diff --git a/aconfig/codegen/cc_aconfig_library.go b/aconfig/codegen/cc_aconfig_library.go
index 8df353d..50cd4de 100644
--- a/aconfig/codegen/cc_aconfig_library.go
+++ b/aconfig/codegen/cc_aconfig_library.go
@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@
 		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), ccDeclarationsTag, declarations)
 	}
 
-	// Add a dependency for the aconfig flags base library
-	deps.SharedLibs = append(deps.SharedLibs, baseLibDep)
+	mode := proptools.StringDefault(this.properties.Mode, "production")
+
+	// Add a dependency for the aconfig flags base library if it is not forced read only
+	if mode != "force-read-only" {
+		deps.SharedLibs = append(deps.SharedLibs, baseLibDep)
+	}
 	// TODO: It'd be really nice if we could reexport this library and not make everyone do it.
 
 	return deps
diff --git a/aconfig/codegen/cc_aconfig_library_test.go b/aconfig/codegen/cc_aconfig_library_test.go
index d762e9b..ef92cc8 100644
--- a/aconfig/codegen/cc_aconfig_library_test.go
+++ b/aconfig/codegen/cc_aconfig_library_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 	"android/soong/android"
 	"android/soong/cc"
+
+	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 )
 
 var ccCodegenModeTestData = []struct {
@@ -164,3 +166,34 @@
 	android.AssertIntEquals(t, "len(LOCAL_ACONFIG_FILES)", 1, len(makeVar))
 	android.EnsureListContainsSuffix(t, makeVar, "my_aconfig_declarations_foo/intermediate.pb")
 }
+
+func TestForceReadOnly(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+	result := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+		PrepareForTestWithAconfigBuildComponents,
+		cc.PrepareForTestWithCcDefaultModules).
+		ExtendWithErrorHandler(android.FixtureExpectsNoErrors).
+		RunTestWithBp(t, fmt.Sprintf(`
+			aconfig_declarations {
+				name: "my_aconfig_declarations",
+				package: "com.example.package",
+				srcs: ["foo.aconfig"],
+			}
+
+			cc_aconfig_library {
+				name: "my_cc_aconfig_library",
+				aconfig_declarations: "my_aconfig_declarations",
+				mode: "force-read-only",
+			}
+		`))
+
+	module := result.ModuleForTests("my_cc_aconfig_library", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared").Module()
+	dependOnBaseLib := false
+	result.VisitDirectDeps(module, func(dep blueprint.Module) {
+		if dep.Name() == baseLibDep {
+			dependOnBaseLib = true
+		}
+	})
+	android.AssertBoolEquals(t, "should not have dependency on server_configuriable_flags",
+		dependOnBaseLib, false)
+}