diff --git a/android/sh_binary.go b/android/sh_binary.go
index fb7446dcc..2855aa040 100644
--- a/android/sh_binary.go
+++ b/android/sh_binary.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func init() {
 	RegisterModuleType("sh_binary", ShBinaryFactory)
 	RegisterModuleType("sh_binary_host", ShBinaryHostFactory)
 	RegisterModuleType("sh_test", ShTestFactory)
+	RegisterModuleType("sh_test_host", ShTestHostFactory)
 }
 
 type shBinaryProperties struct {
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ func ShBinaryHostFactory() Module {
 	return module
 }
 
+// sh_test defines a shell script based test module.
 func ShTestFactory() Module {
 	module := &ShTest{}
 	InitShBinaryModule(&module.ShBinary)
@@ -203,3 +205,13 @@ func ShTestFactory() Module {
 	InitAndroidArchModule(module, HostAndDeviceSupported, MultilibFirst)
 	return module
 }
+
+// sh_test_host defines a shell script based test module that runs on a host.
+func ShTestHostFactory() Module {
+	module := &ShTest{}
+	InitShBinaryModule(&module.ShBinary)
+	module.AddProperties(&module.testProperties)
+
+	InitAndroidArchModule(module, HostSupported, MultilibFirst)
+	return module
+}
diff --git a/android/sh_binary_test.go b/android/sh_binary_test.go
index c99e18c3e..9df769ca2 100644
--- a/android/sh_binary_test.go
+++ b/android/sh_binary_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ func testShBinary(t *testing.T, bp string) (*TestContext, Config) {
 
 	ctx := NewTestArchContext()
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("sh_test", ModuleFactoryAdaptor(ShTestFactory))
+	ctx.RegisterModuleType("sh_test_host", ModuleFactoryAdaptor(ShTestHostFactory))
 	ctx.Register()
 	mockFiles := map[string][]byte{
 		"Android.bp":         []byte(bp),
@@ -48,3 +49,23 @@ func TestShTestTestData(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected test data expected: %q, actual: %q", expected, actual)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestShTestHost(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, _ := testShBinary(t, `
+		sh_test_host {
+			name: "foo",
+			src: "test.sh",
+			filename: "test.sh",
+			data: [
+				"testdata/data1",
+				"testdata/sub/data2",
+			],
+		}
+	`)
+
+	buildOS := BuildOs.String()
+	mod := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", buildOS+"_x86_64").Module().(*ShTest)
+	if !mod.Host() {
+		t.Errorf("host bit is not set for a sh_test_host module.")
+	}
+}