diff --git a/cmd/soong_ui/main.go b/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
index f7689b9d4..8adc86f4a 100644
--- a/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
+++ b/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
@@ -215,7 +215,11 @@ func main() {
 			soongMetricsFile,         // high level metrics related to this build system.
 			config.BazelMetricsDir(), // directory that contains a set of bazel metrics.
 		}
-		defer build.UploadMetrics(buildCtx, config, c.simpleOutput, buildStarted, files...)
+
+		if !config.SkipMetricsUpload() {
+			defer build.UploadMetrics(buildCtx, config, c.simpleOutput, buildStarted, files...)
+		}
+
 		defer met.Dump(soongMetricsFile)
 		defer build.CheckProdCreds(buildCtx, config)
 	}
diff --git a/ui/build/config.go b/ui/build/config.go
index ef2e87e0d..a6bba159e 100644
--- a/ui/build/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/config.go
@@ -65,24 +65,25 @@ type configImpl struct {
 	buildDateTime string
 
 	// From the arguments
-	parallel        int
-	keepGoing       int
-	verbose         bool
-	checkbuild      bool
-	dist            bool
-	jsonModuleGraph bool
-	apiBp2build     bool // Generate BUILD files for Soong modules that contribute APIs
-	bp2build        bool
-	queryview       bool
-	reportMkMetrics bool // Collect and report mk2bp migration progress metrics.
-	soongDocs       bool
-	skipConfig      bool
-	skipKati        bool
-	skipKatiNinja   bool
-	skipSoong       bool
-	skipNinja       bool
-	skipSoongTests  bool
-	searchApiDir    bool // Scan the Android.bp files generated in out/api_surfaces
+	parallel          int
+	keepGoing         int
+	verbose           bool
+	checkbuild        bool
+	dist              bool
+	jsonModuleGraph   bool
+	apiBp2build       bool // Generate BUILD files for Soong modules that contribute APIs
+	bp2build          bool
+	queryview         bool
+	reportMkMetrics   bool // Collect and report mk2bp migration progress metrics.
+	soongDocs         bool
+	skipConfig        bool
+	skipKati          bool
+	skipKatiNinja     bool
+	skipSoong         bool
+	skipNinja         bool
+	skipSoongTests    bool
+	searchApiDir      bool // Scan the Android.bp files generated in out/api_surfaces
+	skipMetricsUpload bool
 
 	// From the product config
 	katiArgs        []string
@@ -735,6 +736,8 @@ func (c *configImpl) parseArgs(ctx Context, args []string) {
 			c.skipConfig = true
 		} else if arg == "--skip-soong-tests" {
 			c.skipSoongTests = true
+		} else if arg == "--skip-metrics-upload" {
+			c.skipMetricsUpload = true
 		} else if arg == "--mk-metrics" {
 			c.reportMkMetrics = true
 		} else if arg == "--bazel-mode" {
@@ -1512,6 +1515,10 @@ func (c *configImpl) BazelModulesForceEnabledByFlag() string {
 	return c.bazelForceEnabledModules
 }
 
+func (c *configImpl) SkipMetricsUpload() bool {
+	return c.skipMetricsUpload
+}
+
 func GetMetricsUploader(topDir string, env *Environment) string {
 	if p, ok := env.Get("METRICS_UPLOADER"); ok {
 		metricsUploader := filepath.Join(topDir, p)