diff --git a/cmd/soong_build/main.go b/cmd/soong_build/main.go
index e7f995f..d022f49 100644
--- a/cmd/soong_build/main.go
+++ b/cmd/soong_build/main.go
@@ -33,11 +33,15 @@
 	outDir            string
 	docFile           string
 	bazelQueryViewDir string
+	delveListen       string
+	delvePath         string
 )
 
 func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&topDir, "top", "", "Top directory of the Android source tree")
 	flag.StringVar(&outDir, "out", "", "Soong output directory (usually $TOP/out/soong)")
+	flag.StringVar(&delveListen, "delve_listen", "", "Delve port to listen on for debugging")
+	flag.StringVar(&delvePath, "delve_path", "", "Path to Delve. Only used if --delve_listen is set")
 	flag.StringVar(&docFile, "soong_docs", "", "build documentation file to output")
 	flag.StringVar(&bazelQueryViewDir, "bazel_queryview_dir", "", "path to the bazel queryview directory")
 }
@@ -87,9 +91,9 @@
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	shared.ReexecWithDelveMaybe(delveListen, delvePath)
 	android.InitSandbox(topDir)
 	android.InitEnvironment(shared.JoinPath(topDir, outDir, "soong.environment.available"))
-	android.ReexecWithDelveMaybe()
 
 	// The top-level Blueprints file is passed as the first argument.
 	srcDir := filepath.Dir(flag.Arg(0))
@@ -101,9 +105,7 @@
 	// user sets SOONG_DELVE the first time.
 	configuration.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE")
 	configuration.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE_PATH")
-	// Read the SOONG_DELVE again through configuration so that there is a dependency on the environment variable
-	// and soong_build will rerun when it is set for the first time.
-	if listen := configuration.Getenv("SOONG_DELVE"); listen != "" {
+	if shared.IsDebugging() {
 		// Add a non-existent file to the dependencies so that soong_build will rerun when the debugger is
 		// enabled even if it completed successfully.
 		extraNinjaDeps = append(extraNinjaDeps, filepath.Join(configuration.BuildDir(), "always_rerun_for_delve"))