriter<global::Grpc.Testing.ServerStatus> responseStream, ServerCallContext context);
       Task RunClient(IAsyncStreamReader<global::Grpc.Testing.ClientArgs> requestStream, IServerStreamWriter<global::Grpc.Testing.ClientStatus> responseStream, ServerCallContext context);
+      Task<global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse> CoreCount(global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest request, ServerCallContext context);
+      Task<global::Grpc.Testing.Void> QuitWorker(global::Grpc.Testing.Void request, ServerCallContext context);
     }
 
     // client stub
@@ -177,6 +204,46 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
         var call = CreateCall(__Method_RunClient, options);
         return Calls.AsyncDuplexStreamingCall(call);
       }
+      public global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse CoreCount(global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest request, Metadata headers = null, DateTime? deadline = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
+      {
+        var call = CreateCall(__Method_CoreCount, new CallOptions(headers, deadline, cancellationToken));
+        return Calls.BlockingUnaryCall(call, request);
+      }
+      public global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse CoreCount(global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest request, CallOptions options)
+      {
+        var call = CreateCall(__Method_CoreCount, options);
+        return Calls.BlockingUnaryCall(call, request);
+      }
+      public AsyncUnaryCall<global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse> CoreCountAsync(global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest request, Metadata headers = null, DateTime? deadline = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
+      {
+        var call = CreateCall(__Method_CoreCount, new CallOptions(headers, deadline, cancellationToken));
+        return Calls.AsyncUnaryCall(call, request);
+      }
+      public AsyncUnaryCall<global::Grpc.Testing.CoreResponse> CoreCountAsync(global::Grpc.Testing.CoreRequest request, CallOptions options)
+      {
+        var call = CreateCall(__Method_CoreCount, options);
+        return Calls.AsyncUnaryCall(call, request);
+      }
+      public global::Grpc.Testing.Void QuitWorker(global::Grpc.Testing.Void request, Metadata headers = null, DateTime? deadline = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
+      {
+        var call = CreateCall(__Method_QuitWorker, new CallOptions(headers, deadline, cancellationToken));
+        return Calls.BlockingUnaryCall(call, request);
+      }
+      public global::Grpc.Testing.Void QuitWorker(global::Grpc.Testing.Void request, CallOptions options)
+      {
+        var call = CreateCall(__Method_QuitWorker, options);
+        return Calls.BlockingUnaryCall(call, request);
+      }
+      public AsyncUnaryCall<global::Grpc.Testing.Void> QuitWorkerAsync(global::Grpc.Testing.Void request, Metadata headers = null, DateTime? deadline = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
+      {
+        var call = CreateCall(__Method_QuitWorker, new CallOptions(headers, deadline, cancellationToken));
+        return Calls.AsyncUnaryCall(call, request);
+      }
+      public AsyncUnaryCall<global::Grpc.Testing.Void> QuitWorkerAsync(global::Grpc.Testing.Void request, CallOptions options)
+      {
+        var call = CreateCall(__Method_QuitWorker, options);
+        return Calls.AsyncUnaryCall(call, request);
+      }
     }
 
     // creates service definition that can be registered with a server
@@ -184,7 +251,9 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing {
     {
       return ServerServiceDefinition.CreateBuilder(__ServiceName)
           .AddMethod(__Method_RunServer, serviceImpl.RunServer)
-          .AddMethod(__Method_RunClient, serviceImpl.RunClient).Build();
+          .AddMethod(__Method_RunClient, serviceImpl.RunClient)
+          .AddMethod(__Method_CoreCount, serviceImpl.CoreCount)
+          .AddMethod(__Method_QuitWorker, serviceImpl.QuitWorker).Build();
     }
 
