auto import from //depot/cupcake/@135843
diff --git a/core/host_executable.mk b/core/host_executable.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d90e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/host_executable.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+###########################################################
+## Standard rules for building an executable file.
+##
+## Additional inputs from base_rules.make:
+## None.
+###########################################################
+
+LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE := true
+ifeq ($(strip $(LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS)),)
+LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := EXECUTABLES
+endif
+ifeq ($(strip $(LOCAL_MODULE_SUFFIX)),)
+LOCAL_MODULE_SUFFIX := $(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
+endif
+
+include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/binary.mk
+
+$(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(all_objects) $(all_libraries)
+ $(transform-host-o-to-executable)
+ $(PRIVATE_POST_PROCESS_COMMAND)