diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 556ddcc..074dfc7 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -756,6 +756,14 @@
 	return c.IsEnvTrue("RUN_ERROR_PRONE")
 }
 
+func (c *config) XrefCorpusName() string {
+	return c.Getenv("XREF_CORPUS")
+}
+
+func (c *config) EmitXrefRules() bool {
+	return c.XrefCorpusName() != ""
+}
+
 // Returns true if -source 1.9 -target 1.9 is being passed to javac
 func (c *config) TargetOpenJDK9() bool {
 	return c.targetOpenJDK9