diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 32e32ae99..c9d7dabc4 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -1031,6 +1031,10 @@ func (c *deviceConfig) DeviceKernelHeaderDirs() []string {
 	return c.config.productVariables.DeviceKernelHeaders
 }
 
+func (c *deviceConfig) SamplingPGO() bool {
+	return Bool(c.config.productVariables.SamplingPGO)
+}
+
 func (c *config) NativeLineCoverage() bool {
 	return Bool(c.productVariables.NativeLineCoverage)
 }
diff --git a/android/variable.go b/android/variable.go
index 9cbe624e4..06bd4ed8c 100644
--- a/android/variable.go
+++ b/android/variable.go
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ type productVariables struct {
 	ClangTidy  *bool   `json:",omitempty"`
 	TidyChecks *string `json:",omitempty"`
 
+	SamplingPGO  *bool   `json:",omitempty"`
+
 	NativeLineCoverage   *bool    `json:",omitempty"`
 	Native_coverage      *bool    `json:",omitempty"`
 	ClangCoverage        *bool    `json:",omitempty"`
diff --git a/cc/pgo.go b/cc/pgo.go
index d5c4b87dd..88903bb73 100644
--- a/cc/pgo.go
+++ b/cc/pgo.go
@@ -88,20 +88,21 @@ func (pgo *pgo) props() []interface{} {
 	return []interface{}{&pgo.Properties}
 }
 
-func (props *PgoProperties) addProfileGatherFlags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags {
+func (props *PgoProperties) addInstrumentationProfileGatherFlags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags {
 	flags.Local.CFlags = append(flags.Local.CFlags, props.Pgo.Cflags...)
 
-	if props.isInstrumentation() {
-		flags.Local.CFlags = append(flags.Local.CFlags, profileInstrumentFlag)
-		// The profile runtime is added below in deps().  Add the below
-		// flag, which is the only other link-time action performed by
-		// the Clang driver during link.
-		flags.Local.LdFlags = append(flags.Local.LdFlags, "-u__llvm_profile_runtime")
-	}
-	if props.isSampling() {
-		flags.Local.CFlags = append(flags.Local.CFlags, profileSamplingFlag)
-		flags.Local.LdFlags = append(flags.Local.LdFlags, profileSamplingFlag)
-	}
+	flags.Local.CFlags = append(flags.Local.CFlags, profileInstrumentFlag)
+	// The profile runtime is added below in deps().  Add the below
+	// flag, which is the only other link-time action performed by
+	// the Clang driver during link.
+	flags.Local.LdFlags = append(flags.Local.LdFlags, "-u__llvm_profile_runtime")
+	return flags
+}
+func (props *PgoProperties) addSamplingProfileGatherFlags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags {
+	flags.Local.CFlags = append(flags.Local.CFlags, props.Pgo.Cflags...)
+
+	flags.Local.CFlags = append(flags.Local.CFlags, profileSamplingFlag)
+	flags.Local.LdFlags = append(flags.Local.LdFlags, profileSamplingFlag)
 	return flags
 }
 
@@ -286,8 +287,12 @@ func (pgo *pgo) flags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags {
 	props := pgo.Properties
 
 	// Add flags to profile this module based on its profile_kind
-	if props.ShouldProfileModule {
-		return props.addProfileGatherFlags(ctx, flags)
+	if props.ShouldProfileModule && props.isInstrumentation() {
+		return props.addInstrumentationProfileGatherFlags(ctx, flags)
+	} else if props.ShouldProfileModule && props.isSampling() {
+		return props.addSamplingProfileGatherFlags(ctx, flags)
+	} else if ctx.DeviceConfig().SamplingPGO() {
+		return props.addSamplingProfileGatherFlags(ctx, flags)
 	}
 
 	if !ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("ANDROID_PGO_NO_PROFILE_USE") {