diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_agc.cc b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_agc.cc
index 0ab7998f05..795b8b5258 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_agc.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_agc.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ AdaptiveAgc::AdaptiveAgc(ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper)
   RTC_DCHECK(apm_data_dumper);
 }
 
+AdaptiveAgc::AdaptiveAgc(ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper,
+                         float extra_saturation_margin_db)
+    : speech_level_estimator_(apm_data_dumper, extra_saturation_margin_db),
+      gain_applier_(apm_data_dumper),
+      apm_data_dumper_(apm_data_dumper),
+      noise_level_estimator_(apm_data_dumper) {
+  RTC_DCHECK(apm_data_dumper);
+}
+
 AdaptiveAgc::~AdaptiveAgc() = default;
 
 void AdaptiveAgc::Process(AudioFrameView<float> float_frame,
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_agc.h b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_agc.h
index 7bfd3c04ae..6c0917af4d 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_agc.h
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_agc.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class ApmDataDumper;
 class AdaptiveAgc {
  public:
   explicit AdaptiveAgc(ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper);
+  AdaptiveAgc(ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper, float extra_saturation_margin_db);
   ~AdaptiveAgc();
 
   void Process(AudioFrameView<float> float_frame, float last_audio_level);
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_mode_level_estimator.cc b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_mode_level_estimator.cc
index c8df913811..138faec0b7 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_mode_level_estimator.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_mode_level_estimator.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ AdaptiveModeLevelEstimator::AdaptiveModeLevelEstimator(
     : saturation_protector_(apm_data_dumper),
       apm_data_dumper_(apm_data_dumper) {}
 
+AdaptiveModeLevelEstimator::AdaptiveModeLevelEstimator(
+    ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper,
+    float extra_saturation_margin_db)
+    : saturation_protector_(apm_data_dumper, extra_saturation_margin_db),
+      apm_data_dumper_(apm_data_dumper) {}
+
 void AdaptiveModeLevelEstimator::UpdateEstimation(
     const VadWithLevel::LevelAndProbability& vad_data) {
   RTC_DCHECK_GT(vad_data.speech_rms_dbfs, -150.f);
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_mode_level_estimator.h b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_mode_level_estimator.h
index b315420626..f887268b0e 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_mode_level_estimator.h
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/adaptive_mode_level_estimator.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class ApmDataDumper;
 class AdaptiveModeLevelEstimator {
  public:
   explicit AdaptiveModeLevelEstimator(ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper);
+  AdaptiveModeLevelEstimator(ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper,
+                             float extra_saturation_margin_db);
   void UpdateEstimation(const VadWithLevel::LevelAndProbability& vad_data);
   float LatestLevelEstimate() const;
   void Reset();
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/saturation_protector.cc b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/saturation_protector.cc
index 8efb572921..94a52eaaca 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/saturation_protector.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/saturation_protector.cc
@@ -57,9 +57,14 @@ float SaturationProtector::PeakEnveloper::Query() const {
 }
 
 SaturationProtector::SaturationProtector(ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper)
+    : SaturationProtector(apm_data_dumper, GetExtraSaturationMarginOffsetDb()) {
+}
+
+SaturationProtector::SaturationProtector(ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper,
+                                         float extra_saturation_margin_db)
     : apm_data_dumper_(apm_data_dumper),
       last_margin_(GetInitialSaturationMarginDb()),
-      extra_saturation_margin_db_(GetExtraSaturationMarginOffsetDb()) {}
+      extra_saturation_margin_db_(extra_saturation_margin_db) {}
 
 void SaturationProtector::UpdateMargin(
     const VadWithLevel::LevelAndProbability& vad_data,
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/saturation_protector.h b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/saturation_protector.h
index 1705f6ac5f..e637469070 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/agc2/saturation_protector.h
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/agc2/saturation_protector.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ class SaturationProtector {
  public:
   explicit SaturationProtector(ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper);
 
+  SaturationProtector(ApmDataDumper* apm_data_dumper,
+                      float extra_saturation_margin_db);
+
   // Update and return margin estimate. This method should be called
   // whenever a frame is reliably classified as 'speech'.
   //
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ class SaturationProtector {
 
   float last_margin_;
   PeakEnveloper peak_enveloper_;
-  float extra_saturation_margin_db_;
+  const float extra_saturation_margin_db_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace webrtc
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2.cc b/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2.cc
index 29af962e74..0921b28855 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ GainController2::GainController2()
     : data_dumper_(
           new ApmDataDumper(rtc::AtomicOps::Increment(&instance_count_))),
       fixed_gain_controller_(data_dumper_.get()),
-      adaptive_agc_(data_dumper_.get()) {}
+      adaptive_agc_(new AdaptiveAgc(data_dumper_.get())) {}
 
 GainController2::~GainController2() = default;
 
