diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 0b56bf8..0e40d7c 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@
 	archProperties        apexArchBundleProperties
 	overridableProperties overridableProperties
 	vndkProperties        apexVndkProperties // only for apex_vndk modules
+	testProperties        apexTestProperties // only for apex_test modules
 
 	///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	// Inputs
@@ -1296,6 +1297,23 @@
 	return proptools.BoolDefault(a.properties.Platform_apis, false)
 }
 
+type apexValidationType int
+
+const (
+	hostApexVerifier apexValidationType = iota
+	apexSepolicyTests
+)
+
+func (a *apexBundle) skipValidation(validationType apexValidationType) bool {
+	switch validationType {
+	case hostApexVerifier:
+		return proptools.Bool(a.testProperties.Skip_validations.Host_apex_verifier)
+	case apexSepolicyTests:
+		return proptools.Bool(a.testProperties.Skip_validations.Apex_sepolicy_tests)
+	}
+	panic("Unknown validation type")
+}
+
 // getCertString returns the name of the cert that should be used to sign this APEX. This is
 // basically from the "certificate" property, but could be overridden by the device config.
 func (a *apexBundle) getCertString(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) string {
@@ -2427,10 +2445,14 @@
 	return module
 }
 
-func ApexBundleFactory(testApex bool) android.Module {
-	bundle := newApexBundle()
-	bundle.testApex = testApex
-	return bundle
+type apexTestProperties struct {
+	// Boolean flags for validation checks. Test APEXes can turn on/off individual checks.
+	Skip_validations struct {
+		// Skips `Apex_sepolicy_tests` check if true
+		Apex_sepolicy_tests *bool
+		// Skips `Host_apex_verifier` check if true
+		Host_apex_verifier *bool
+	}
 }
 
 // apex_test is an APEX for testing. The difference from the ordinary apex module type is that
@@ -2438,6 +2460,7 @@
 func TestApexBundleFactory() android.Module {
 	bundle := newApexBundle()
 	bundle.testApex = true
+	bundle.AddProperties(&bundle.testProperties)
 	return bundle
 }
 
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 5b5fe5f..6e92959 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -7101,6 +7101,51 @@
 	`)
 }
 
+func TestApexValidation_TestApexCanSkipInitRcCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	ctx := testApex(t, `
+		apex_test {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			skip_validations: {
+				host_apex_verifier: true,
+			},
+			updatable: false,
+		}
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+	`)
+
+	validations := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_myapex").Rule("signapk").Validations.Strings()
+	if android.SuffixInList(validations, "host_apex_verifier.timestamp") {
+		t.Error("should not run host_apex_verifier")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestApexValidation_TestApexCheckInitRc(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	ctx := testApex(t, `
+		apex_test {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			updatable: false,
+		}
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+	`)
+
+	validations := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_myapex").Rule("signapk").Validations.Strings()
+	if !android.SuffixInList(validations, "host_apex_verifier.timestamp") {
+		t.Error("should run host_apex_verifier")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestOverrideApex(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	ctx := testApex(t, `
diff --git a/apex/builder.go b/apex/builder.go
index d0acc8d..e5ae106 100644
--- a/apex/builder.go
+++ b/apex/builder.go
@@ -924,14 +924,14 @@
 	var validations android.Paths
 	validations = append(validations, runApexLinkerconfigValidation(ctx, unsignedOutputFile, imageDir))
 	// TODO(b/279688635) deapexer supports [ext4]
-	if !a.testApex && suffix == imageApexSuffix && ext4 == a.payloadFsType {
+	if !a.skipValidation(apexSepolicyTests) && suffix == imageApexSuffix && ext4 == a.payloadFsType {
 		validations = append(validations, runApexSepolicyTests(ctx, unsignedOutputFile))
 	}
 	if !a.testApex && len(a.properties.Unwanted_transitive_deps) > 0 {
 		validations = append(validations,
 			runApexElfCheckerUnwanted(ctx, unsignedOutputFile, a.properties.Unwanted_transitive_deps))
 	}
-	if !a.testApex && android.InList(a.payloadFsType, []fsType{ext4, erofs}) {
+	if !a.skipValidation(hostApexVerifier) && android.InList(a.payloadFsType, []fsType{ext4, erofs}) {
 		validations = append(validations, runApexHostVerifier(ctx, a, unsignedOutputFile))
 	}
 	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@
 // $ deapexer list -Z {apex_file} > {file_contexts}
 // $ apex_sepolicy_tests -f {file_contexts}
 func runApexSepolicyTests(ctx android.ModuleContext, apexFile android.Path) android.Path {
-	timestamp := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "sepolicy_tests.timestamp")
+	timestamp := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "apex_sepolicy_tests.timestamp")
 	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
 		Rule:   apexSepolicyTestsRule,
 		Input:  apexFile,