diff --git a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
index 194b2c9..4afb3b4 100644
--- a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
+++ b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 	"LOCAL_SRC_FILES":             srcFiles,
 	"LOCAL_SANITIZE":              sanitize(""),
 	"LOCAL_SANITIZE_DIAG":         sanitize("diag."),
+	"LOCAL_CFLAGS":                cflags,
 
 	// composite functions
 	"LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS": includeVariableIf(bpVariable{"tags", bpparser.ListType}, not(valueDumpEquals("optional"))),
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@
 			"LOCAL_SYSTEM_SHARED_LIBRARIES":       "system_shared_libs",
 			"LOCAL_ASFLAGS":                       "asflags",
 			"LOCAL_CLANG_ASFLAGS":                 "clang_asflags",
-			"LOCAL_CFLAGS":                        "cflags",
 			"LOCAL_CONLYFLAGS":                    "conlyflags",
 			"LOCAL_CPPFLAGS":                      "cppflags",
 			"LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES":              "required",
@@ -532,6 +532,13 @@
 	return nil
 }
 
+func cflags(ctx variableAssignmentContext) error {
+	// The Soong replacement for CFLAGS doesn't need the same extra escaped quotes that were present in Make
+	ctx.mkvalue = ctx.mkvalue.Clone()
+	ctx.mkvalue.ReplaceLiteral(`\"`, `"`)
+	return includeVariableNow(bpVariable{"cflags", bpparser.ListType}, ctx)
+}
+
 // given a conditional, returns a function that will insert a variable assignment or not, based on the conditional
 func includeVariableIf(bpVar bpVariable, conditional func(ctx variableAssignmentContext) bool) func(ctx variableAssignmentContext) error {
 	return func(ctx variableAssignmentContext) error {
diff --git a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
index 5fbc951..07d1c10 100644
--- a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
+++ b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
@@ -374,6 +374,25 @@
 }
 `,
 	},
+
+	{
+		desc: "Input containing escaped quotes",
+		in: `
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+LOCAL_MODULE:= libsensorservice
+LOCAL_CFLAGS:= -DLOG_TAG=\"-DDontEscapeMe\"
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \"EscapeMe.cc\"
+include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
+`,
+
+		expected: `
+cc_library_shared {
+    name: "libsensorservice",
+    cflags: ["-DLOG_TAG=\"-DDontEscapeMe\""],
+    srcs: ["\\\"EscapeMe.cc\\\""],
+}
+`,
+	},
 }
 
 func reformatBlueprint(input string) string {
diff --git a/androidmk/parser/make_strings.go b/androidmk/parser/make_strings.go
index 00d331b..142dc71 100644
--- a/androidmk/parser/make_strings.go
+++ b/androidmk/parser/make_strings.go
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func (ms *MakeString) Clone() (result *MakeString) {
+	clone := *ms
+	return &clone
+}
+
 func (ms *MakeString) Pos() Pos {
 	return ms.StringPos
 }
@@ -164,6 +169,12 @@
 	return s[len(s)-1] == uint8(ch)
 }
 
+func (ms *MakeString) ReplaceLiteral(input string, output string) {
+	for i := range ms.Strings {
+		ms.Strings[i] = strings.Replace(ms.Strings[i], input, output, -1)
+	}
+}
+
 func splitAnyN(s, sep string, n int) []string {
 	ret := []string{}
 	for n == -1 || n > 1 {