diff --git a/browser/installer/package-manifest.in b/browser/installer/package-manifest.in
index ba9b41eaf6cc..1fe70d1dad4f 100644
--- a/browser/installer/package-manifest.in
+++ b/browser/installer/package-manifest.in
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@
 @RESPATH@/browser/modules/*
 @RESPATH@/modules/*
 @RESPATH@/browser/actors/*
+@RESPATH@/actors/*
 
 ; Safe Browsing
 @RESPATH@/components/nsURLClassifier.manifest
diff --git a/mobile/android/installer/package-manifest.in b/mobile/android/installer/package-manifest.in
index 8983a2dda0cc..c261afd748d0 100644
--- a/mobile/android/installer/package-manifest.in
+++ b/mobile/android/installer/package-manifest.in
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
 
 ; Modules
 @BINPATH@/modules/*
+@BINPATH@/actors/*
 
 ; Safe Browsing
 @BINPATH@/components/nsURLClassifier.manifest
diff --git a/toolkit/actors/AudioPlaybackChild.jsm b/toolkit/actors/AudioPlaybackChild.jsm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53ca6e1ebdef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/actors/AudioPlaybackChild.jsm
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* vim: set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et tw=80: */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+"use strict";
+
+var EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["AudioPlaybackChild"];
+
+ChromeUtils.import("resource://gre/modules/ActorChild.jsm");
+
+class AudioPlaybackChild extends ActorChild {
+  handleMediaControlMessage(msg) {
+    let utils = this.content.windowUtils;
+    let suspendTypes = Ci.nsISuspendedTypes;
+    switch (msg) {
+      case "mute":
+        utils.audioMuted = true;
+        break;
+      case "unmute":
+        utils.audioMuted = false;
+        break;
+      case "lostAudioFocus":
+        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.SUSPENDED_PAUSE_DISPOSABLE;
+        break;
+      case "lostAudioFocusTransiently":
+        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.SUSPENDED_PAUSE;
+        break;
+      case "gainAudioFocus":
+        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.NONE_SUSPENDED;
+        break;
+      case "mediaControlPaused":
+        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.SUSPENDED_PAUSE_DISPOSABLE;
+        break;
+      case "mediaControlStopped":
+        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.SUSPENDED_STOP_DISPOSABLE;
+        break;
+      case "resumeMedia":
+        // User has clicked the tab audio indicator to play a delayed
+        // media. That's clear user intent to play, so gesture activate
+        // the content document tree so that the block-autoplay logic
+        // allows the media to autoplay.
+        this.content.document.notifyUserGestureActivation();
+        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.NONE_SUSPENDED;
+        break;
+      default:
+        dump("Error : wrong media control msg!\n");
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  observe(subject, topic, data) {
+    if (topic === "audio-playback") {
+      if (subject && subject.top == this.content) {
+        let name = "AudioPlayback:";
+        if (data === "activeMediaBlockStart") {
+          name += "ActiveMediaBlockStart";
+        } else if (data === "activeMediaBlockStop") {
+          name += "ActiveMediaBlockStop";
+        } else {
+          name += (data === "active") ? "Start" : "Stop";
+        }
+        this.mm.sendAsyncMessage(name);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  receiveMessage(msg) {
+    if (msg.name == "AudioPlayback") {
+      this.handleMediaControlMessage(msg.data.type);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/actors/moz.build b/toolkit/actors/moz.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1057c6126d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/actors/moz.build
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# -*- Mode: python; indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 40 -*-
+# vim: set filetype=python:
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+FINAL_TARGET_FILES.actors += [
+    'AudioPlaybackChild.jsm',
+]
diff --git a/toolkit/content/browser-content.js b/toolkit/content/browser-content.js
index 45d360e1f3d9..d42a2e9cb4ff 100644
--- a/toolkit/content/browser-content.js
+++ b/toolkit/content/browser-content.js
@@ -190,88 +190,6 @@ addEventListener("WebChannelMessageToChrome", WebChannelContent,
                  true, true);
 addMessageListener("WebChannelMessageToContent", WebChannelContent);
 