     // creates a new client
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/WorkerServiceImpl.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/WorkerServiceImpl.cs
index 59ecebf5a21ec42dcfbfdf29ed47788cf4de8036..cab299a137357a3b3506a1ff44bfc11402648a40 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/WorkerServiceImpl.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/WorkerServiceImpl.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing
     /// </summary>
     public class WorkerServiceImpl : WorkerService.IWorkerService
     {
+        readonly Action stopRequestHandler;
+
+        public WorkerServiceImpl(Action stopRequestHandler)
+        {
+            this.stopRequestHandler = GrpcPreconditions.CheckNotNull(stopRequestHandler);
+        }
+        
         public async Task RunServer(IAsyncStreamReader<ServerArgs> requestStream, IServerStreamWriter<ServerStatus> responseStream, ServerCallContext context)
         {
             GrpcPreconditions.CheckState(await requestStream.MoveNext());
@@ -92,5 +99,16 @@ namespace Grpc.Testing
             }
             await runner.StopAsync();
         }
+
+        public Task<CoreResponse> CoreCount(CoreRequest request, ServerCallContext context)
+        {
+            return Task.FromResult(new CoreResponse { Cores = Environment.ProcessorCount });
+        }
+
+        public Task<Void> QuitWorker(Void request, ServerCallContext context)
+        {
+            stopRequestHandler();
+            return Task.FromResult(new Void());
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.options b/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d4528f838a4c819c5b183bac9edb2db67200356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.options
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+grpc.lb.v0.InitialLoadBalanceRequest.name max_size:128
+grpc.lb.v0.InitialLoadBalanceResponse.client_config max_size:64
+grpc.lb.v0.InitialLoadBalanceResponse.load_balancer_delegate max_size:64
+grpc.lb.v0.Server.ip_address max_size:46
+grpc.lb.v0.Server.load_balance_token max_size:64
+load_balancer.proto no_unions:true
diff --git a/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.proto b/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e88a4f8c4a7eb7e949daeadfc61becd108a41737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+// Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+// met:
+//
+//     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+//     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+// distribution.
+//     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+// this software without specific prior written permission.
+//
+// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package grpc.lb.v0;
+
+message Duration {
+
+  // Signed seconds of the span of time. Must be from -315,576,000,000
+  // to +315,576,000,000 inclusive.
+  int64 seconds = 1;
+
+  // Signed fractions of a second at nanosecond resolution of the span
+  // of time. Durations less than one second are represented with a 0
+  // `seconds` field and a positive or negative `nanos` field. For durations
+  // of one second or more, a non-zero value for the `nanos` field must be
+  // of the same sign as the `seconds` field. Must be from -999,999,999
+  // to +999,999,999 inclusive.
+  int32 nanos = 2;
+}
+
+service LoadBalancer {
+  // Bidirectional rpc to get a list of servers.
+  rpc BalanceLoad(stream LoadBalanceRequest)
+      returns (stream LoadBalanceResponse);
+}
+
+message LoadBalanceRequest {
+  oneof load_balance_request_type {
+    // This message should be sent on the first request to the load balancer.
+    InitialLoadBalanceRequest initial_request = 1;
+
+    // The client stats should be periodically reported to the load balancer
+    // based on the duration defined in the InitialLoadBalanceResponse.
+    ClientStats client_stats = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message InitialLoadBalanceRequest {
+  // Name of load balanced service (IE, service.grpc.gslb.google.com)
+  string name = 1;
+}
+
+// Contains client level statistics that are useful to load balancing. Each
+// count should be reset to zero after reporting the stats.
+message ClientStats {
+  // The total number of requests sent by the client since the last report.
+  int64 total_requests = 1;
+
+  // The number of client rpc errors since the last report.
+  int64 client_rpc_errors = 2;
+
+  // The number of dropped requests since the last report.
+  int64 dropped_requests = 3;
+}
+
+message LoadBalanceResponse {
+  oneof load_balance_response_type {
+    // This message should be sent on the first response to the client.
+    InitialLoadBalanceResponse initial_response = 1;
+
+    // Contains the list of servers selected by the load balancer. The client
+    // should send requests to these servers in the specified order.
+    ServerList server_list = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message InitialLoadBalanceResponse {
+  oneof initial_response_type {
+    // Contains gRPC config options like RPC deadline or flow control.
+    // TODO(yetianx): Change to ClientConfig after it is defined.
+    string client_config = 1;
+
+    // This is an application layer redirect that indicates the client should
+    // use the specified server for load balancing. When this field is set in
+    // the response, the client should open a separate connection to the
+    // load_balancer_delegate and call the BalanceLoad method.
+    string load_balancer_delegate = 2;
+  }
+
+  // This interval defines how often the client should send the client stats
+  // to the load balancer. Stats should only be reported when the duration is
+  // positive.
+  Duration client_stats_report_interval = 3;
+}
+
+message ServerList {
+  // Contains a list of servers selected by the load balancer. The list will
+  // be updated when server resolutions change or as needed to balance load
+  // across more servers. The client should consume the server list in order
+  // unless instructed otherwise via the client_config.
+  repeated Server servers = 1;
+
+  // Indicates the amount of time that the client should consider this server
+  // list as valid. It may be considered stale after waiting this interval of
+  // time after receiving the list. If the interval is not positive, the
+  // client can assume the list is valid until the next list is received.
+  Duration expiration_interval = 3;
+}
+
+message Server {
+  // A resolved address and port for the server. The IP address string may
+  // either be an IPv4 or IPv6 address.
+  string ip_address = 1;
+  int32 port = 2;
+
+  // An opaque token that is passed from the client to the server in metadata.
+  // The server may expect this token to indicate that the request from the
+  // client was load balanced.
+  // TODO(yetianx): Not used right now, and will be used after implementing
+  // load report.
+  bytes load_balance_token = 3;
+
+  // Indicates whether this particular request should be dropped by the client
+  // when this server is chosen from the list.
+  bool drop_request = 4;
+}
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
index a002a5a0a8d45d40ded2d094faeae8d811759748..c020fda2846006d57d0784137f90a571ea070656 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ CORE_SOURCE_FILES = [
   'src/core/client_config/connector.c',
   'src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c',
   'src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c',
+  'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c',
   'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c',
   'src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c',
   'src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c',
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ CORE_SOURCE_FILES = [
   'src/core/json/json_reader.c',
   'src/core/json/json_string.c',
   'src/core/json/json_writer.c',
+  'src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c',
   'src/core/surface/alarm.c',
   'src/core/surface/api_trace.c',
   'src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c',
@@ -228,6 +230,9 @@ CORE_SOURCE_FILES = [
   'src/core/census/operation.c',
   'src/core/census/placeholders.c',
   'src/core/census/tracing.c',
+  'third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c',
+  'third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c',
+  'third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c',
   'src/boringssl/err_data.c',
   'third_party/boringssl/crypto/aes/aes.c',
   'third_party/boringssl/crypto/aes/mode_wrappers.c',
diff --git a/summerofcode/ideas.md b/summerofcode/ideas.md
index b14d3f7b6ad373b6d4c4d180174c9dec5e22fce2..c7f368e7cc2f9d66e40069e68136047f8baf859f 100644
--- a/summerofcode/ideas.md
+++ b/summerofcode/ideas.md
@@ -1,22 +1,52 @@
 # gRPC Summer of Code Project Ideas
 
-C Core:
+Hello students!
 
-1. Port gRPC to  one of (Free, Net, Open) BSD platforms and create packages for them. Add kqueue support in the process.
-2. Fix gRPC C-core's URI parser. The current parser does not qualify as a standard parser according to [RFC3986]( https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986). Write test suites to verify this and make changes necessary to make the URI parser compliant.
-3. HPACK compression efficiency evaluation - Figure out how to benchmark gRPC's compression efficiency (both in terms of bytes on the wire and cpu cycles). Implement benchmarks. Potentially extend this to other standalone implementations -- Java and Go.
+We want gRPC to be the universal remote procedure call protocol for all
+computing platforms and paradigms, so while these are our ideas of what we
+think would make good projects for the summer, we're eager to hear your ideas
+and proposals as well.
+[Try us out](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) and get
+to know the gRPC code and team!
+
+**Required skills for all projects:** git version control, collaborative
+software development on github.com, and software development in at least one
+of gRPC's ten languages on at least one of Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
+
+-------------------------------------
+
+gRPC C Core:
+
+1. Port gRPC to  one of the major BSD platforms ([FreeBSD](https://freebsd.org), [NetBSD](https://netbsd.org), and [OpenBSD](https://openbsd.org)) and create packages for them. Add [kqueue](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kqueue) support in the process.
+ * **Required skills:** C programming language, BSD operating system.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Craig Tiller](https://github.com/ctiller), [Nicolas Noble](https://github.com/nicolasnoble).
+1. Fix gRPC C-core's URI parser. The current parser does not qualify as a standard parser according to [RFC3986]( https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986). Write test suites to verify this and make changes necessary to make the URI parser compliant.
+ * **Required skills:** C programming language, HTTP standard compliance.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Craig Tiller](https://github.com/ctiller).
+1. HPACK compression efficiency evaluation - Figure out how to benchmark gRPC's compression efficiency (both in terms of bytes on the wire and cpu cycles). Implement benchmarks. Potentially extend this to other full-stack gRPC implementations (Java and Go).
+ * **Required skills:** C programming language, software performance benchmarking, potentially Java and Go.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Craig Tiller](https://github.com/ctiller).
 
 
 gRPC Python:
 
- 1. Evaluate the port of gRPC's Python implementation to PyPy. Investigate the state of [Cython support](http://docs.cython.org/src/userguide/pypy.html) to do this or potentially explore cffi
- 2. Develop and test Python 3.5 Support for gRPC. Make necessary changes to port gRPC and package it for supported platforms.
+1. Port gRPC Python to [PyPy](http://pypy.org). Investigate the state of [Cython support](http://docs.cython.org/src/userguide/pypy.html) to do this or potentially explore [cffi](https://cffi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/).
+ * **Required skills:** Python programming language, PyPy Python interpreter.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Nathaniel Manista](https://github.com/nathanielmanistaatgoogle), [Masood Malekghassemi](https://github.com/soltanmm).
+1. Develop and test Python 3.5 Support for gRPC. Make necessary changes to port gRPC and package it for supported platforms.
+ * **Required skills:** Python programming language, PyPy Python interpreter.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Nathaniel Manista](https://github.com/nathanielmanistaatgoogle), [Masood Malekghassemi](https://github.com/soltanmm).
  
 gRPC Ruby/Java:
 
-1. jRuby support for gRPC. Develop a jRuby wrapper for gRPC based on grpc-java and ensure that it is API compatible with the existing Ruby implementation and passes all tests.
+1. [jRuby](http://jruby.org) support for gRPC. Develop a jRuby wrapper for gRPC based on grpc-java and ensure that it is API compatible with the existing Ruby implementation and passes all tests.
+ * **Required skills:** Java programming language, Ruby programming language.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Michael Lumish](https://github.com/murgatroid99), [Eric Anderson](https://github.com/ejona86).
 
