diff --git a/cc/compiler.go b/cc/compiler.go
index bb40a5b..671861b 100644
--- a/cc/compiler.go
+++ b/cc/compiler.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@
 // per-target values, module type values, and per-module Blueprints properties
 func (compiler *baseCompiler) compilerFlags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags, deps PathDeps) Flags {
 	tc := ctx.toolchain()
+	modulePath := android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx).String()
 
 	compiler.srcsBeforeGen = android.PathsForModuleSrcExcludes(ctx, compiler.Properties.Srcs, compiler.Properties.Exclude_srcs)
 	compiler.srcsBeforeGen = append(compiler.srcsBeforeGen, deps.GeneratedSources...)
@@ -289,8 +291,8 @@
 
 	if compiler.Properties.Include_build_directory == nil ||
 		*compiler.Properties.Include_build_directory {
-		flags.Local.CommonFlags = append(flags.Local.CommonFlags, "-I"+android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx).String())
-		flags.Local.YasmFlags = append(flags.Local.YasmFlags, "-I"+android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx).String())
+		flags.Local.CommonFlags = append(flags.Local.CommonFlags, "-I"+modulePath)
+		flags.Local.YasmFlags = append(flags.Local.YasmFlags, "-I"+modulePath)
 	}
 
 	if !(ctx.useSdk() || ctx.useVndk()) || ctx.Host() {
@@ -381,7 +383,7 @@
 		"${config.CommonClangGlobalCflags}",
 		fmt.Sprintf("${config.%sClangGlobalCflags}", hod))
 
-	if strings.HasPrefix(android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx).String(), "external/") {
+	if isThirdParty(modulePath) {
 		flags.Global.CommonFlags = append([]string{"${config.ClangExternalCflags}"}, flags.Global.CommonFlags...)
 	}
 
@@ -438,7 +440,7 @@
 	// vendor/device specific things), we could extend this to be a ternary
 	// value.
 	strict := true
-	if strings.HasPrefix(android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx).String(), "external/") {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(modulePath, "external/") {
 		strict = false
 	}
 
@@ -580,3 +582,28 @@
 
 	return TransformSourceToObj(ctx, subdir, srcFiles, flags, pathDeps, cFlagsDeps)
 }
+
+var thirdPartyDirPrefixExceptions = []*regexp.Regexp{
+	regexp.MustCompile("^vendor/[^/]*google[^/]*/"),
+	regexp.MustCompile("^hardware/google/"),
+	regexp.MustCompile("^hardware/interfaces/"),
+	regexp.MustCompile("^hardware/libhardware[^/]*/"),
+	regexp.MustCompile("^hardware/ril/"),
+}
+
+func isThirdParty(path string) bool {
+	thirdPartyDirPrefixes := []string{"external/", "vendor/", "hardware/"}
+
+	for _, prefix := range thirdPartyDirPrefixes {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(path, prefix) {
+			for _, prefix := range thirdPartyDirPrefixExceptions {
+				if prefix.MatchString(path) {
+					return false
+				}
+			}
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}