diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index a03fe17..02f56d0 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
@@ -25,10 +27,11 @@
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/pathtools"
 )
 
+var absSrcDir string
+
 // PathContext is the subset of a (Module|Singleton)Context required by the
 // Path methods.
 type PathContext interface {
-	Fs() pathtools.FileSystem
 	Config() Config
 	AddNinjaFileDeps(deps ...string)
 }
@@ -390,7 +393,7 @@
 		return PathsWithModuleSrcSubDir(ctx, paths, ""), nil
 	} else {
 		p := pathForModuleSrc(ctx, s)
-		if exists, _, err := ctx.Fs().Exists(p.String()); err != nil {
+		if exists, _, err := ctx.Config().fs.Exists(p.String()); err != nil {
 			reportPathErrorf(ctx, "%s: %s", p, err.Error())
 		} else if !exists {
 			reportPathErrorf(ctx, "module source path %q does not exist", p)
@@ -720,7 +723,7 @@
 		var deps []string
 		// We cannot add build statements in this context, so we fall back to
 		// AddNinjaFileDeps
-		files, deps, err = pathtools.Glob(path.String(), nil, pathtools.FollowSymlinks)
+		files, deps, err = ctx.Config().fs.Glob(path.String(), nil, pathtools.FollowSymlinks)
 		ctx.AddNinjaFileDeps(deps...)
 	}
 
@@ -752,7 +755,7 @@
 		if !exists {
 			modCtx.AddMissingDependencies([]string{path.String()})
 		}
-	} else if exists, _, err := ctx.Fs().Exists(path.String()); err != nil {
+	} else if exists, _, err := ctx.Config().fs.Exists(path.String()); err != nil {
 		reportPathErrorf(ctx, "%s: %s", path, err.Error())
 	} else if !exists {
 		reportPathErrorf(ctx, "source path %q does not exist", path)
@@ -1356,7 +1359,6 @@
 	config Config
 }
 
-func (x *testPathContext) Fs() pathtools.FileSystem   { return x.config.fs }
 func (x *testPathContext) Config() Config             { return x.config }
 func (x *testPathContext) AddNinjaFileDeps(...string) {}
 
@@ -1402,3 +1404,16 @@
 	}
 	return rel, true, nil
 }
+
+// Writes a file to the output directory.  Attempting to write directly to the output directory
+// will fail due to the sandbox of the soong_build process.
+func WriteFileToOutputDir(path WritablePath, data []byte, perm os.FileMode) error {
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(absolutePath(path.String()), data, perm)
+}
+
+func absolutePath(path string) string {
+	if filepath.IsAbs(path) {
+		return path
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(absSrcDir, path)
+}