diff --git a/cc/cc_test.go b/cc/cc_test.go
index fb85336..c42c319 100644
--- a/cc/cc_test.go
+++ b/cc/cc_test.go
@@ -4244,3 +4244,21 @@
 		t.Errorf("expected %q in cflags, got %q", "-Iinclude/libbar", cFlags)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAidlFlagsPassedToTheAidlCompiler(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := testCc(t, `
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libfoo",
+			srcs: ["a/Foo.aidl"],
+			aidl: { flags: ["-Werror"], },
+		}
+	`)
+
+	libfoo := ctx.ModuleForTests("libfoo", "android_arm64_armv8-a_static")
+	manifest := android.RuleBuilderSboxProtoForTests(t, libfoo.Output("aidl.sbox.textproto"))
+	aidlCommand := manifest.Commands[0].GetCommand()
+	expectedAidlFlag := "-Werror"
+	if !strings.Contains(aidlCommand, expectedAidlFlag) {
+		t.Errorf("aidl command %q does not contain %q", aidlCommand, expectedAidlFlag)
+	}
+}
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))