diff --git a/sh/sh_binary.go b/sh/sh_binary.go
index 5459904..00794cd 100644
--- a/sh/sh_binary.go
+++ b/sh/sh_binary.go
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@
 	// Only available for host sh_test modules.
 	Data_device_libs []string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
 
+	// list of java modules that provide data that should be installed alongside the test.
+	Java_data []string
+
 	// Install the test into a folder named for the module in all test suites.
 	Per_testcase_directory *bool
 
@@ -307,6 +310,7 @@
 	shTestDataLibsTag       = dependencyTag{name: "dataLibs"}
 	shTestDataDeviceBinsTag = dependencyTag{name: "dataDeviceBins"}
 	shTestDataDeviceLibsTag = dependencyTag{name: "dataDeviceLibs"}
+	shTestJavaDataTag       = dependencyTag{name: "javaData"}
 )
 
 var sharedLibVariations = []blueprint.Variation{{Mutator: "link", Variation: "shared"}}
@@ -322,6 +326,10 @@
 		ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(deviceVariations, shTestDataDeviceBinsTag, s.testProperties.Data_device_bins...)
 		ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(append(deviceVariations, sharedLibVariations...),
 			shTestDataDeviceLibsTag, s.testProperties.Data_device_libs...)
+
+		javaDataVariation := []blueprint.Variation{{"arch", android.Common.String()}}
+		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(javaDataVariation, shTestJavaDataTag, s.testProperties.Java_data...)
+
 	} else if ctx.Target().Os.Class != android.Host {
 		if len(s.testProperties.Data_device_bins) > 0 {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("data_device_bins", "only available for host modules")
@@ -329,6 +337,9 @@
 		if len(s.testProperties.Data_device_libs) > 0 {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("data_device_libs", "only available for host modules")
 		}
+		if len(s.testProperties.Java_data) > 0 {
+			ctx.PropertyErrorf("Java_data", "only available for host modules")
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -361,7 +372,13 @@
 	}
 	s.installedFile = ctx.InstallExecutable(s.installDir, s.outputFilePath.Base(), s.outputFilePath)
 
-	s.data = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, s.testProperties.Data)
+	expandedData := android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, s.testProperties.Data)
+
+	// Emulate the data property for java_data dependencies.
+	for _, javaData := range ctx.GetDirectDepsWithTag(shTestJavaDataTag) {
+		expandedData = append(expandedData, android.OutputFilesForModule(ctx, javaData, "")...)
+	}
+	s.data = expandedData
 
 	var configs []tradefed.Config
 	if Bool(s.testProperties.Require_root) {