diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index e16cb37..325a953 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -1029,16 +1029,16 @@
 	return p
 }
 
+func (p basePath) RelativeToTop() Path {
+	ensureTestOnly()
+	return p
+}
+
 // SourcePath is a Path representing a file path rooted from SrcDir
 type SourcePath struct {
 	basePath
 }
 
-func (p SourcePath) RelativeToTop() Path {
-	ensureTestOnly()
-	return p
-}
-
 var _ Path = SourcePath{}
 
 func (p SourcePath) withRel(rel string) SourcePath {
@@ -1126,6 +1126,16 @@
 	return path
 }
 
+// PathForArbitraryOutput creates a path for the given components. Unlike PathForOutput,
+// the path is relative to the root of the output folder, not the out/soong folder.
+func PathForArbitraryOutput(ctx PathContext, pathComponents ...string) Path {
+	p, err := validatePath(pathComponents...)
+	if err != nil {
+		reportPathError(ctx, err)
+	}
+	return basePath{path: filepath.Join(ctx.Config().OutDir(), p)}
+}
+
 // MaybeExistentPathForSource joins the provided path components and validates that the result
 // neither escapes the source dir nor is in the out dir.
 // It does not validate whether the path exists.