diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 074dfc729..61370a0c4 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -689,10 +689,6 @@ func (c *config) DevicePrimaryArchType() ArchType {
 	return c.Targets[Android][0].Arch.ArchType
 }
 
-func (c *config) SkipDeviceInstall() bool {
-	return c.EmbeddedInMake()
-}
-
 func (c *config) SkipMegaDeviceInstall(path string) bool {
 	return Bool(c.Mega_device) &&
 		strings.HasPrefix(path, filepath.Join(c.buildDir, "target", "product"))
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 138b9cd6a..990a893a7 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ type ModuleContext interface {
 	InstallInData() bool
 	InstallInSanitizerDir() bool
 	InstallInRecovery() bool
+	InstallBypassMake() bool
 
 	RequiredModuleNames() []string
 	HostRequiredModuleNames() []string
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ type Module interface {
 	InstallInData() bool
 	InstallInSanitizerDir() bool
 	InstallInRecovery() bool
+	InstallBypassMake() bool
 	SkipInstall()
 	ExportedToMake() bool
 	NoticeFile() OptionalPath
@@ -837,6 +839,10 @@ func (m *ModuleBase) InstallInRecovery() bool {
 	return Bool(m.commonProperties.Recovery)
 }
 
+func (m *ModuleBase) InstallBypassMake() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 func (m *ModuleBase) Owner() string {
 	return String(m.commonProperties.Owner)
 }
@@ -1493,6 +1499,10 @@ func (m *moduleContext) InstallInRecovery() bool {
 	return m.module.InstallInRecovery()
 }
 
+func (m *moduleContext) InstallBypassMake() bool {
+	return m.module.InstallBypassMake()
+}
+
 func (m *moduleContext) skipInstall(fullInstallPath OutputPath) bool {
 	if m.module.base().commonProperties.SkipInstall {
 		return true
@@ -1506,7 +1516,7 @@ func (m *moduleContext) skipInstall(fullInstallPath OutputPath) bool {
 	}
 
 	if m.Device() {
-		if m.Config().SkipDeviceInstall() {
+		if m.Config().EmbeddedInMake() && !m.InstallBypassMake() {
 			return true
 		}
 
diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index e3f0544d3..0d999185d 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type ModuleInstallPathContext interface {
 	InstallInData() bool
 	InstallInSanitizerDir() bool
 	InstallInRecovery() bool
+	InstallBypassMake() bool
 }
 
 var _ ModuleInstallPathContext = ModuleContext(nil)
@@ -818,6 +819,17 @@ func PathForOutput(ctx PathContext, pathComponents ...string) OutputPath {
 	return OutputPath{basePath{path, ctx.Config(), ""}}
 }
 
+// pathForInstallInMakeDir is used by PathForModuleInstall when the module returns true
+// for InstallBypassMake to produce an OutputPath that installs to $OUT_DIR instead of
+// $OUT_DIR/soong.
+func pathForInstallInMakeDir(ctx PathContext, pathComponents ...string) OutputPath {
+	path, err := validatePath(pathComponents...)
+	if err != nil {
+		reportPathError(ctx, err)
+	}
+	return OutputPath{basePath{"../" + path, ctx.Config(), ""}}
+}
+
 // PathsForOutput returns Paths rooted from buildDir
 func PathsForOutput(ctx PathContext, paths []string) WritablePaths {
 	ret := make(WritablePaths, len(paths))
@@ -1123,6 +1135,9 @@ func PathForModuleInstall(ctx ModuleInstallPathContext, pathComponents ...string
 		outPaths = append([]string{"debug"}, outPaths...)
 	}
 	outPaths = append(outPaths, pathComponents...)
+	if ctx.InstallBypassMake() && ctx.Config().EmbeddedInMake() {
+		return pathForInstallInMakeDir(ctx, outPaths...)
+	}
 	return PathForOutput(ctx, outPaths...)
 }
 
diff --git a/android/paths_test.go b/android/paths_test.go
index 8286e9a35..f2996bff8 100644
--- a/android/paths_test.go
+++ b/android/paths_test.go
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ func (m moduleInstallPathContextImpl) InstallInRecovery() bool {
 	return m.inRecovery
 }
 
+func (m moduleInstallPathContextImpl) InstallBypassMake() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 func TestPathForModuleInstall(t *testing.T) {
 	testConfig := TestConfig("", nil)