diff --git a/non_semantic_speech_benchmark/data_prep/audio_to_embeddings_beam_main.py b/non_semantic_speech_benchmark/data_prep/audio_to_embeddings_beam_main.py
index 50af364539cd..eda2d0f932aa 100644
--- a/non_semantic_speech_benchmark/data_prep/audio_to_embeddings_beam_main.py
+++ b/non_semantic_speech_benchmark/data_prep/audio_to_embeddings_beam_main.py
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
 flags.DEFINE_bool(
     'split_embeddings_into_separate_tables', False,
     'If true, write each embedding to a separate table.')
+flags.DEFINE_bool(
+    'use_frontend_fn', False,
+    'If `true`, call frontend fn on audio before passing to the model.')
 flags.DEFINE_bool('debug', False, 'If True, run in debug model.')
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
@@ -129,6 +132,7 @@ def main(unused_argv):
           FLAGS.delete_audio_from_output,
           output_filename,
           split_embeddings_into_separate_tables=FLAGS.split_embeddings_into_separate_tables,  # pylint:disable=line-too-long
+          use_frontend_fn=FLAGS.use_frontend_fn,
           input_format=input_format,
           output_format=output_format,
           suffix=i)
diff --git a/non_semantic_speech_benchmark/data_prep/audio_to_embeddings_beam_utils.py b/non_semantic_speech_benchmark/data_prep/audio_to_embeddings_beam_utils.py
index 1770807ca717..1792e0480fe5 100644
--- a/non_semantic_speech_benchmark/data_prep/audio_to_embeddings_beam_utils.py
+++ b/non_semantic_speech_benchmark/data_prep/audio_to_embeddings_beam_utils.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import tensorflow_datasets as tfds
 import tensorflow_hub as hub
 from non_semantic_speech_benchmark import file_utils
+from non_semantic_speech_benchmark.export_model import tf_frontend
 
 
 def _tfexample_audio_to_npfloat32(ex, audio_key):
@@ -71,6 +72,12 @@ def _build_tflite_interpreter(tflite_model_path):
   return interpreter
 
 
+def _default_feature_fn(x, s):
+  return tf.expand_dims(
+      tf_frontend.compute_frontend_features(x, s, overlap_seconds=79),
+      axis=-1).numpy().astype(np.float32)
+
+
 def _samples_to_embedding_tflite(model_input, sample_rate, interpreter,
                                  output_key):
   """Run TFLite inference to map audio samples to an embedding."""
@@ -391,7 +398,8 @@ def make_beam_pipeline(
     embedding_modules, module_output_keys, audio_key, sample_rate_key,
     label_key, speaker_id_key, average_over_time, delete_audio_from_output,
     output_filename, split_embeddings_into_separate_tables=False,
-    input_format='tfrecord', output_format='tfrecord', suffix='Main'):
+    use_frontend_fn=False, input_format='tfrecord', output_format='tfrecord',
+    suffix='Main'):
   """Construct beam pipeline for mapping from audio to embeddings.
 
   Args:
@@ -414,6 +422,8 @@ def make_beam_pipeline(
     output_filename: Python string. Output filename.
     split_embeddings_into_separate_tables: Python bool. If true, write each
       embedding to a separate table.
+    use_frontend_fn: If `true`, call frontend fn on audio before passing to the
+      model.
     input_format: Python string. Must correspond to a function in
       `reader_functions`.
     output_format: Python string. Must correspond to a function
@@ -448,7 +458,8 @@ def make_beam_pipeline(
             audio_key=audio_key,
             sample_rate_key=sample_rate_key,
             sample_rate=sample_rate,
-            average_over_time=average_over_time))
+            average_over_time=average_over_time,
+            feature_fn=_default_feature_fn if use_frontend_fn else None))
     embedding_tables[name] = tbl
   assert tf_examples_key_ not in embedding_tables
   embedding_tables[tf_examples_key_] = input_examples