diff --git a/android/module_context.go b/android/module_context.go
index c677f94..6c52a7e 100644
--- a/android/module_context.go
+++ b/android/module_context.go
@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@
 	// dependency tags for which IsInstallDepNeeded returns true.
 	InstallFile(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path, deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath
 
+	// InstallFileWithoutCheckbuild creates a rule to copy srcPath to name in the installPath directory,
+	// with the given additional dependencies, but does not add the file to the list of files to build
+	// during `m checkbuild`.
+	//
+	// The installed file will be returned by FilesToInstall(), and the PackagingSpec for the
+	// installed file will be returned by PackagingSpecs() on this module or by
+	// TransitivePackagingSpecs() on modules that depend on this module through dependency tags
+	// for which IsInstallDepNeeded returns true.
+	InstallFileWithoutCheckbuild(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path, deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath
+
 	// InstallFileWithExtraFilesZip creates a rule to copy srcPath to name in the installPath
 	// directory, and also unzip a zip file containing extra files to install into the same
 	// directory.
@@ -168,7 +178,8 @@
 	// dependency tags for which IsInstallDepNeeded returns true.
 	PackageFile(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path) PackagingSpec
 
-	CheckbuildFile(srcPath Path)
+	CheckbuildFile(srcPaths ...Path)
+	UncheckedModule()
 
 	InstallInData() bool
 	InstallInTestcases() bool
@@ -237,11 +248,13 @@
 type moduleContext struct {
 	bp blueprint.ModuleContext
 	baseModuleContext
-	packagingSpecs  []PackagingSpec
-	installFiles    InstallPaths
-	checkbuildFiles Paths
-	module          Module
-	phonies         map[string]Paths
+	packagingSpecs   []PackagingSpec
+	installFiles     InstallPaths
+	checkbuildFiles  Paths
+	checkbuildTarget Path
+	uncheckedModule  bool
+	module           Module
+	phonies          map[string]Paths
 	// outputFiles stores the output of a module by tag and is used to set
 	// the OutputFilesProvider in GenerateBuildActions
 	outputFiles OutputFilesInfo
@@ -512,17 +525,22 @@
 
 func (m *moduleContext) InstallFile(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path,
 	deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath {
-	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, false, true, nil)
+	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, false, true, true, nil)
+}
+
+func (m *moduleContext) InstallFileWithoutCheckbuild(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path,
+	deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath {
+	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, false, true, false, nil)
 }
 
 func (m *moduleContext) InstallExecutable(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path,
 	deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath {
-	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, true, true, nil)
+	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, true, true, true, nil)
 }
 
 func (m *moduleContext) InstallFileWithExtraFilesZip(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path,
 	extraZip Path, deps ...InstallPath) InstallPath {
-	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, false, true, &extraFilesZip{
+	return m.installFile(installPath, name, srcPath, deps, false, true, true, &extraFilesZip{
 		zip: extraZip,
 		dir: installPath,
 	})
@@ -559,7 +577,7 @@
 }
 
 func (m *moduleContext) installFile(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path, deps []InstallPath,
-	executable bool, hooks bool, extraZip *extraFilesZip) InstallPath {
+	executable bool, hooks bool, checkbuild bool, extraZip *extraFilesZip) InstallPath {
 
 	fullInstallPath := installPath.Join(m, name)
 	if hooks {
@@ -626,7 +644,9 @@
 
 	m.packageFile(fullInstallPath, srcPath, executable)
 
-	m.checkbuildFiles = append(m.checkbuildFiles, srcPath)
+	if checkbuild {
+		m.checkbuildFiles = append(m.checkbuildFiles, srcPath)
+	}
 
 	return fullInstallPath
 }
@@ -667,7 +687,6 @@
 		}
 
 		m.installFiles = append(m.installFiles, fullInstallPath)
-		m.checkbuildFiles = append(m.checkbuildFiles, srcPath)
 	}
 
 	m.packagingSpecs = append(m.packagingSpecs, PackagingSpec{
@@ -734,15 +753,21 @@
 	ret := make(InstallPaths, 0, len(data))
 	for _, d := range data {
 		relPath := d.ToRelativeInstallPath()
-		installed := m.installFile(installPath, relPath, d.SrcPath, nil, false, false, nil)
+		installed := m.installFile(installPath, relPath, d.SrcPath, nil, false, false, true, nil)
 		ret = append(ret, installed)
 	}
 
 	return ret
 }
 
-func (m *moduleContext) CheckbuildFile(srcPath Path) {
-	m.checkbuildFiles = append(m.checkbuildFiles, srcPath)
+// CheckbuildFile specifies the output files that should be built by checkbuild.
+func (m *moduleContext) CheckbuildFile(srcPaths ...Path) {
+	m.checkbuildFiles = append(m.checkbuildFiles, srcPaths...)
+}
+
+// UncheckedModule marks the current module has having no files that should be built by checkbuild.
+func (m *moduleContext) UncheckedModule() {
+	m.uncheckedModule = true
 }
 
 func (m *moduleContext) blueprintModuleContext() blueprint.ModuleContext {