diff --git a/python/test.go b/python/test.go
index 7de7af2de..6e23a447f 100644
--- a/python/test.go
+++ b/python/test.go
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ type TestProperties struct {
 
 	// Test options.
 	Test_options TestOptions
+
+	// list of device binary modules that should be installed alongside the test
+	// This property adds 64bit AND 32bit variants of the dependency
+	Data_device_bins_both []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 }
 
 type TestOptions struct {
@@ -98,12 +102,48 @@ func (p *PythonTestModule) init() android.Module {
 	android.InitAndroidArchModule(p, p.hod, p.multilib)
 	android.InitDefaultableModule(p)
 	android.InitBazelModule(p)
-	if p.hod == android.HostSupported && p.testProperties.Test_options.Unit_test == nil {
+	if p.isTestHost() && p.testProperties.Test_options.Unit_test == nil {
 		p.testProperties.Test_options.Unit_test = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
 	}
 	return p
 }
 
+func (p *PythonTestModule) isTestHost() bool {
+	return p.hod == android.HostSupported
+}
+
+var dataDeviceBinsTag = dependencyTag{name: "dataDeviceBins"}
+
+// python_test_host DepsMutator uses this method to add multilib dependencies of
+// data_device_bin_both
+func (p *PythonTestModule) addDataDeviceBinsDeps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, filter string) {
+	if len(p.testProperties.Data_device_bins_both) < 1 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var maybeAndroidTarget *android.Target
+	androidTargetList := android.FirstTarget(ctx.Config().Targets[android.Android], filter)
+	if len(androidTargetList) > 0 {
+		maybeAndroidTarget = &androidTargetList[0]
+	}
+
+	if maybeAndroidTarget != nil {
+		ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(
+			maybeAndroidTarget.Variations(),
+			dataDeviceBinsTag,
+			p.testProperties.Data_device_bins_both...,
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *PythonTestModule) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	p.PythonBinaryModule.DepsMutator(ctx)
+	if p.isTestHost() {
+		p.addDataDeviceBinsDeps(ctx, "lib32")
+		p.addDataDeviceBinsDeps(ctx, "lib64")
+	}
+}
+
 func (p *PythonTestModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	// We inherit from only the library's GenerateAndroidBuildActions, and then
 	// just use buildBinary() so that the binary is not installed into the location
@@ -153,6 +193,12 @@ func (p *PythonTestModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext
 		p.data = append(p.data, android.DataPath{SrcPath: dataSrcPath})
 	}
 
+	if p.isTestHost() && len(p.testProperties.Data_device_bins_both) > 0 {
+		ctx.VisitDirectDepsWithTag(dataDeviceBinsTag, func(dep android.Module) {
+			p.data = append(p.data, android.DataPath{SrcPath: android.OutputFileForModule(ctx, dep, "")})
+		})
+	}
+
 	// Emulate the data property for java_data dependencies.
 	for _, javaData := range ctx.GetDirectDepsWithTag(javaDataTag) {
 		for _, javaDataSrcPath := range android.OutputFilesForModule(ctx, javaData, "") {