diff --git a/src/rpc/client.ts b/src/rpc/client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..64d6298546165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rpc/client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import * as childProcess from 'child_process';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { Connection } from './connection';
+import { Transport } from './transport';
+
+(async () => {
+  const spawnedProcess = childProcess.fork(path.join(__dirname, 'server'), [], { stdio: 'pipe' });
+  const transport = new Transport(spawnedProcess.stdin, spawnedProcess.stdout);
+  const connection = new Connection();
+  connection.onmessage = message => transport.send(message);
+  transport.onmessage = message => connection.send(message);
+
+  const chromium = await connection.waitForObjectWithKnownName('chromium');
+  const browser = await chromium.launch({ headless: false });
+  const page = await browser.newPage();
+  await page.goto('https://example.com');
+})();
diff --git a/src/rpc/connection.ts b/src/rpc/connection.ts
index 613c82e52871c..d15eb35ed71bd 100644
--- a/src/rpc/connection.ts
+++ b/src/rpc/connection.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import { parseError } from './serializers';
 export class Connection {
   private _channels = new Map<string, Channel>();
   private _waitingForObject = new Map<string, any>();
-  sendMessageToServerTransport = (message: string): void => {};
+  onmessage = (message: string): void => {};
   private _lastId = 0;
   private _callbacks = new Map<number, { resolve: (a: any) => void, reject: (a: Error) => void }>();
 
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ export class Connection {
     const id = ++this._lastId;
     const converted = { id, ...message, params: this._replaceChannelsWithGuids(message.params) };
     debug('pw:channel:command')(converted);
-    this.sendMessageToServerTransport(JSON.stringify(converted));
+    this.onmessage(JSON.stringify(converted));
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => this._callbacks.set(id, { resolve, reject }));
   }
 
-  dispatchMessageFromServer(message: string) {
+  send(message: string) {
     const parsedMessage = JSON.parse(message);
     const { id, guid, method, params, result, error } = parsedMessage;
     if (id) {
diff --git a/src/rpc/dispatcher.ts b/src/rpc/dispatcher.ts
index 547cc28cb55d3..81015994d9a7c 100644
--- a/src/rpc/dispatcher.ts
+++ b/src/rpc/dispatcher.ts
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ export class Dispatcher<Type, Initializer> extends EventEmitter implements Chann
 export class DispatcherScope {
   readonly dispatchers = new Map<string, Dispatcher<any, any>>();
   readonly dispatcherSymbol = Symbol('dispatcher');
-  sendMessageToClientTransport = (message: string) => {};
+  onmessage = (message: string) => {};
 
   async sendMessageToClient(guid: string, method: string, params: any): Promise<any> {
-    this.sendMessageToClientTransport(JSON.stringify({ guid, method, params: this._replaceDispatchersWithGuids(params) }));
+    this.onmessage(JSON.stringify({ guid, method, params: this._replaceDispatchersWithGuids(params) }));
   }
 
-  async dispatchMessageFromClient(message: string) {
+  async send(message: string) {
     const parsedMessage = JSON.parse(message);
     const { id, guid, method, params } = parsedMessage;
     const dispatcher = this.dispatchers.get(guid)!;
     try {
       const result = await (dispatcher as any)[method](this._replaceGuidsWithDispatchers(params));
-      this.sendMessageToClientTransport(JSON.stringify({ id, result: this._replaceDispatchersWithGuids(result) }));
+      this.onmessage(JSON.stringify({ id, result: this._replaceDispatchersWithGuids(result) }));
     } catch (e) {
-      this.sendMessageToClientTransport(JSON.stringify({ id, error: serializeError(e) }));
+      this.onmessage(JSON.stringify({ id, error: serializeError(e) }));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/rpc/server.ts b/src/rpc/server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1918200093db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rpc/server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import { Transport } from './transport';
+import { DispatcherScope } from './dispatcher';
+import { Playwright } from '../server/playwright';
+import { BrowserTypeDispatcher } from './server/browserTypeDispatcher';
+
+const dispatcherScope = new DispatcherScope();
+const transport = new Transport(process.stdout, process.stdin);
+transport.onmessage = message => dispatcherScope.send(message);
+dispatcherScope.onmessage = message => transport.send(message);
+
+const playwright = new Playwright(__dirname, require('../../browsers.json')['browsers']);
+BrowserTypeDispatcher.from(dispatcherScope, playwright.chromium!);
+BrowserTypeDispatcher.from(dispatcherScope, playwright.firefox!);
+BrowserTypeDispatcher.from(dispatcherScope, playwright.webkit!);
diff --git a/src/rpc/transport.ts b/src/rpc/transport.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c28557099c463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rpc/transport.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import { helper } from '../helper';
+
+export class Transport {
+  private _pipeWrite: NodeJS.WritableStream;
+  private _data = Buffer.from([]);
+  private _waitForNextTask = helper.makeWaitForNextTask();
+  private _closed = false;
+  private _bytesLeft = 0;
+
+  onmessage?: (message: any) => void;
+  onclose?: () => void;
+
+  constructor(pipeWrite: NodeJS.WritableStream, pipeRead: NodeJS.ReadableStream) {
+    this._pipeWrite = pipeWrite;
+    pipeRead.on('data', buffer => this._dispatch(buffer));
+    this.onmessage = undefined;
+    this.onclose = undefined;
+  }
+
+  send(message: any) {
+    if (this._closed)
+      throw new Error('Pipe has been closed');
+    const data = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(message), 'utf-8');
+    const dataLength = Buffer.alloc(4);
+    dataLength.writeUInt32LE(data.length, 0);
+    this._pipeWrite.write(dataLength);
+    this._pipeWrite.write(data);
+  }
+
+  close() {
+    throw new Error('unimplemented');
+  }
+
+  _dispatch(buffer: Buffer) {
+    this._data = Buffer.concat([this._data, buffer]);
+    while (true) {
+      if (!this._bytesLeft && this._data.length < 4) {
+        // Need more data.
+        break;
+      }
+
+      if (!this._bytesLeft) {
+        this._bytesLeft = this._data.readUInt32LE(0);
+        this._data = this._data.slice(4);
+      }
+
+      if (!this._bytesLeft || this._data.length < this._bytesLeft) {
+        // Need more data.
+        break;
+      }
+
+      const message = this._data.slice(0, this._bytesLeft);
+      this._data = this._data.slice(this._bytesLeft);
+      this._bytesLeft = 0;
+      this._waitForNextTask(() => {
+        if (this.onmessage)
+          this.onmessage.call(null, JSON.parse(message.toString('utf-8')));
+      });
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index e0006a0509d85..3fd242ae63bc2 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ function collect(browserNames) {
       if (process.env.PWCHANNEL) {
         const dispatcherScope = new DispatcherScope();
         const connection = new Connection();
-        dispatcherScope.sendMessageToClientTransport = async message => {
-          setImmediate(() => connection.dispatchMessageFromServer(message));
+        dispatcherScope.onmessage = async message => {
+          setImmediate(() => connection.send(message));
         };
-        connection.sendMessageToServerTransport = async message => {
-          const result = await dispatcherScope.dispatchMessageFromClient(message);
+        connection.onmessage = async message => {
+          const result = await dispatcherScope.send(message);
           await new Promise(f => setImmediate(f));
           return result;
         };