diff --git a/wa/framework/workload.py b/wa/framework/workload.py
index a56091590..e2a32fe0e 100644
--- a/wa/framework/workload.py
+++ b/wa/framework/workload.py
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ def __init__(self, target, **kwargs):
                 raise ConfigError('Target does not appear to support Android')
 
         super(ApkWorkload, self).__init__(target, **kwargs)
+
+        if self.activity is not None and '.' not in self.activity:
+            # If we're receiving just the activity name, it's taken relative to
+            # the package namespace:
+            self.activity = '.' + self.activity
+
         self.apk = PackageHandler(self,
                                   package_name=self.package_name,
                                   variant=self.variant,
diff --git a/wa/workloads/uibench/__init__.py b/wa/workloads/uibench/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b32e010da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wa/workloads/uibench/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#    Copyright 2013-2019 ARM Limited
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from wa import Parameter, ApkWorkload
+
+
+class Uibench(ApkWorkload):
+
+    name = 'uibench'
+    description ="""
+        Runs a particular activity of the UIBench_ workload suite. The suite
+        is provided by Google as a testbench for the Android UI.
+
+        .. _UIBench: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/heads/master/tests/UiBench/
+    """
+    package_names = ['com.android.test.uibench']
+    loading_time = 1
+
+    parameters = [
+        Parameter('activity', kind=str,
+                  description="""
+                  The UIBench activity to be run. Each activity corresponds to
+                  a test. If this parameter is ignored, the application is
+                  launched in its main menu. Please note that the available
+                  activities vary between versions of UIBench (which follow
+                  AOSP versioning) and the availability of the services under
+                  test may depend on the version of the target Android. We
+                  recommend using the APK of UIBench corresponding to the
+                  Android version, enforced through the ``version`` parameter to
+                  this workload.
+                  """),
+        Parameter('duration', kind=int, default=10,
+                  description="""
+                  As activities do not finish, this workload will terminate
+                  UIBench after the given duration.
+                  """),
+    ]
+
+    def run(self, context):
+        super(Uibench, self).run(context)
+        self.target.sleep(self.duration)