diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index be6ab4d..778531a 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@
 	// Used by vendor snapshot to record dependencies from snapshot modules.
 	SnapshotSharedLibs  []string `blueprint:"mutated"`
 	SnapshotRuntimeLibs []string `blueprint:"mutated"`
+
+	Installable *bool
 }
 
 type VendorProperties struct {
@@ -373,6 +375,7 @@
 type installer interface {
 	installerProps() []interface{}
 	install(ctx ModuleContext, path android.Path)
+	everInstallable() bool
 	inData() bool
 	inSanitizerDir() bool
 	hostToolPath() android.OptionalPath
@@ -1513,6 +1516,13 @@
 		if ctx.Failed() {
 			return
 		}
+	} else if !proptools.BoolDefault(c.Properties.Installable, true) {
+		// If the module has been specifically configure to not be installed then
+		// skip the installation as otherwise it will break when running inside make
+		// as the output path to install will not be specified. Not all uninstallable
+		// modules can skip installation as some are needed for resolving make side
+		// dependencies.
+		c.SkipInstall()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2705,8 +2715,18 @@
 	}
 }
 
+// Return true if the module is ever installable.
+func (c *Module) EverInstallable() bool {
+	return c.installer != nil &&
+		// Check to see whether the module is actually ever installable.
+		c.installer.everInstallable()
+}
+
 func (c *Module) installable() bool {
-	ret := c.installer != nil && !c.Properties.PreventInstall && c.outputFile.Valid()
+	ret := c.EverInstallable() &&
+		// Check to see whether the module has been configured to not be installed.
+		proptools.BoolDefault(c.Properties.Installable, true) &&
+		!c.Properties.PreventInstall && c.outputFile.Valid()
 
 	// The platform variant doesn't need further condition. Apex variants however might not
 	// be installable because it will likely to be included in the APEX and won't appear
diff --git a/cc/installer.go b/cc/installer.go
index 13a4119..0b4a68c 100644
--- a/cc/installer.go
+++ b/cc/installer.go
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@
 	installer.path = ctx.InstallFile(installer.installDir(ctx), file.Base(), file)
 }
 
+func (installer *baseInstaller) everInstallable() bool {
+	// Most cc modules are installable.
+	return true
+}
+
 func (installer *baseInstaller) inData() bool {
 	return installer.location == InstallInData
 }
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index c0d0d54..7a406bf 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -1221,6 +1221,12 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func (library *libraryDecorator) everInstallable() bool {
+	// Only shared and static libraries are installed. Header libraries (which are
+	// neither static or shared) are not installed.
+	return library.shared() || library.static()
+}
+
 func (library *libraryDecorator) static() bool {
 	return library.MutatedProperties.VariantIsStatic
 }