-var AudioPlaybackListener = {
-  QueryInterface: ChromeUtils.generateQI([Ci.nsIObserver]),
-
-  init() {
-    Services.obs.addObserver(this, "audio-playback");
-
-    addMessageListener("AudioPlayback", this);
-    addEventListener("unload", () => {
-      AudioPlaybackListener.uninit();
-    });
-    this.init = null;
-  },
-
-  uninit() {
-    Services.obs.removeObserver(this, "audio-playback");
-
-    removeMessageListener("AudioPlayback", this);
-  },
-
-  handleMediaControlMessage(msg) {
-    let utils = global.content.windowUtils;
-    let suspendTypes = Ci.nsISuspendedTypes;
-    switch (msg) {
-      case "mute":
-        utils.audioMuted = true;
-        break;
-      case "unmute":
-        utils.audioMuted = false;
-        break;
-      case "lostAudioFocus":
-        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.SUSPENDED_PAUSE_DISPOSABLE;
-        break;
-      case "lostAudioFocusTransiently":
-        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.SUSPENDED_PAUSE;
-        break;
-      case "gainAudioFocus":
-        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.NONE_SUSPENDED;
-        break;
-      case "mediaControlPaused":
-        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.SUSPENDED_PAUSE_DISPOSABLE;
-        break;
-      case "mediaControlStopped":
-        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.SUSPENDED_STOP_DISPOSABLE;
-        break;
-      case "resumeMedia":
-        // User has clicked the tab audio indicator to play a delayed
-        // media. That's clear user intent to play, so gesture activate
-        // the content document tree so that the block-autoplay logic
-        // allows the media to autoplay.
-        content.document.notifyUserGestureActivation();
-        utils.mediaSuspend = suspendTypes.NONE_SUSPENDED;
-        break;
-      default:
-        dump("Error : wrong media control msg!\n");
-        break;
-    }
-  },
-
-  observe(subject, topic, data) {
-    if (topic === "audio-playback") {
-      if (subject && subject.top == global.content) {
-        let name = "AudioPlayback:";
-        if (data === "activeMediaBlockStart") {
-          name += "ActiveMediaBlockStart";
-        } else if (data === "activeMediaBlockStop") {
-          name += "ActiveMediaBlockStop";
-        } else {
-          name += (data === "active") ? "Start" : "Stop";
-        }
-        sendAsyncMessage(name);
-      }
-    }
-  },
-
-  receiveMessage(msg) {
-    if (msg.name == "AudioPlayback") {
-      this.handleMediaControlMessage(msg.data.type);
-    }
-  },
-};
-AudioPlaybackListener.init();
-
 var UnselectedTabHoverObserver = {
   init() {
     addMessageListener("Browser:UnselectedTabHover", this);
diff --git a/toolkit/modules/ActorManagerParent.jsm b/toolkit/modules/ActorManagerParent.jsm
index 3e71e4cfa699..1a135650714a 100644
--- a/toolkit/modules/ActorManagerParent.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/modules/ActorManagerParent.jsm
@@ -100,6 +100,17 @@ ChromeUtils.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
 const {DefaultMap} = ExtensionUtils;
 
 let ACTORS = {
+  AudioPlayback: {
+    child: {
+      module: "resource://gre/actors/AudioPlaybackChild.jsm",
+      messages: [
+        "AudioPlayback",
+      ],
+      observers: [
+        "audio-playback",
+      ],
+    },
+  },
 };
 
 class ActorSet {
diff --git a/toolkit/moz.build b/toolkit/moz.build
index b8b733cd3963..109fb2ce9369 100644
--- a/toolkit/moz.build
+++ b/toolkit/moz.build
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 DIRS += [
+    'actors',
     'components',
     'content',
     'crashreporter',