diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index b0ad89b..17035bb 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@
 	InstallForceOS() (*OsType, *ArchType)
 	HideFromMake()
 	IsHideFromMake() bool
+	IsSkipInstall() bool
 	MakeUninstallable()
 	ReplacedByPrebuilt()
 	IsReplacedByPrebuilt() bool
@@ -1398,6 +1399,12 @@
 	m.commonProperties.SkipInstall = true
 }
 
+// IsSkipInstall returns true if this variant is marked to not create install
+// rules when ctx.Install* are called.
+func (m *ModuleBase) IsSkipInstall() bool {
+	return m.commonProperties.SkipInstall
+}
+
 // Similar to HideFromMake, but if the AndroidMk entry would set
 // LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE then this variant may still output that entry
 // rather than leaving it out altogether. That happens in cases where it would