 
-Other:
+gRPC Wire Protocol:
 
-1. Develop a Wireshark plugin for the gRPC protocol. Provide documentation and tutorials for this plugin. Bonus: consider set-up and use with the mobile clients.
+1. Develop a [Wireshark](https://wireshark.org) plugin for the gRPC protocol. Provide documentation and tutorials for this plugin.
+ * **Bonus:** consider set-up and use with mobile clients.
+ * **Required skills:** Wireshark software.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Nicolas Noble](https://github.com/nicolasnoble).
diff --git a/templates/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json.template b/templates/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json.template
index 04802772af50d362554c6f1426aed04515506411..78363ff1fae66e554be103f9721952f5a4454ee8 100644
--- a/templates/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json.template
+++ b/templates/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json.template
@@ -12,20 +12,27 @@
   			out.extend(fmt % name for fmt in ['%s.grpc.pb.h', '%s.pb.h'])
   	return out
   
-  def no_protos(src):
+  def no_protos_filter(src):
+  	return os.path.splitext(src)[1] != '.proto'
+
+  def no_third_party_filter(src):
+  	return not src.startswith('third_party/')
+  
+  def filter_srcs(srcs, filters):
   	out = []
-  	for f in src:
-  		if os.path.splitext(f)[1] != '.proto':
-  			out.append(f)
+  	for s in srcs:
+  		filter_passes = (f(s) for f in filters)
+  		if all(filter_passes):
+  			out.append(s)
   	return out
   %>
   
   ${json.dumps([{"name": tgt.name,
                  "language": tgt.language,
                  "src": sorted(
-                     no_protos(tgt.src) + 
-                     tgt.get('public_headers', []) + 
-                     tgt.get('headers', [])),
+                     filter_srcs(tgt.src, (no_protos_filter, no_third_party_filter)) + 
+                     filter_srcs(tgt.get('public_headers', []), (no_protos_filter, no_third_party_filter)) + 
+                     filter_srcs(tgt.get('headers', []), (no_third_party_filter,))),
                  "headers": sorted(
                      tgt.get('public_headers', []) + 
                      tgt.get('headers', []) + 
diff --git a/templates/vsprojects/protoc.props.template b/templates/vsprojects/protoc.props.template
index a869005daec4637d86cd2824d7dcd470e7e8e013..ced6028a4be1338517536ebe2ee56e94db08185a 100644
--- a/templates/vsprojects/protoc.props.template
+++ b/templates/vsprojects/protoc.props.template
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <DisableSpecificWarnings>4244;4267;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
+    </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>libprotoc.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
diff --git a/test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.cc b/test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bd4885fb4cd3659e2e0d85d6b263eb767f0ece6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h"
+#include "src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h"  // C++ version
+
+namespace grpc {
+namespace {
+
+using grpc::lb::v0::LoadBalanceRequest;
+using grpc::lb::v0::LoadBalanceResponse;
+
+class GrpclbTest : public ::testing::Test {};
+
+TEST_F(GrpclbTest, CreateRequest) {
+  const std::string service_name = "AServiceName";
+  LoadBalanceRequest request;
+  grpc_grpclb_request* c_req = grpc_grpclb_request_create(service_name.c_str());
+  gpr_slice slice = grpc_grpclb_request_encode(c_req);
+  const int num_bytes_written = GPR_SLICE_LENGTH(slice);
+  EXPECT_GT(num_bytes_written, 0);
+  request.ParseFromArray(GPR_SLICE_START_PTR(slice), num_bytes_written);
+  EXPECT_EQ(request.initial_request().name(), service_name);
+  gpr_slice_unref(slice);
+  grpc_grpclb_request_destroy(c_req);
+}
+
+TEST_F(GrpclbTest, ParseResponse) {
+  LoadBalanceResponse response;
+  const std::string client_config_str = "I'm a client config";
+  auto* initial_response = response.mutable_initial_response();
+  initial_response->set_client_config(client_config_str);
+  auto* client_stats_report_interval =
+      initial_response->mutable_client_stats_report_interval();
+  client_stats_report_interval->set_seconds(123);
+  client_stats_report_interval->set_nanos(456);
+
+  const std::string encoded_response = response.SerializeAsString();
+  gpr_slice encoded_slice =
+      gpr_slice_from_copied_string(encoded_response.c_str());
+  grpc_grpclb_response* c_response = grpc_grpclb_response_parse(encoded_slice);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(c_response->has_initial_response);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(c_response->initial_response.has_client_config);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(c_response->initial_response.has_load_balancer_delegate);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(strcmp(c_response->initial_response.client_config,
+                     client_config_str.c_str()) == 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(c_response->initial_response.client_stats_report_interval.seconds,
+            123);
+  EXPECT_EQ(c_response->initial_response.client_stats_report_interval.nanos,
+            456);
+  gpr_slice_unref(encoded_slice);
+  grpc_grpclb_response_destroy(c_response);
+}
+
+TEST_F(GrpclbTest, ParseResponseServerList) {
+  LoadBalanceResponse response;
+  auto* serverlist = response.mutable_server_list();
+  auto* server = serverlist->add_servers();
+  server->set_ip_address("127.0.0.1");
+  server->set_port(12345);
+  server->set_drop_request(true);
+  server = response.mutable_server_list()->add_servers();
+  server->set_ip_address("10.0.0.1");
+  server->set_port(54321);
+  server->set_drop_request(false);
+  auto* expiration_interval = serverlist->mutable_expiration_interval();
+  expiration_interval->set_seconds(888);
+  expiration_interval->set_nanos(999);
+
+  const std::string encoded_response = response.SerializeAsString();
+  gpr_slice encoded_slice =
+      gpr_slice_from_copied_string(encoded_response.c_str());
+  grpc_grpclb_serverlist* c_serverlist =
+      grpc_grpclb_response_parse_serverlist(encoded_slice);
+  ASSERT_EQ(c_serverlist->num_servers, 2ul);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(c_serverlist->servers[0]->has_ip_address);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(strcmp(c_serverlist->servers[0]->ip_address, "127.0.0.1") == 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(c_serverlist->servers[0]->port, 12345);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(c_serverlist->servers[0]->drop_request);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(c_serverlist->servers[1]->has_ip_address);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(strcmp(c_serverlist->servers[1]->ip_address, "10.0.0.1") == 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(c_serverlist->servers[1]->port, 54321);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(c_serverlist->servers[1]->drop_request);
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(c_serverlist->expiration_interval.has_seconds);
+  EXPECT_EQ(c_serverlist->expiration_interval.seconds, 888);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(c_serverlist->expiration_interval.has_nanos);
+  EXPECT_EQ(c_serverlist->expiration_interval.nanos, 999);
+
+  gpr_slice_unref(encoded_slice);
+  grpc_grpclb_destroy_serverlist(c_serverlist);
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+}  // namespace grpc
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}
diff --git a/test/cpp/qps/qps_openloop_test.cc b/test/cpp/qps/qps_openloop_test.cc
index 0ac41d9f96337f7188c09195b2a35a0ec4629221..27f266b32be56f7bc2d72364b9e9b6a6ce9c2bde 100644
--- a/test/cpp/qps/qps_openloop_test.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/qps/qps_openloop_test.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 
+#include "test/core/util/test_config.h"
 #include "test/cpp/qps/driver.h"
 #include "test/cpp/qps/report.h"
 #include "test/cpp/util/benchmark_config.h"
@@ -55,11 +56,11 @@ static void RunQPS() {
   client_config.set_async_client_threads(8);
   client_config.set_rpc_type(STREAMING);
   client_config.mutable_load_params()->mutable_poisson()->set_offered_load(
-      1000.0);
+      1000.0 / GRPC_TEST_SLOWDOWN_FACTOR);
 
