diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 46207b2..c14cd9e 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@
 	// or an android_app_certificate module name in the form ":module".
 	Certificate *string
 
+	// Whether this APEX is installable to one of the partitions. Default: true.
+	Installable *bool
+
 	Multilib struct {
 		First struct {
 			// List of native libraries whose compile_multilib is "first"
@@ -449,6 +452,10 @@
 	return android.Paths{a.outputFiles[imageApex]}
 }
 
+func (a *apexBundle) installable() bool {
+	return a.properties.Installable == nil || proptools.Bool(a.properties.Installable)
+}
+
 func getCopyManifestForNativeLibrary(cc *cc.Module) (fileToCopy android.Path, dirInApex string) {
 	// Decide the APEX-local directory by the multilib of the library
 	// In the future, we may query this to the module.
@@ -776,18 +783,22 @@
 	})
 
 	// Install to $OUT/soong/{target,host}/.../apex
-	ctx.InstallFile(android.PathForModuleInstall(ctx, "apex"), ctx.ModuleName()+suffix, a.outputFiles[apexType])
+	if a.installable() {
+		ctx.InstallFile(android.PathForModuleInstall(ctx, "apex"), ctx.ModuleName()+suffix, a.outputFiles[apexType])
+	}
 }
 
 func (a *apexBundle) buildFlattenedApex(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
-	// For flattened APEX, do nothing but make sure that apex_manifest.json file is also copied along
-	// with other ordinary files.
-	manifest := android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx, proptools.StringDefault(a.properties.Manifest, "apex_manifest.json"))
-	a.filesInfo = append(a.filesInfo, apexFile{manifest, ctx.ModuleName() + ".apex_manifest.json", android.Common, ".", etc})
+	if a.installable() {
+		// For flattened APEX, do nothing but make sure that apex_manifest.json file is also copied along
+		// with other ordinary files.
+		manifest := android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx, proptools.StringDefault(a.properties.Manifest, "apex_manifest.json"))
+		a.filesInfo = append(a.filesInfo, apexFile{manifest, ctx.ModuleName() + ".apex_manifest.json", android.Common, ".", etc})
 
-	for _, fi := range a.filesInfo {
-		dir := filepath.Join("apex", ctx.ModuleName(), fi.installDir)
-		ctx.InstallFile(android.PathForModuleInstall(ctx, dir), fi.builtFile.Base(), fi.builtFile)
+		for _, fi := range a.filesInfo {
+			dir := filepath.Join("apex", ctx.ModuleName(), fi.installDir)
+			ctx.InstallFile(android.PathForModuleInstall(ctx, dir), fi.builtFile.Base(), fi.builtFile)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -832,6 +843,7 @@
 					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE_STEM :=", fi.builtFile.Base())
 					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_PREBUILT_MODULE_FILE :=", fi.builtFile.String())
 					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS :=", fi.class.NameInMake())
+					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE :=", !a.installable())
 					archStr := fi.archType.String()
 					if archStr != "common" {
 						fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_TARGET_ARCH :=", archStr)
@@ -860,6 +872,7 @@
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_PREBUILT_MODULE_FILE :=", a.outputFiles[apexType].String())
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_PATH :=", filepath.Join("$(OUT_DIR)", a.installDir.RelPathString()))
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE_STEM :=", name+apexType.suffix())
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE :=", !a.installable())
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES :=", String(a.properties.Key))
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "include $(BUILD_PREBUILT)")