diff --git a/cmd/multiproduct_kati/main.go b/cmd/multiproduct_kati/main.go
index 7329aee88..0a9b15671 100644
--- a/cmd/multiproduct_kati/main.go
+++ b/cmd/multiproduct_kati/main.go
@@ -412,7 +412,9 @@ func buildProduct(mpctx *mpContext, product string) {
 	ctx.Status.AddOutput(terminal.NewStatusOutput(ctx.Writer, "", false,
 		build.OsEnvironment().IsEnvTrue("ANDROID_QUIET_BUILD")))
 
-	config := build.NewConfig(ctx, flag.Args()...)
+	args := append([]string(nil), flag.Args()...)
+	args = append(args, "--skip-soong-tests")
+	config := build.NewConfig(ctx, args...)
 	config.Environment().Set("OUT_DIR", outDir)
 	if !*keepArtifacts {
 		config.Environment().Set("EMPTY_NINJA_FILE", "true")
diff --git a/ui/build/config.go b/ui/build/config.go
index 82df8a0ba..e57c7303c 100644
--- a/ui/build/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/config.go
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ type configImpl struct {
 	buildDateTime string
 
 	// From the arguments
-	parallel   int
-	keepGoing  int
-	verbose    bool
-	checkbuild bool
-	dist       bool
-	skipMake   bool
+	parallel       int
+	keepGoing      int
+	verbose        bool
+	checkbuild     bool
+	dist           bool
+	skipMake       bool
+	skipSoongTests bool
 
 	// From the product config
 	katiArgs        []string
@@ -526,6 +527,8 @@ func (c *configImpl) parseArgs(ctx Context, args []string) {
 			c.verbose = true
 		} else if arg == "--skip-make" {
 			c.skipMake = true
+		} else if arg == "--skip-soong-tests" {
+			c.skipSoongTests = true
 		} else if len(arg) > 0 && arg[0] == '-' {
 			parseArgNum := func(def int) int {
 				if len(arg) > 2 {
diff --git a/ui/build/soong.go b/ui/build/soong.go
index fb2143011..b20237cf1 100644
--- a/ui/build/soong.go
+++ b/ui/build/soong.go
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ func runSoong(ctx Context, config Config) {
 		ctx.BeginTrace(metrics.RunSoong, "blueprint bootstrap")
 		defer ctx.EndTrace()
 
-		cmd := Command(ctx, config, "blueprint bootstrap", "build/blueprint/bootstrap.bash", "-t", "-n")
+		args := []string{"-n"}
+		if !config.skipSoongTests {
+			args = append(args, "-t")
+		}
+
+		cmd := Command(ctx, config, "blueprint bootstrap", "build/blueprint/bootstrap.bash", args...)
 		cmd.Environment.Set("BLUEPRINTDIR", "./build/blueprint")
 		cmd.Environment.Set("BOOTSTRAP", "./build/blueprint/bootstrap.bash")
 		cmd.Environment.Set("BUILDDIR", config.SoongOutDir())