diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index 7b7042961d..755200d046 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -1559,6 +1559,7 @@ if (skia_enable_tools) {
     if (!(skia_use_freetype && skia_use_fontconfig)) {
       sources -= [ "//tests/FontMgrFontConfigTest.cpp" ]
     }
+    include_dirs = [ "third_party/externals/abseil-cpp" ]
     deps = [
       ":experimental_svg_model",
       ":flags",
@@ -1569,6 +1570,7 @@ if (skia_enable_tools) {
       "modules/skparagraph:tests",
       "modules/sksg:tests",
       "modules/skshaper",
+      "//third_party/absl",
       "//third_party/libpng",
       "//third_party/libwebp",
       "//third_party/zlib",
diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index c35e9be63c..602f858c91 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ vars = {
 deps = {
   "buildtools"                            : "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/buildtools.git@505de88083136eefd056e5ee4ca0f01fe9b33de8",
   "common"                                : "https://skia.googlesource.com/common.git@9737551d7a52c3db3262db5856e6bcd62c462b92",
+  "third_party/externals/abseil-cpp"      : "https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp.git@1a02b7a2054c24f900dab796edb812f9260b51a6",
   "third_party/externals/angle2"          : "https://chromium.googlesource.com/angle/angle.git@3cb9c4bee9b369a2172d5c22e6eb70da49a799ed",
   # Dawn requires jinja2 and markupsafe for the code generator, and glslang and shaderc for SPIRV compilation.
   # When the Dawn revision is updated these should be updated from the Dawn DEPS as well.
diff --git a/gn/tests.gni b/gn/tests.gni
index 0944a4fba8..b05b229686 100644
--- a/gn/tests.gni
+++ b/gn/tests.gni
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ _tests = get_path_info("../tests", "abspath")
 
 tests_sources = [
   "$_tests/AAClipTest.cpp",
+  "$_tests/AbseilTest.cpp",
   "$_tests/AdvancedBlendTest.cpp",
   "$_tests/AndroidCodecTest.cpp",
   "$_tests/AnimatedImageTest.cpp",
diff --git a/tests/AbseilTest.cpp b/tests/AbseilTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b024eea219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/AbseilTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+#include "tests/Test.h"
+#ifndef SK_BUILD_FOR_ANDROID_FRAMEWORK
+
+#include "absl/hash/hash.h"
+#include "absl/strings/substitute.h"
+
+DEF_TEST(AbseilTest, reporter) {
+    // Tests that Abseil can be compiled, linked and run. Can be removed once Abseil is in use
+    // elsewhere.
+    const void* nullVoid = nullptr;
+    const std::string kStringToHash = absl::Substitute("$0 $1 $2 $3", "absl", 0, false, nullVoid);
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, kStringToHash == "absl 0 false NULL");
+
+    const size_t hashValue = absl::Hash<std::string>{}(kStringToHash);
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, hashValue != 0);
+}
+
+#endif  // SK_BUILD_FOR_ANDROID_FRAMEWORK
diff --git a/third_party/absl/BUILD.gn b/third_party/absl/BUILD.gn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0b0e95400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/absl/BUILD.gn
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Google Inc.
+#
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import("../third_party.gni")
+
+third_party("absl") {
+  public_include_dirs = [ "../externals/abseil-cpp" ]
+
+  sources = [
+    # Base
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/attributes.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/call_once.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/casts.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/config.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/const_init.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/dynamic_annotations.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/dynamic_annotations.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/atomic_hook.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/bits.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/cycleclock.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/cycleclock.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/direct_mmap.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/endian.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/errno_saver.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/exponential_biased.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/exponential_biased.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/fast_type_id.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/hide_ptr.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/identity.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/inline_variable.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/invoke.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/low_level_alloc.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/low_level_alloc.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/low_level_scheduling.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/per_thread_tls.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/periodic_sampler.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/periodic_sampler.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/pretty_function.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/raw_logging.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/raw_logging.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/scheduling_mode.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/scoped_set_env.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/scoped_set_env.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/spinlock.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/spinlock.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/spinlock_wait.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/spinlock_wait.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/strerror.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/strerror.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/thread_annotations.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/thread_identity.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/thread_identity.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/throw_delegate.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/throw_delegate.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/tsan_mutex_interface.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/unaligned_access.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/log_severity.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/log_severity.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/macros.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/optimization.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/options.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/policy_checks.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/port.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/base/thread_annotations.h",
+
+    # Hash
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/hash/hash.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/hash/internal/city.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/hash/internal/city.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/hash/internal/hash.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/hash/internal/hash.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/hash/internal/spy_hash_state.h",
+
+    # Numeric
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/numeric/int128.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/numeric/int128.h",
+
+    # Strings
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/ascii.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/ascii.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/charconv.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/charconv.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/cord.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/cord.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/escaping.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/escaping.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/char_map.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/charconv_bigint.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/charconv_bigint.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/charconv_parse.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/charconv_parse.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/cord_internal.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/escaping.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/escaping.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/escaping_test_common.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/memutil.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/memutil.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/numbers_test_common.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/ostringstream.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/ostringstream.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/pow10_helper.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/pow10_helper.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/resize_uninitialized.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/stl_type_traits.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/str_join_internal.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/str_split_internal.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/utf8.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/internal/utf8.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/match.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/match.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/numbers.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/numbers.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/str_cat.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/str_cat.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/str_format.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/str_join.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/str_replace.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/str_replace.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/str_split.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/str_split.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/string_view.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/string_view.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/strip.h",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/substitute.cc",
+    "../externals/abseil-cpp/absl/strings/substitute.h",
+  ]
+}