   ServerConfig server_config;
   server_config.set_server_type(ASYNC_SERVER);
-  server_config.set_async_server_threads(4);
+  server_config.set_async_server_threads(8);
 
   const auto result =
       RunScenario(client_config, 1, server_config, 1, WARMUP, BENCHMARK, -2);
diff --git a/third_party/nanopb b/third_party/nanopb
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f8ac463766281625ad710900479130c7fcb4d63b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/nanopb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f8ac463766281625ad710900479130c7fcb4d63b
diff --git a/tools/codegen/core/gen_load_balancing_proto.sh b/tools/codegen/core/gen_load_balancing_proto.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fb6a468ee0b68d376919750427e89f5f46b23ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/codegen/core/gen_load_balancing_proto.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+#
+# Example usage:
+#   tools/codegen/core/gen_load_balancing_proto.sh \
+#     src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.proto
+
+read -r -d '' COPYRIGHT <<'EOF'
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright <YEAR>, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+
+EOF
+
+CURRENT_YEAR=$(date +%Y)
+COPYRIGHT_FILE=$(mktemp)
+echo "${COPYRIGHT/<YEAR>/$CURRENT_YEAR}" > $COPYRIGHT_FILE
+
+set -ex
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <load_balancer.proto> [output dir]"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+readonly GRPC_ROOT=$PWD
+
+OUTPUT_DIR="$GRPC_ROOT/src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0"
+if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
+  mkdir -p "$2"
+  if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error creating output directory $2"
+    exit 2
+  fi
+  OUTPUT_DIR="$2"
+fi
+
+readonly EXPECTED_OPTIONS_FILE_PATH="${1%.*}.options"
+
+if [[ ! -f "$1" ]]; then
+  echo "Input proto file '$1' doesn't exist."
+  exit 3
+fi
+if [[ ! -f "${EXPECTED_OPTIONS_FILE_PATH}" ]]; then
+  echo "Expected nanopb options file '${EXPECTED_OPTIONS_FILE_PATH}' missing"
+  exit 4
+fi
+
+readonly VENV_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+readonly VENV_NAME="nanopb-$(date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N')"
+pushd $VENV_DIR
+virtualenv $VENV_NAME
+. $VENV_NAME/bin/activate
+popd
+
+# this should be the same version as the submodule we compile against
+# ideally we'd update this as a template to ensure that
+pip install protobuf==3.0.0b2
+
+pushd "$(dirname $1)" > /dev/null
+
+protoc \
+--plugin=protoc-gen-nanopb="$GRPC_ROOT/third_party/nanopb/generator/protoc-gen-nanopb" \
+--nanopb_out='-T -L#include\ \"third_party/nanopb/pb.h\"'":$OUTPUT_DIR" \
+"$(basename $1)"
+
+readonly PROTO_BASENAME=$(basename $1 .proto)
+sed -i "s:$PROTO_BASENAME.pb.h:src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/$PROTO_BASENAME.pb.h:g" \
+    "$OUTPUT_DIR/$PROTO_BASENAME.pb.c"
+
+# prepend copyright
+TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
+cat $COPYRIGHT_FILE "$OUTPUT_DIR/$PROTO_BASENAME.pb.c" > $TMPFILE
+mv -v $TMPFILE "$OUTPUT_DIR/$PROTO_BASENAME.pb.c"
+cat $COPYRIGHT_FILE "$OUTPUT_DIR/$PROTO_BASENAME.pb.h" > $TMPFILE
+mv -v $TMPFILE "$OUTPUT_DIR/$PROTO_BASENAME.pb.h"
+
+deactivate
+rm -rf $VENV_DIR
+
+popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/tools/distrib/check_nanopb_output.sh b/tools/distrib/check_nanopb_output.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5f49ebb93e645981c3e15c2c624866eea2e7c1b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/distrib/check_nanopb_output.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+set -ex
+
+apt-get install -y autoconf automake libtool curl python-virtualenv
+
+readonly NANOPB_TMP_OUTPUT="$(mktemp -d)"
+
+# install protoc version 3
+pushd third_party/protobuf
+./autogen.sh
+./configure
+make
+make install
+ldconfig
+popd
+
+if [ ! -x "/usr/local/bin/protoc" ]; then
+  echo "Error: protoc not found in path"
+  exit 1
+fi
+readonly PROTOC_PATH='/usr/local/bin'
+# stack up and change to nanopb's proto generator directory
+pushd third_party/nanopb/generator/proto
+PATH="$PROTOC_PATH:$PATH" make
+
+# back to the root directory
+popd
+
+
+# nanopb-compile the proto to a temp location
+PATH="$PROTOC_PATH:$PATH" ./tools/codegen/core/gen_load_balancing_proto.sh \
+  src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.proto \
+  $NANOPB_TMP_OUTPUT
+
+# compare outputs to checked compiled code
+if ! diff -r $NANOPB_TMP_OUTPUT src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0; then
+  echo "Outputs differ: $NANOPB_TMP_OUTPUT vs src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0"
+  exit 2
+fi
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_protoc/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_protoc/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1bbc6e021bc67a6d2419bef498485704f86bcda3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_protoc/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+# Docker file for building protoc and gRPC protoc plugin artifacts.
+# forked from https://github.com/google/protobuf/blob/master/protoc-artifacts/Dockerfile
+
+FROM centos:6.6
+
+RUN yum install -y git \
+                   tar \
+                   wget \
+                   make \
+                   autoconf \
+                   curl-devel \
+                   unzip \
+                   automake \
+                   libtool \
+                   glibc-static.i686 \
+                   glibc-devel \
+                   glibc-devel.i686
+
+# Install GCC 4.7 to support -static-libstdc++
+RUN wget http://people.centos.org/tru/devtools-1.1/devtools-1.1.repo -P /etc/yum.repos.d
+RUN bash -c 'echo "enabled=1" >> /etc/yum.repos.d/devtools-1.1.repo'
+RUN bash -c "sed -e 's/\$basearch/i386/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/devtools-1.1.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/devtools-i386-1.1.repo"
+RUN sed -e 's/testing-/testing-i386-/g' -i /etc/yum.repos.d/devtools-i386-1.1.repo
+
+# We'll get and "Rpmdb checksum is invalid: dCDPT(pkg checksums)" error caused by
+# docker issue when using overlay storage driver, but all the stuff we need
+# will be installed, so for now we just ignore the error.
+# https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/10180
+RUN yum install -y devtoolset-1.1 \
+                   devtoolset-1.1-libstdc++-devel \
+                   devtoolset-1.1-libstdc++-devel.i686 || true
+
+# Start in devtoolset environment that uses GCC 4.7
+CMD ["scl", "enable", "devtoolset-1.1", "bash"]
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_clang_format/clang_format_all_the_things.sh b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_clang_format/clang_format_all_the_things.sh
index dd8ea1ac305a51ff356b64850e211483c77298bb..d56bc0183118c8016ad1845d9c8c1f19a144334f 100755
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_clang_format/clang_format_all_the_things.sh
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_clang_format/clang_format_all_the_things.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ for dir in $DIRS
 do
   for glob in $GLOB
   do
-    files="$files `find /local-code/$dir -name $glob -and -not -name *.generated.*`"
+    files="$files `find /local-code/$dir -name $glob -and -not -name *.generated.* -and -not -name *.pb.h -and -not -name *.pb.c`"
   done
 done
 
