diff --git a/extensions/amp-video-iframe/0.1/amp-video-iframe.js b/extensions/amp-video-iframe/0.1/amp-video-iframe.js
index 24bd84793e451..cd92ff93552d2 100644
--- a/extensions/amp-video-iframe/0.1/amp-video-iframe.js
+++ b/extensions/amp-video-iframe/0.1/amp-video-iframe.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import {
 import {getData, listen} from '../../../src/event-helper';
 import {installVideoManagerForDoc} from '../../../src/service/video-manager-impl';
 import {isLayoutSizeDefined} from '../../../src/layout';
+import {measureIntersection} from '../../../src/utils/intersection';
 import {once} from '../../../src/utils/function';
 
 /** @private @const */
@@ -126,6 +127,12 @@ class AmpVideoIframe extends AMP.BaseElement {
      * @private
      */
     this.boundOnMessage_ = (e) => this.onMessage_(e);
+
+    /**
+     * @param {!Element} element
+     * @return {!Promise<IntersectionObserverEntry>} element
+     */
+    this.measureIntersection = (element) => measureIntersection(element);
   }
 
   /** @override */
@@ -275,6 +282,7 @@ class AmpVideoIframe extends AMP.BaseElement {
 
   /**
    * @param {!Event} event
+   * @returns {Promise}
    * @private
    */
   onMessage_(event) {
@@ -302,8 +310,9 @@ class AmpVideoIframe extends AMP.BaseElement {
 
     if (methodReceived) {
       if (methodReceived == 'getIntersection') {
-        this.postIntersection_(messageId);
-        return;
+        return this.measureIntersection(this.element).then((intersection) => {
+          this.postIntersection_(messageId, intersection);
+        });
       }
       userAssert(false, 'Unknown method `%s`.', methodReceived);
       return;
@@ -360,27 +369,13 @@ class AmpVideoIframe extends AMP.BaseElement {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Creates an IntersectionObserver to fire a single intersection event.
-   *
    * @param {number} messageId
+   * @param {!IntersectionObserverEntry} intersection
    * @private
    */
-  postIntersection_(messageId) {
-    const intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
-      this.intersectionCallback_(messageId, entries);
-      intersectionObserver.disconnect();
-    });
-    intersectionObserver.observe(this.element);
-  }
+  postIntersection_(messageId, intersection) {
+    const {intersectionRatio, time} = intersection;
 
-  /**
-   * @param {number} messageId
-   * @param {Array<IntersectionObserverEntry>} entries
-   * @private
-   */
-  intersectionCallback_(messageId, entries) {
-    const lastEntry = entries[entries.length - 1];
-    const {time, intersectionRatio} = lastEntry;
     // Only post ratio > 0 when in autoplay range to prevent internal autoplay
     // implementations that differ from ours.
     const postedRatio =
diff --git a/extensions/amp-video-iframe/0.1/test/test-amp-video-iframe.js b/extensions/amp-video-iframe/0.1/test/test-amp-video-iframe.js
index f9371a03549af..4aeb78fb429fd 100644
--- a/extensions/amp-video-iframe/0.1/test/test-amp-video-iframe.js
+++ b/extensions/amp-video-iframe/0.1/test/test-amp-video-iframe.js
@@ -106,13 +106,11 @@ describes.realWin(
       );
     }
 
-    function stubPostIntersection(videoIframe, time, intersectionRatio) {
+    function stubMeasureIntersection(videoIframe, time, intersectionRatio) {
       const entry = {time, intersectionRatio};
       env.sandbox
-        .stub(videoIframe.implementation_, 'postIntersection_')
-        .callsFake((id) => {
-          videoIframe.implementation_.intersectionCallback_(id, [entry]);
-        });
+        .stub(videoIframe.implementation_, 'measureIntersection')
+        .returns(Promise.resolve(entry));
       return entry;
     }
 
@@ -292,10 +290,10 @@ describes.realWin(
 
         const expectedResponseMessage = {
           id,
-          args: stubPostIntersection(videoIframe, time, intersectionRatio),
+          args: stubMeasureIntersection(videoIframe, time, intersectionRatio),
         };
 
-        videoIframe.implementation_.onMessage_(message);
+        await videoIframe.implementation_.onMessage_(message);
 
         expect(postMessage.withArgs(env.sandbox.match(expectedResponseMessage)))
           .to.have.been.calledOnce;
@@ -313,7 +311,7 @@ describes.realWin(
 
         const postMessage = stubPostMessage(videoIframe);
 
-        stubPostIntersection(videoIframe, time, intersectionRatio);
+        stubMeasureIntersection(videoIframe, time, intersectionRatio);
 
         acceptMockedMessages(videoIframe);
 
@@ -327,7 +325,7 @@ describes.realWin(
           },
         };
 
-        videoIframe.implementation_.onMessage_(message);
+        await videoIframe.implementation_.onMessage_(message);
 
         expect(postMessage.withArgs(env.sandbox.match(expectedResponseMessage)))
           .to.have.been.calledOnce;