diff --git a/cc/compiler.go b/cc/compiler.go
index 2c05899..eb2b566 100644
--- a/cc/compiler.go
+++ b/cc/compiler.go
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@
 
 		// whether to generate traces (for systrace) for this interface
 		Generate_traces *bool
+
+		// list of flags that will be passed to the AIDL compiler
+		Flags []string
 	}
 
 	Renderscript struct {
@@ -521,6 +524,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if compiler.hasSrcExt(".aidl") {
+		flags.aidlFlags = append(flags.aidlFlags, compiler.Properties.Aidl.Flags...)
 		if len(compiler.Properties.Aidl.Local_include_dirs) > 0 {
 			localAidlIncludeDirs := android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, compiler.Properties.Aidl.Local_include_dirs)
 			flags.aidlFlags = append(flags.aidlFlags, includeDirsToFlags(localAidlIncludeDirs))