@@ -43,14 +43,15 @@ void GainController2::Process(AudioBuffer* audio) {
   AudioFrameView<float> float_frame(audio->channels_f(), audio->num_channels(),
                                     audio->num_frames());
   if (adaptive_digital_mode_) {
-    adaptive_agc_.Process(float_frame, fixed_gain_controller_.LastAudioLevel());
+    adaptive_agc_->Process(float_frame,
+                           fixed_gain_controller_.LastAudioLevel());
   }
   fixed_gain_controller_.Process(float_frame);
 }
 
 void GainController2::NotifyAnalogLevel(int level) {
   if (analog_level_ != level && adaptive_digital_mode_) {
-    adaptive_agc_.Reset();
+    adaptive_agc_->Reset();
   }
   analog_level_ = level;
 }
@@ -61,11 +62,15 @@ void GainController2::ApplyConfig(
   config_ = config;
   fixed_gain_controller_.SetGain(config_.fixed_gain_db);
   adaptive_digital_mode_ = config_.adaptive_digital_mode;
+  adaptive_agc_.reset(
+      new AdaptiveAgc(data_dumper_.get(), config_.extra_saturation_margin_db));
 }
 
 bool GainController2::Validate(
     const AudioProcessing::Config::GainController2& config) {
-  return config.fixed_gain_db >= 0.f;
+  return config.fixed_gain_db >= 0.f &&
+         config.extra_saturation_margin_db >= 0.f &&
+         config.extra_saturation_margin_db <= 100.f;
 }
 
 std::string GainController2::ToString(
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2.h b/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2.h
index b4727d0e77..b49b8d0992 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2.h
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class GainController2 {
   std::unique_ptr<ApmDataDumper> data_dumper_;
   FixedGainController fixed_gain_controller_;
   AudioProcessing::Config::GainController2 config_;
-  AdaptiveAgc adaptive_agc_;
+  std::unique_ptr<AdaptiveAgc> adaptive_agc_;
   int analog_level_ = -1;
   bool adaptive_digital_mode_ = true;
 
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2_unittest.cc b/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2_unittest.cc
index 5bedccd64a..bff64b6c0c 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2_unittest.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2_unittest.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include "api/array_view.h"
 #include "modules/audio_processing/audio_buffer.h"
 #include "modules/audio_processing/gain_controller2.h"
+#include "modules/audio_processing/test/audio_buffer_tools.h"
+#include "modules/audio_processing/test/bitexactness_tools.h"
 #include "rtc_base/checks.h"
 #include "test/gtest.h"
 
@@ -87,5 +89,64 @@ TEST(GainController2, Usage) {
   EXPECT_LT(sample_value, ab.channels_f()[0][0]);
 }
 
+float GainAfterProcessingFile(GainController2* gain_controller) {
+  // Set up an AudioBuffer to be filled from the speech file.
+  const StreamConfig capture_config(AudioProcessing::kSampleRate48kHz, kStereo,
+                                    false);
+  AudioBuffer ab(capture_config.num_frames(), capture_config.num_channels(),
+                 capture_config.num_frames(), capture_config.num_channels(),
+                 capture_config.num_frames());
+  test::InputAudioFile capture_file(
+      test::GetApmCaptureTestVectorFileName(AudioProcessing::kSampleRate48kHz));
+  std::vector<float> capture_input(capture_config.num_frames() *
+                                   capture_config.num_channels());
+
+  // The file should contain at least this many frames. Every iteration, we put
+  // a frame through the gain controller.
+  const int kNumFramesToProcess = 100;
+  for (int frame_no = 0; frame_no < kNumFramesToProcess; ++frame_no) {
+    ReadFloatSamplesFromStereoFile(capture_config.num_frames(),
+                                   capture_config.num_channels(), &capture_file,
+                                   capture_input);
+
+    test::CopyVectorToAudioBuffer(capture_config, capture_input, &ab);
+    gain_controller->Process(&ab);
+  }
+
+  // Send in a last frame with values constant 1 (It's low enough to detect high
+  // gain, and for ease of computation). The applied gain is the result.
+  constexpr float sample_value = 1.f;
+  SetAudioBufferSamples(sample_value, &ab);
+  gain_controller->Process(&ab);
+  return ab.channels_f()[0][0];
+}
+
+TEST(GainController2, UsageSaturationMargin) {
+  GainController2 gain_controller2;
+  gain_controller2.Initialize(AudioProcessing::kSampleRate48kHz);
+
+  AudioProcessing::Config::GainController2 config;
+  // Check that samples are not amplified as much when extra margin is
+  // high. They should not be amplified at all, but anly after convergence. GC2
+  // starts with a gain, and it takes time until it's down to 0db.
+  config.extra_saturation_margin_db = 50.f;
+  config.fixed_gain_db = 0.f;
+  gain_controller2.ApplyConfig(config);
+
+  EXPECT_LT(GainAfterProcessingFile(&gain_controller2), 2.f);
+}
+
+TEST(GainController2, UsageNoSaturationMargin) {
+  GainController2 gain_controller2;
+  gain_controller2.Initialize(AudioProcessing::kSampleRate48kHz);
+
+  AudioProcessing::Config::GainController2 config;
+  // Check that some gain is applied if there is no margin.
+  config.extra_saturation_margin_db = 0.f;
+  config.fixed_gain_db = 0.f;
+  gain_controller2.ApplyConfig(config);
+
+  EXPECT_GT(GainAfterProcessingFile(&gain_controller2), 2.f);
+}
 }  // namespace test
 }  // namespace webrtc
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/include/audio_processing.h b/modules/audio_processing/include/audio_processing.h
index bd4a18e613..0dc747e6d0 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/include/audio_processing.h
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/include/audio_processing.h
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ class AudioProcessing : public rtc::RefCountInterface {
     struct GainController2 {
       bool enabled = false;
       bool adaptive_digital_mode = true;
+      float extra_saturation_margin_db = 2.f;
       float fixed_gain_db = 0.f;
     } gain_controller2;