diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index 2b52eab..d0a1db0 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -900,6 +900,7 @@
 	module.Module.dexProperties.Optimize.Shrink = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
 
 	module.Module.properties.Instrument = true
+	module.Module.properties.Supports_static_instrumentation = true
 	module.Module.properties.Installable = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
 
 	module.addHostAndDeviceProperties()
@@ -1019,6 +1020,7 @@
 	module.Module.dexProperties.Optimize.EnabledByDefault = true
 
 	module.Module.properties.Instrument = true
+	module.Module.properties.Supports_static_instrumentation = true
 	module.Module.properties.Installable = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
 	module.appProperties.Use_embedded_native_libs = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
 	module.appProperties.AlwaysPackageNativeLibs = true
diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 245ffbb..ff1ce85 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@
 	}
 
 	Instrument bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
+	// If true, then the module supports statically including the jacocoagent
+	// into the library.
+	Supports_static_instrumentation bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
 
 	// List of files to include in the META-INF/services folder of the resulting jar.
 	Services []string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
@@ -602,7 +605,8 @@
 }
 
 func (j *Module) shouldInstrumentStatic(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) bool {
-	return j.shouldInstrument(ctx) &&
+	return j.properties.Supports_static_instrumentation &&
+		j.shouldInstrument(ctx) &&
 		(ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("EMMA_INSTRUMENT_STATIC") ||
 			ctx.Config().UnbundledBuild())
 }