diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 3feb838..06dce05 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@
 		// directories that should be added as include directories for any aidl sources of modules
 		// that depend on this module, as well as to aidl for this module.
 		Export_include_dirs []string
+
+		// whether to generate traces (for systrace) for this interface
+		Generate_traces *bool
 	}
 
 	// If true, export a copy of the module as a -hostdex module for host testing.
@@ -558,6 +561,10 @@
 		flags = append(flags, "-I"+src.String())
 	}
 
+	if Bool(j.deviceProperties.Aidl.Generate_traces) {
+		flags = append(flags, "-t")
+	}
+
 	return flags
 }