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
index 1f9b9ecc186747ebe9572aafe0a05be147510eef..b0a1561df99e5a403b1e928b35a7b082266e9f9c 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ src/core/channel/subchannel_call_holder.h \
 src/core/client_config/client_config.h \
 src/core/client_config/connector.h \
 src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h \
+src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h \
 src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h \
 src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.h \
 src/core/client_config/lb_policy.h \
@@ -847,6 +848,7 @@ src/core/json/json.h \
 src/core/json/json_common.h \
 src/core/json/json_reader.h \
 src/core/json/json_writer.h \
+src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h \
 src/core/statistics/census_interface.h \
 src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h \
 src/core/surface/api_trace.h \
@@ -903,6 +905,10 @@ src/core/tsi/transport_security_interface.h \
 src/core/census/aggregation.h \
 src/core/census/mlog.h \
 src/core/census/rpc_metric_id.h \
+third_party/nanopb/pb.h \
+third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h \
+third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h \
+third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h \
 src/core/census/grpc_context.c \
 src/core/census/grpc_filter.c \
 src/core/channel/channel_args.c \
@@ -918,6 +924,7 @@ src/core/client_config/client_config.c \
 src/core/client_config/connector.c \
 src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c \
 src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c \
+src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c \
 src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c \
 src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c \
 src/core/client_config/lb_policy.c \
@@ -982,6 +989,7 @@ src/core/json/json.c \
 src/core/json/json_reader.c \
 src/core/json/json_string.c \
 src/core/json/json_writer.c \
+src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c \
 src/core/surface/alarm.c \
 src/core/surface/api_trace.c \
 src/core/surface/byte_buffer.c \
@@ -1058,6 +1066,9 @@ src/core/census/mlog.c \
 src/core/census/operation.c \
 src/core/census/placeholders.c \
 src/core/census/tracing.c \
+third_party/nanopb/pb_common.c \
+third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.c \
+third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.c \
 include/grpc/support/alloc.h \
 include/grpc/support/atm.h \
 include/grpc/support/atm_gcc_atomic.h \
diff --git a/tools/jenkins/build_docker_and_run_tests.sh b/tools/jenkins/build_docker_and_run_tests.sh
index e2ac7518f09992e9088852df21ca8cfe92d8fe75..458e8ca0c70b0dfa9e3f4d77e58d22b923e1e2e9 100755
--- a/tools/jenkins/build_docker_and_run_tests.sh
+++ b/tools/jenkins/build_docker_and_run_tests.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ docker build -t $DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME $DOCKERFILE_DIR
 # Choose random name for docker container
 CONTAINER_NAME="run_tests_$(uuidgen)"
 
+# Git root as seen by the docker instance
+docker_instance_git_root=/var/local/jenkins/grpc
+
 # Run tests inside docker
 docker run \
   -e "RUN_TESTS_COMMAND=$RUN_TESTS_COMMAND" \
@@ -69,9 +72,10 @@ docker run \
   -e XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/xdg-cache-home \
   -e THIS_IS_REALLY_NEEDED='see https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/14203 for why docker is awful' \
   -e HOST_GIT_ROOT=$git_root \
+  -e LOCAL_GIT_ROOT=$docker_instance_git_root \
   -e "BUILD_ID=$BUILD_ID" \
   -i $TTY_FLAG \
-  -v "$git_root:/var/local/jenkins/grpc" \
+  -v "$git_root:$docker_instance_git_root" \
   -v /tmp/ccache:/tmp/ccache \
   -v /tmp/npm-cache:/tmp/npm-cache \
   -v /tmp/xdg-cache-home:/tmp/xdg-cache-home \
@@ -82,11 +86,6 @@ docker run \
   $DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME \
   bash -l "/var/local/jenkins/grpc/$DOCKER_RUN_SCRIPT" || DOCKER_FAILED="true"
 
-if [ "$XML_REPORT" != "" ]
-then
-  docker cp "$CONTAINER_NAME:/var/local/git/grpc/$XML_REPORT" $git_root || true
-fi
-
 docker cp "$CONTAINER_NAME:/var/local/git/grpc/reports.zip" $git_root || true
 unzip -o $git_root/reports.zip -d $git_root || true
 rm -f reports.zip
diff --git a/tools/jenkins/docker_run_tests.sh b/tools/jenkins/docker_run_tests.sh
index c3a606edcb9d5d6c366f1b098c7d3cf68f00878a..178f2736418d7d9d85e723474049c7f860573cd1 100755
--- a/tools/jenkins/docker_run_tests.sh
+++ b/tools/jenkins/docker_run_tests.sh
@@ -62,5 +62,6 @@ echo '</body></html>' >> index.html
 cd ..
 
 zip -r reports.zip reports
+find . -name reports.xml | xargs zip reports.zip
 
 exit $exit_code
diff --git a/tools/jenkins/run_performance.sh b/tools/jenkins/run_performance.sh
index c80685b23a09d51b9737b896838b988b08e155d7..fbc078330f72daf57a7e4e301488972ed4cfb0c4 100755
--- a/tools/jenkins/run_performance.sh
+++ b/tools/jenkins/run_performance.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ PID1=$!
 bins/$config/qps_worker -driver_port 10010 &
 PID2=$!
 
