diff --git a/core/board_config.mk b/core/board_config.mk
index eb4c5ec..a0e5d36 100644
--- a/core/board_config.mk
+++ b/core/board_config.mk
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
   BUILD_BROKEN_VENDOR_PROPERTY_NAMESPACE \
   BUILD_BROKEN_VINTF_PRODUCT_COPY_FILES \
   BUILD_BROKEN_INCORRECT_PARTITION_IMAGES \
+  BUILD_BROKEN_GENRULE_SANDBOXING \
 
 _build_broken_var_list += \
   $(foreach m,$(AVAILABLE_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES) \
diff --git a/core/soong_config.mk b/core/soong_config.mk
index e541c12..5bf06dc 100644
--- a/core/soong_config.mk
+++ b/core/soong_config.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 # PRODUCT_AFDO_PROFILES takes precedence over product-agnostic profiles in AFDO_PROFILES
 ALL_AFDO_PROFILES := $(PRODUCT_AFDO_PROFILES) $(AFDO_PROFILES)
 
+ifneq (,$(filter-out environment undefined,$(origin GENRULE_SANDBOXING)))
+  $(error GENRULE_SANDBOXING can only be provided via an environment variable, use BUILD_BROKEN_GENRULE_SANDBOXING to disable genrule sandboxing in board config)
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(WRITE_SOONG_VARIABLES),true)
 
 # Create soong.variables with copies of makefile settings.  Runs every build,
@@ -280,7 +284,8 @@
 $(call add_json_bool, BuildBrokenClangProperty,            $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_CLANG_PROPERTY)))
 $(call add_json_bool, BuildBrokenClangAsFlags,             $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_CLANG_ASFLAGS)))
 $(call add_json_bool, BuildBrokenClangCFlags,              $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_CLANG_CFLAGS)))
-$(call add_json_bool, GenruleSandboxing,                   $(filter true,$(GENRULE_SANDBOXING)))
+# Use the value of GENRULE_SANDBOXING if set, otherwise use the inverse of BUILD_BROKEN_GENRULE_SANDBOXING
+$(call add_json_bool, GenruleSandboxing,                   $(if $(GENRULE_SANDBOXING),$(filter true,$(GENRULE_SANDBOXING)),$(if $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_GENRULE_SANDBOXING)),,true)))
 $(call add_json_bool, BuildBrokenEnforceSyspropOwner,      $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_ENFORCE_SYSPROP_OWNER)))
 $(call add_json_bool, BuildBrokenTrebleSyspropNeverallow,  $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_TREBLE_SYSPROP_NEVERALLOW)))
 $(call add_json_bool, BuildBrokenUsesSoongPython2Modules,  $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_USES_SOONG_PYTHON2_MODULES)))