diff --git a/java/androidmk.go b/java/androidmk.go
index 1e1577909..fff034c84 100644
--- a/java/androidmk.go
+++ b/java/androidmk.go
@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ func (library *Library) AndroidMk() android.AndroidMkData {
 	}
 }
 
+func (j *Test) AndroidMk() android.AndroidMkData {
+	data := j.Library.AndroidMk()
+	data.Extra = append(data.Extra, func(w io.Writer, outputFile android.Path) {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := tests")
+		if len(j.testProperties.Test_suites) > 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_COMPATIBILITY_SUITE :=",
+				strings.Join(j.testProperties.Test_suites, " "))
+		}
+	})
+
+	return data
+}
+
 func (prebuilt *Import) AndroidMk() android.AndroidMkData {
 	return android.AndroidMkData{
 		Class:      "JAVA_LIBRARIES",
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 866568109..fd0719cf3 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ func init() {
 	android.RegisterModuleType("java_library_host", LibraryHostFactory)
 	android.RegisterModuleType("java_binary", BinaryFactory)
 	android.RegisterModuleType("java_binary_host", BinaryHostFactory)
+	android.RegisterModuleType("java_test", TestFactory)
+	android.RegisterModuleType("java_test_host", TestHostFactory)
 	android.RegisterModuleType("java_import", ImportFactory)
 	android.RegisterModuleType("java_import_host", ImportFactoryHost)
 
@@ -1208,6 +1210,59 @@ func LibraryHostFactory() android.Module {
 	return module
 }
 
+//
+// Java Junit Tests
+//
+
+type testProperties struct {
+	// If true, add a static dependency on the platform junit library.  Defaults to true.
+	Junit *bool
+
+	// list of compatibility suites (for example "cts", "vts") that the module should be
+	// installed into.
+	Test_suites []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+}
+
+type Test struct {
+	Library
+
+	testProperties testProperties
+}
+
+func (j *Test) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	j.deps(ctx)
+	if j.testProperties.Junit == nil || *j.testProperties.Junit == true {
+		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), staticLibTag, "junit")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFactory() android.Module {
+	module := &Test{}
+
+	module.AddProperties(
+		&module.Module.properties,
+		&module.Module.deviceProperties,
+		&module.Module.protoProperties,
+		&module.testProperties)
+
+	InitJavaModule(module, android.HostAndDeviceSupported)
+	android.InitDefaultableModule(module)
+	return module
+}
+
+func TestHostFactory() android.Module {
+	module := &Test{}
+
+	module.AddProperties(
+		&module.Module.properties,
+		&module.Module.protoProperties,
+		&module.testProperties)
+
+	InitJavaModule(module, android.HostSupported)
+	android.InitDefaultableModule(module)
+	return module
+}
+
 //
 // Java Binaries (.jar file plus wrapper script)
 //