+#
+# Put a timeout on these tests
+#
+((sleep 900; kill $$ && killall qps_worker && rm -f /tmp/qps-test.$$ )&)
+
 export QPS_WORKERS="localhost:10000,localhost:10010"
 
 # big is the size in bytes of large messages (0 is the size otherwise)
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/artifact_targets.py b/tools/run_tests/artifact_targets.py
index b565fbb3f0357145b870c838251e7add3cd1f605..f84d35580bb2bf7d6730a4f24aa2e6b060915e68 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/artifact_targets.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/artifact_targets.py
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ def macos_arch_env(arch):
     raise Exception('Unsupported arch')
   return {'CFLAGS': arch_arg, 'LDFLAGS': arch_arg}
 
+_MACOS_COMPAT_FLAG = '-mmacosx-version-min=10.7'
+
+_ARCH_FLAG_MAP = {
+  'x86': '-m32',
+  'x64': '-m64'
+}
 
 python_version_arch_map = {
   'x86': 'Python27_32bits',
@@ -199,6 +205,7 @@ class CSharpExtArtifact:
   def __str__(self):
     return self.name
 
+
 node_gyp_arch_map = {
   'x86': 'ia32',
   'x64': 'x64'
@@ -235,10 +242,54 @@ class NodeExtArtifact:
                                self.gyp_arch])
 
