diff --git a/cc/snapshot_prebuilt.go b/cc/snapshot_prebuilt.go
index f9aea0c..bbb8896 100644
--- a/cc/snapshot_prebuilt.go
+++ b/cc/snapshot_prebuilt.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 // snapshot mutators and snapshot information maps which are also defined in this file.
 
 import (
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
@@ -45,9 +46,9 @@
 	// directory, such as device/, vendor/, etc.
 	//
 	// For a given snapshot (e.g., vendor, recovery, etc.) if
-	// isProprietaryPath(dir) returns true, then the module in dir will be
-	// built from sources.
-	isProprietaryPath(dir string) bool
+	// isProprietaryPath(dir, deviceConfig) returns true, then the module in dir
+	// will be built from sources.
+	isProprietaryPath(dir string, deviceConfig android.DeviceConfig) bool
 
 	// Whether to include VNDK in the snapshot for this image.
 	includeVndk() bool
@@ -82,6 +83,31 @@
 type vendorSnapshotImage struct{}
 type recoverySnapshotImage struct{}
 
+type directoryMap map[string]bool
+
+var (
+	// Modules under following directories are ignored. They are OEM's and vendor's
+	// proprietary modules(device/, kernel/, vendor/, and hardware/).
+	defaultDirectoryExcludedMap = directoryMap{
+		"device":   true,
+		"hardware": true,
+		"kernel":   true,
+		"vendor":   true,
+	}
+
+	// Modules under following directories are included as they are in AOSP,
+	// although hardware/ and kernel/ are normally for vendor's own.
+	defaultDirectoryIncludedMap = directoryMap{
+		"kernel/configs":              true,
+		"kernel/prebuilts":            true,
+		"kernel/tests":                true,
+		"hardware/interfaces":         true,
+		"hardware/libhardware":        true,
+		"hardware/libhardware_legacy": true,
+		"hardware/ril":                true,
+	}
+)
+
 func (vendorSnapshotImage) init(ctx android.RegistrationContext) {
 	ctx.RegisterSingletonType("vendor-snapshot", VendorSnapshotSingleton)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("vendor_snapshot", vendorSnapshotFactory)
@@ -107,8 +133,25 @@
 	return m.IsVndkPrivate()
 }
 
-func (vendorSnapshotImage) isProprietaryPath(dir string) bool {
-	return isVendorProprietaryPath(dir)
+func isDirectoryExcluded(dir string, excludedMap directoryMap, includedMap directoryMap) bool {
+	if dir == "." || dir == "/" {
+		return false
+	}
+	if includedMap[dir] {
+		return false
+	} else if excludedMap[dir] {
+		return true
+	} else if defaultDirectoryIncludedMap[dir] {
+		return false
+	} else if defaultDirectoryExcludedMap[dir] {
+		return true
+	} else {
+		return isDirectoryExcluded(filepath.Dir(dir), excludedMap, includedMap)
+	}
+}
+
+func (vendorSnapshotImage) isProprietaryPath(dir string, deviceConfig android.DeviceConfig) bool {
+	return isDirectoryExcluded(dir, deviceConfig.VendorSnapshotDirsExcludedMap(), deviceConfig.VendorSnapshotDirsIncludedMap())
 }
 
 // vendor snapshot includes static/header libraries with vndk: {enabled: true}.
@@ -172,8 +215,8 @@
 	return false
 }
 
-func (recoverySnapshotImage) isProprietaryPath(dir string) bool {
-	return isRecoveryProprietaryPath(dir)
+func (recoverySnapshotImage) isProprietaryPath(dir string, deviceConfig android.DeviceConfig) bool {
+	return isDirectoryExcluded(dir, deviceConfig.RecoverySnapshotDirsExcludedMap(), deviceConfig.RecoverySnapshotDirsIncludedMap())
 }
 
 // recovery snapshot does NOT treat vndk specially.
diff --git a/cc/snapshot_utils.go b/cc/snapshot_utils.go
index c50ef45..c32fa36 100644
--- a/cc/snapshot_utils.go
+++ b/cc/snapshot_utils.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 	}
 
 	for _, image := range []snapshotImage{vendorSnapshotImageSingleton, recoverySnapshotImageSingleton} {
-		if isSnapshotAware(ctx.DeviceConfig(), m, image.isProprietaryPath(ctx.ModuleDir()), apexInfo, image) {
+		if isSnapshotAware(ctx.DeviceConfig(), m, image.isProprietaryPath(ctx.ModuleDir(), ctx.DeviceConfig()), apexInfo, image) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cc/vendor_snapshot.go b/cc/vendor_snapshot.go
index 7077b71..fdd1fec 100644
--- a/cc/vendor_snapshot.go
+++ b/cc/vendor_snapshot.go
@@ -90,73 +90,24 @@
 	fake bool
 }
 
