diff --git a/android/rule_builder.go b/android/rule_builder.go
index 83f8b99..89cb9cf 100644
--- a/android/rule_builder.go
+++ b/android/rule_builder.go
@@ -853,6 +853,18 @@
 		pool = localPool
 	}
 
+	// If the command length is getting close to linux's maximum, dump it to a file, which allows
+	// for longer commands.
+	if len(commandString) > 100000 {
+		hasher := sha256.New()
+		hasher.Write([]byte(output.String()))
+		script := PathForOutput(r.ctx, "rule_builder_scripts", fmt.Sprintf("%x.sh", hasher.Sum(nil)))
+		commandString = "set -eu\n\n" + commandString + "\n"
+		WriteExecutableFileRuleVerbatim(r.ctx, script, commandString)
+		inputs = append(inputs, script)
+		commandString = script.String()
+	}
+
 	commandString = proptools.NinjaEscape(commandString)
 
 	args_vars := make([]string, len(r.args))