 
+class ProtocArtifact:
+  """Builds protoc and protoc-plugin artifacts"""
+
+  def __init__(self, platform, arch):
+    self.name = 'protoc_%s_%s' % (platform, arch)
+    self.platform = platform
+    self.arch = arch
+    self.labels = ['artifact', 'protoc', platform, arch]
+
+  def pre_build_jobspecs(self):
+      return []
+
+  def build_jobspec(self):
+    if self.platform != 'windows':
+      cxxflags = '-DNDEBUG %s' % _ARCH_FLAG_MAP[self.arch]
+      ldflags = '%s' % _ARCH_FLAG_MAP[self.arch]
+      if self.platform != 'macos':
+        ldflags += '  -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -s'
+      environ={'CONFIG': 'opt',
+               'CXXFLAGS': cxxflags,
+               'LDFLAGS': ldflags,
+               'PROTOBUF_LDFLAGS_EXTRA': ldflags}
+      if self.platform == 'linux':
+        return create_docker_jobspec(self.name,
+            'tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_protoc',
+            'tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.sh',
+            environ=environ)
+      else:
+        environ['CXXFLAGS'] += ' -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ %s' % _MACOS_COMPAT_FLAG
+        return create_jobspec(self.name,
+            ['tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.sh'],
+            environ=environ)
+    else:
+      generator = 'Visual Studio 12 Win64' if self.arch == 'x64' else 'Visual Studio 12' 
+      vcplatform = 'x64' if self.arch == 'x64' else 'Win32'
+      return create_jobspec(self.name,
+                            ['tools\\run_tests\\build_artifact_protoc.bat'],
+                            environ={'generator': generator,
+                                     'Platform': vcplatform})
+
+  def __str__(self):
+    return self.name
+
+
 def targets():
   """Gets list of supported targets"""
   return ([Cls(platform, arch)
-           for Cls in (CSharpExtArtifact, NodeExtArtifact)
+           for Cls in (CSharpExtArtifact, NodeExtArtifact, ProtocArtifact)
            for platform in ('linux', 'macos', 'windows')
            for arch in ('x86', 'x64')] +
           [PythonArtifact('linux', 'x86'),
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.bat b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e1dc032188f130e2cf3fee718ed511df69b73802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+@rem Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+@rem All rights reserved.
+@rem
+@rem Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+@rem modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+@rem met:
+@rem
+@rem     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+@rem notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+@rem     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+@rem copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+@rem in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+@rem distribution.
+@rem     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+@rem contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+@rem this software without specific prior written permission.
+@rem
+@rem THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+@rem "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+@rem LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+@rem A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+@rem OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+@rem SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+@rem LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+@rem DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+@rem THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+@rem (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+@rem OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+mkdir artifacts
+
+setlocal
+cd third_party/protobuf
+
+powershell -Command "Invoke-WebRequest https://googlemock.googlecode.com/files/gmock-1.7.0.zip -OutFile gmock.zip"
+powershell -Command "Add-Type -Assembly 'System.IO.Compression.FileSystem'; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('gmock.zip', '.');"
+rename gmock-1.7.0 gmock
+
+cd cmake
+cmake -G "%generator%" || goto :error
+endlocal
+
+call vsprojects/build_plugins.bat || goto :error
+
+xcopy /Y third_party\protobuf\cmake\Release\protoc.exe artifacts\ || goto :error
+xcopy /Y vsprojects\Release\*_plugin.exe artifacts\ || xcopy /Y vsprojects\x64\Release\*_plugin.exe artifacts\ || goto :error
+
+goto :EOF
+
+:error
+exit /b 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.sh b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..161d3a84d6edd81e8aaea1aac055ca381d81f0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_artifact_protoc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+# Use devtoolset environment that has GCC 4.7 before set -ex
+source scl_source enable devtoolset-1.1
+
+set -ex
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/../..
+
+make plugins
+
+mkdir -p artifacts
+cp bins/opt/protobuf/protoc bins/opt/*_plugin artifacts/
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/configs.json b/tools/run_tests/configs.json
index 9d7b8a3c7253c47329ea02d8139ea8299fc0e367..cbb8ec57b6170579e303e3a82d657902c369c302 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/configs.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/configs.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "environ": {
       "ASAN_OPTIONS": "detect_leaks=0:color=always"
     }, 
-    "timeout_multiplier": 1.5
+    "timeout_multiplier": 3
   }, 
   {
     "config": "ubsan", 
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@
       "ASAN_OPTIONS": "detect_leaks=1:color=always", 
       "LSAN_OPTIONS": "suppressions=tools/lsan_suppressions.txt:report_objects=1"
     }, 
-    "timeout_multiplier": 1.5
+    "timeout_multiplier": 3
   }, 
   {
     "config": "tsan", 
     "environ": {
       "TSAN_OPTIONS": "suppressions=tools/tsan_suppressions.txt:halt_on_error=1:second_deadlock_stack=1"
     }, 
-    "timeout_multiplier": 2
+    "timeout_multiplier": 5
   }, 
   {
     "config": "msan", 
-    "timeout_multiplier": 2
+    "timeout_multiplier": 4
   }, 
   {
     "config": "mutrace"
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh b/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
index f49230e49aa44cc3de8ea83be8bb49bbe81240c0..3c6dbb9ea1f1a18f51b33c8d889c901496d12153 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ cat << EOF | awk '{ print $1 }' | sort > $want_submodules
  9f897b25800d2f54f5c442ef01a60721aeca6d87 third_party/boringssl (version_for_cocoapods_1.0-67-g9f897b2)
  05b155ff59114735ec8cd089f669c4c3d8f59029 third_party/gflags (v2.1.0-45-g05b155f)
  c99458533a9b4c743ed51537e25989ea55944908 third_party/googletest (release-1.7.0)
+ f8ac463766281625ad710900479130c7fcb4d63b third_party/nanopb (nanopb-0.3.4-29-gf8ac463)
  d5fb408ddc281ffcadeb08699e65bb694656d0bd third_party/protobuf (v3.0.0-beta-2)
  50893291621658f355bc5b4d450a8d06a563053d third_party/zlib (v1.2.8)
 EOF
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_version.py b/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_version.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..41dd5efe3887fde41b69aa70e2add1d876ec4161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
+
+# Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+# distribution.
+#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+# this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+import sys
+import yaml
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+errors = 0
+
+os.chdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), '../../..'))
+
+# hack import paths to pick up extra code
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('tools/buildgen/plugins'))
+from expand_version import Version
+
+try:
+  branch_name = subprocess.check_output(
+    'git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD',
+    shell=True)
+except:
+  print 'WARNING: not a git repository'
+  branch_name = None
+
+if branch_name is not None:
+  m = re.match(r'^release-([0-9]+)_([0-9]+)$', branch_name)
+  if m:
+    print 'RELEASE branch'
+    # version number should align with the branched version
+    check_version = lambda version: (
+      version.major == int(m.group(1)) and
+      version.minor == int(m.group(2)))
+    warning = 'Version key "%%s" value "%%s" should have a major version %s and minor version %s' % (m.group(1), m.group(2))
+  elif re.match(r'^debian/.*$', branch_name):
+    # no additional version checks for debian branches
+    check_version = lambda version: True
+  else:
+    # all other branches should have a -dev tag
+    check_version = lambda version: version.tag == 'dev'
+    warning = 'Version key "%s" value "%s" should have a -dev tag'
+else:
+  check_version = lambda version: True
+
+with open('build.yaml', 'r') as f:
+  build_yaml = yaml.load(f.read())
+
+settings = build_yaml['settings']
+
+top_version = Version(settings['version'])
+if not check_version(top_version):
+  errors += 1
+  print warning % ('version', top_version)
+
+for tag, value in settings.iteritems():
+  if re.match(r'^[a-z]+_version$', tag):
+    value = Version(value)
+    if value.major != top_version.major:
+      errors += 1
+      print 'major version mismatch on %s: %d vs %d' % (tag, value.major, top_version.major)
+    if value.minor != top_version.minor:
+      errors += 1
+      print 'minor version mismatch on %s: %d vs %d' % (tag, value.minor, top_version.minor)
+    if not check_version(value):
+      errors += 1
+      print warning % (tag, value)
+
+sys.exit(errors)
+
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml b/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
index 809e6ce645414fe527b9112c4dc1c5d715c1f592..cffc180fb07d90a3dc481ff9dc30d569b874518b 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # a set of tests that are run in parallel for sanity tests
+- script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_cache_mk.sh
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_sources_and_headers.py
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
-- script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_cache_mk.sh
+- script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_version.py
 - script: tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh -j 3
   cpu_cost: 3
 - script: tools/distrib/check_copyright.py
 - script: tools/distrib/clang_format_code.sh
 - script: tools/distrib/check_trailing_newlines.sh
+- script: tools/distrib/check_nanopb_output.sh
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
index e44a7bc79e6e20e46674ff37258e6a0261d72cd8..88e7343399f226b5e975eee41d108330db5c1310 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -1658,6 +1658,23 @@
       "src/compiler/ruby_plugin.cc"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "deps": [
+      "grpc", 
+      "grpc++", 
+      "grpc++_test_util", 
+      "grpc_test_util"
+    ], 
+    "headers": [
+      "src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.grpc.pb.h", 
+      "src/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h"
+    ], 
+    "language": "c++", 
+    "name": "grpclb_api_test", 
+    "src": [
+      "test/cpp/grpclb/grpclb_api_test.cc"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "deps": [
       "gpr", 
@@ -2998,6 +3015,7 @@
       "src/core/client_config/client_config.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/connector.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h", 
+      "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policy.h", 
@@ -3058,6 +3076,7 @@
       "src/core/json/json_common.h", 
       "src/core/json/json_reader.h", 
       "src/core/json/json_writer.h", 
+      "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h", 
       "src/core/security/auth_filters.h", 
       "src/core/security/base64.h", 
       "src/core/security/credentials.h", 
@@ -3110,7 +3129,11 @@
       "src/core/tsi/ssl_transport_security.h", 
       "src/core/tsi/ssl_types.h", 
       "src/core/tsi/transport_security.h", 
-      "src/core/tsi/transport_security_interface.h"
+      "src/core/tsi/transport_security_interface.h", 
+      "third_party/nanopb/pb.h", 
+      "third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h", 
+      "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h", 
+      "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h"
     ], 
     "language": "c", 
     "name": "grpc", 
@@ -3166,6 +3189,8 @@
       "src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c", 
       "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c", 
       "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h", 
+      "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c", 
+      "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c", 
@@ -3291,6 +3316,8 @@
       "src/core/json/json_string.c", 
       "src/core/json/json_writer.c", 
       "src/core/json/json_writer.h", 
+      "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c", 
+      "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h", 
       "src/core/security/auth_filters.h", 
       "src/core/security/base64.c", 
       "src/core/security/base64.h", 
@@ -3537,6 +3564,7 @@
       "src/core/client_config/client_config.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/connector.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h", 