-var (
-	// Modules under following directories are ignored. They are OEM's and vendor's
-	// proprietary modules(device/, kernel/, vendor/, and hardware/).
-	vendorProprietaryDirs = []string{
-		"device",
-		"kernel",
-		"vendor",
-		"hardware",
-	}
-
-	// Modules under following directories are ignored. They are OEM's and vendor's
-	// proprietary modules(device/, kernel/, vendor/, and hardware/).
-	recoveryProprietaryDirs = []string{
-		"device",
-		"hardware",
-		"kernel",
-		"vendor",
-	}
-
-	// Modules under following directories are included as they are in AOSP,
-	// although hardware/ and kernel/ are normally for vendor's own.
-	aospDirsUnderProprietary = []string{
-		"kernel/configs",
-		"kernel/prebuilts",
-		"kernel/tests",
-		"hardware/interfaces",
-		"hardware/libhardware",
-		"hardware/libhardware_legacy",
-		"hardware/ril",
-	}
-)
-
-// Determine if a dir under source tree is an SoC-owned proprietary directory, such as
-// device/, vendor/, etc.
-func isVendorProprietaryPath(dir string) bool {
-	return isProprietaryPath(dir, vendorProprietaryDirs)
+// Determine if a dir under source tree is an SoC-owned proprietary directory based
+// on vendor snapshot configuration
+// Examples: device/, vendor/
+func isVendorProprietaryPath(dir string, deviceConfig android.DeviceConfig) bool {
+	return VendorSnapshotSingleton().(*snapshotSingleton).image.isProprietaryPath(dir, deviceConfig)
 }
 
-func isRecoveryProprietaryPath(dir string) bool {
-	return isProprietaryPath(dir, recoveryProprietaryDirs)
-}
-
-// Determine if a dir under source tree is an SoC-owned proprietary directory, such as
-// device/, vendor/, etc.
-func isProprietaryPath(dir string, proprietaryDirs []string) bool {
-	for _, p := range proprietaryDirs {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(dir, p) {
-			// filter out AOSP defined directories, e.g. hardware/interfaces/
-			aosp := false
-			for _, p := range aospDirsUnderProprietary {
-				if strings.HasPrefix(dir, p) {
-					aosp = true
-					break
-				}
-			}
-			if !aosp {
-				return true
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+// Determine if a dir under source tree is an SoC-owned proprietary directory based
+// on recovery snapshot configuration
+// Examples: device/, vendor/
+func isRecoveryProprietaryPath(dir string, deviceConfig android.DeviceConfig) bool {
+	return RecoverySnapshotSingleton().(*snapshotSingleton).image.isProprietaryPath(dir, deviceConfig)
 }
 
 func isVendorProprietaryModule(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) bool {
 	// Any module in a vendor proprietary path is a vendor proprietary
 	// module.
-	if isVendorProprietaryPath(ctx.ModuleDir()) {
+	if isVendorProprietaryPath(ctx.ModuleDir(), ctx.DeviceConfig()) {
 		return true
 	}
 
@@ -177,7 +128,7 @@
 
 	// Any module in a recovery proprietary path is a recovery proprietary
 	// module.
-	if isRecoveryProprietaryPath(ctx.ModuleDir()) {
+	if isRecoveryProprietaryPath(ctx.ModuleDir(), ctx.DeviceConfig()) {
 		return true
 	}
 
@@ -513,7 +464,7 @@
 		}
 
 		moduleDir := ctx.ModuleDir(module)
-		inProprietaryPath := c.image.isProprietaryPath(moduleDir)
+		inProprietaryPath := c.image.isProprietaryPath(moduleDir, ctx.DeviceConfig())
 		apexInfo := ctx.ModuleProvider(module, android.ApexInfoProvider).(android.ApexInfo)
 
 		if c.image.excludeFromSnapshot(m) {