diff --git a/ui/build/config.go b/ui/build/config.go
index f80868c33..2e5921a2c 100644
--- a/ui/build/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/config.go
@@ -1349,6 +1349,19 @@ func (c *configImpl) rbeProxyLogsDir() string {
 			return v
 		}
 	}
+	return c.rbeTmpDir()
+}
+
+func (c *configImpl) rbeDownloadTmpDir() string {
+    for _, f := range []string{"RBE_download_tmp_dir", "FLAG_download_tmp_dir"} {
+		if v, ok := c.environ.Get(f); ok {
+			return v
+		}
+	}
+	return c.rbeTmpDir()
+}
+
+func (c *configImpl) rbeTmpDir() string {
 	buildTmpDir := shared.TempDirForOutDir(c.SoongOutDir())
 	return filepath.Join(buildTmpDir, "rbe")
 }
diff --git a/ui/build/rbe.go b/ui/build/rbe.go
index 3b9d301f5..19a54dfc2 100644
--- a/ui/build/rbe.go
+++ b/ui/build/rbe.go
@@ -55,13 +55,14 @@ func rbeCommand(ctx Context, config Config, rbeCmd string) string {
 
 func getRBEVars(ctx Context, config Config) map[string]string {
 	vars := map[string]string{
-		"RBE_log_dir":       config.rbeProxyLogsDir(),
-		"RBE_re_proxy":      config.rbeReproxy(),
-		"RBE_exec_root":     config.rbeExecRoot(),
-		"RBE_output_dir":    config.rbeProxyLogsDir(),
-		"RBE_proxy_log_dir": config.rbeProxyLogsDir(),
-		"RBE_cache_dir":     config.rbeCacheDir(),
-		"RBE_platform":      "container-image=" + remoteexec.DefaultImage,
+		"RBE_log_dir":          config.rbeProxyLogsDir(),
+		"RBE_re_proxy":         config.rbeReproxy(),
+		"RBE_exec_root":        config.rbeExecRoot(),
+		"RBE_output_dir":       config.rbeProxyLogsDir(),
+		"RBE_proxy_log_dir":    config.rbeProxyLogsDir(),
+		"RBE_cache_dir":        config.rbeCacheDir(),
+		"RBE_download_tmp_dir": config.rbeDownloadTmpDir(),
+		"RBE_platform":         "container-image=" + remoteexec.DefaultImage,
 	}
 	if config.StartRBE() {
 		name, err := config.rbeSockAddr(absPath(ctx, config.TempDir()))