+      "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policy.h", 
@@ -3597,6 +3625,7 @@
       "src/core/json/json_common.h", 
       "src/core/json/json_reader.h", 
       "src/core/json/json_writer.h", 
+      "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h", 
       "src/core/statistics/census_interface.h", 
       "src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h", 
       "src/core/surface/api_trace.h", 
@@ -3635,7 +3664,11 @@
       "src/core/transport/metadata_batch.h", 
       "src/core/transport/static_metadata.h", 
       "src/core/transport/transport.h", 
-      "src/core/transport/transport_impl.h"
+      "src/core/transport/transport_impl.h", 
+      "third_party/nanopb/pb.h", 
+      "third_party/nanopb/pb_common.h", 
+      "third_party/nanopb/pb_decode.h", 
+      "third_party/nanopb/pb_encode.h"
     ], 
     "language": "c", 
     "name": "grpc_unsecure", 
@@ -3690,6 +3723,8 @@
       "src/core/client_config/default_initial_connect_string.c", 
       "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.c", 
       "src/core/client_config/initial_connect_string.h", 
+      "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.c", 
+      "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/load_balancer_api.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.c", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/pick_first.h", 
       "src/core/client_config/lb_policies/round_robin.c", 
@@ -3814,6 +3849,8 @@
       "src/core/json/json_string.c", 
       "src/core/json/json_writer.c", 
       "src/core/json/json_writer.h", 
+      "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.c", 
+      "src/core/proto/grpc/lb/v0/load_balancer.pb.h", 
       "src/core/statistics/census_interface.h", 
       "src/core/statistics/census_rpc_stats.h", 
       "src/core/surface/alarm.c", 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
index ea9c129101db84b9f5b5adcef61a455172025f1c..8868e2a93eab4bbbbe2020e50b043622c0e9dbc9 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
@@ -2039,6 +2039,26 @@
       "windows"
     ]
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix", 
+      "windows"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c++", 
+    "name": "grpclb_api_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix", 
+      "windows"
+    ]
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [], 
     "ci_platforms": [
@@ -2104,7 +2124,7 @@
       "mac", 
       "posix"
     ], 
-    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "cpu_cost": 10, 
     "exclude_configs": [], 
     "flaky": false, 
     "language": "c++", 
@@ -2123,9 +2143,7 @@
       "posix"
     ], 
     "cpu_cost": 10, 
-    "exclude_configs": [
-      "tsan"
-    ], 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
     "flaky": false, 
     "language": "c++", 
     "name": "qps_test", 
diff --git a/vsprojects/protoc.props b/vsprojects/protoc.props
index ecaf248446e1677515a2704300a4d9891bcf8a4e..1bdc07193bce01b5aad1e89616c79b55da335ddc 100644
--- a/vsprojects/protoc.props
+++ b/vsprojects/protoc.props
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" /> <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" /> <PropertyGroup /> <ItemDefinitionGroup> <Link> <AdditionalDependencies>libprotoc.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies> <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories> </Link> </ItemDefinitionGroup> <ItemGroup /> </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" /> <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" /> <PropertyGroup /> <ItemDefinitionGroup> <ClCompile> <DisableSpecificWarnings>4244;4267;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings> </ClCompile> <Link> <AdditionalDependencies>libprotoc.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies> <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\protobuf\cmake\$(Configuration);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories> </Link> </ItemDefinitionGroup> <ItemGroup /> </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
index c8e73ef633966f609f5b5c6075b76d8c78bc9471..4b39ff284f84037a1b9dccd462a7ce20d6e53470 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\client_config.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\connector.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\initial_connect_string.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\load_balancer_api.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\pick_first.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\round_robin.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policy.h" />
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\json\json_common.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\json\json_reader.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\json\json_writer.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\proto\grpc\lb\v0\load_balancer.pb.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\statistics\census_interface.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\statistics\census_rpc_stats.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\surface\api_trace.h" />
@@ -412,6 +414,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\aggregation.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\mlog.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\rpc_metric_id.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_common.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_decode.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_encode.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\grpc_context.c">
@@ -444,6 +450,8 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\initial_connect_string.c">
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\load_balancer_api.c">
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\pick_first.c">
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\round_robin.c">
@@ -572,6 +580,8 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\json\json_writer.c">
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\proto\grpc\lb\v0\load_balancer.pb.c">
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\surface\alarm.c">
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\surface\api_trace.c">
@@ -724,6 +734,12 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\tracing.c">
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_common.c">
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_decode.c">
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_encode.c">
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\vcxproj\.\gpr\gpr.vcxproj">
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
index 6c37894a4eed996d42162a82ff6b132fa432281c..1989a4705999838e8129c63646c0f4cf8ee23dd6 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\initial_connect_string.c">
       <Filter>src\core\client_config</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\load_balancer_api.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\client_config\lb_policies</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\pick_first.c">
       <Filter>src\core\client_config\lb_policies</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -238,6 +241,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\json\json_writer.c">
       <Filter>src\core\json</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\proto\grpc\lb\v0\load_balancer.pb.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\proto\grpc\lb\v0</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\surface\alarm.c">
       <Filter>src\core\surface</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -466,6 +472,15 @@
     <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\tracing.c">
       <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_common.c">
+      <Filter>third_party\nanopb</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_decode.c">
+      <Filter>third_party\nanopb</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_encode.c">
+      <Filter>third_party\nanopb</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\include\grpc\grpc_security.h">
@@ -551,6 +566,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\initial_connect_string.h">
       <Filter>src\core\client_config</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\load_balancer_api.h">
+      <Filter>src\core\client_config\lb_policies</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\pick_first.h">
       <Filter>src\core\client_config\lb_policies</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
@@ -731,6 +749,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\json\json_writer.h">
       <Filter>src\core\json</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\proto\grpc\lb\v0\load_balancer.pb.h">
+      <Filter>src\core\proto\grpc\lb\v0</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\statistics\census_interface.h">
       <Filter>src\core\statistics</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
@@ -899,6 +920,18 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\rpc_metric_id.h">
       <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb.h">
+      <Filter>third_party\nanopb</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_common.h">
+      <Filter>third_party\nanopb</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_decode.h">
+      <Filter>third_party\nanopb</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_encode.h">
+      <Filter>third_party\nanopb</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -950,6 +983,18 @@
     <Filter Include="src\core\json">
       <UniqueIdentifier>{e665cc0e-b994-d7c5-cc18-2007392019f0}</UniqueIdentifier>
     </Filter>
+    <Filter Include="src\core\proto">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{1ff04466-0905-8a5d-d6f4-7ff2df4c13b5}</UniqueIdentifier>
+    </Filter>
+    <Filter Include="src\core\proto\grpc">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{7c7ad0b3-bf85-5bd3-e0c8-4f5468a8e2e6}</UniqueIdentifier>
+    </Filter>
+    <Filter Include="src\core\proto\grpc\lb">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{3d533dad-8100-e8a3-b7c3-1fc13a4d60da}</UniqueIdentifier>
+    </Filter>
+    <Filter Include="src\core\proto\grpc\lb\v0">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{0ffcf868-7617-5fed-b6ce-2162d9d09148}</UniqueIdentifier>
+    </Filter>
     <Filter Include="src\core\security">
       <UniqueIdentifier>{1d850ac6-e639-4eab-5338-4ba40272fcc9}</UniqueIdentifier>
     </Filter>
@@ -968,6 +1013,12 @@
     <Filter Include="src\core\tsi">
       <UniqueIdentifier>{0b0f9ab1-efa4-7f03-e446-6fb9b5227e84}</UniqueIdentifier>
     </Filter>
+    <Filter Include="third_party">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{aaab30a4-2a15-732e-c141-3fbc0f0f5a7a}</UniqueIdentifier>
+    </Filter>
+    <Filter Include="third_party\nanopb">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{93d6596d-330c-1d27-6f84-3c840e57869e}</UniqueIdentifier>
+    </Filter>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
 
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_plugin_support/grpc_plugin_support.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_plugin_support/grpc_plugin_support.vcxproj
index 89183902d74c09c0ae53e67555b91efcf6fdf5ee..a76c883903a6910c16761154904abd9b60c74874 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_plugin_support/grpc_plugin_support.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_plugin_support/grpc_plugin_support.vcxproj
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\global.props" />
+    <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\protoc.props" />
     <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\winsock.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
diff --git a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj
index 92de26ce8b4fe14ce27db8aa578749358435565e..d61c5a75745a3e3427551b0c91477f32270daa6f 100644
--- a/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\client_config.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\connector.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\initial_connect_string.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\load_balancer_api.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\pick_first.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policies\round_robin.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\client_config\lb_policy.h" />
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\json\json_common.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\json\json_reader.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\json\json_writer.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\proto\grpc\lb\v0\load_balancer.pb.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\statistics\census_interface.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\statistics\census_rpc_stats.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\surface\api_trace.h" />
@@ -388,6 +390,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\aggregation.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\mlog.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\src\core\census\rpc_metric_id.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="$(SolutionDir)\..\third_party\nanopb\pb_common.h" />
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