diff --git a/cc/config/global.go b/cc/config/global.go
index 5611a96..d85ac5f 100644
--- a/cc/config/global.go
+++ b/cc/config/global.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 	"strings"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
+	"android/soong/remoteexec"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -255,6 +256,9 @@
 		}
 		return ""
 	})
+
+	pctx.VariableFunc("RECXXLinksPool", envOverrideFunc("RBE_CXX_LINKS_POOL", remoteexec.DefaultPool))
+	pctx.VariableFunc("RECXXLinksExecStrategy", envOverrideFunc("RBE_CXX_LINKS_EXEC_STRATEGY", remoteexec.LocalExecStrategy))
 }
 
 var HostPrebuiltTag = pctx.VariableConfigMethod("HostPrebuiltTag", android.Config.PrebuiltOS)
@@ -268,3 +272,12 @@
 		"-isystem bionic/libc/kernel/android/uapi",
 	}, " ")
 }
+
+func envOverrideFunc(envVar, defaultVal string) func(ctx android.PackageVarContext) string {
+	return func(ctx android.PackageVarContext) string {
+		if override := ctx.Config().Getenv(envVar); override != "" {
+			return override
+		}
+		return defaultVal
+	}
+}