diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index e52adaf56..0d5b6bdf5 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ type Deps struct {
 	HeaderLibs                                  []string
 	RuntimeLibs                                 []string
 
+	// Used for data dependencies adjacent to tests
+	DataLibs []string
+
 	StaticUnwinderIfLegacy bool
 
 	ReexportSharedLibHeaders, ReexportStaticLibHeaders, ReexportHeaderLibHeaders []string
@@ -423,6 +426,7 @@ type xref interface {
 }
 
 var (
+	dataLibDepTag         = DependencyTag{Name: "data_lib", Library: true, Shared: true}
 	sharedExportDepTag    = DependencyTag{Name: "shared", Library: true, Shared: true, ReexportFlags: true}
 	earlySharedDepTag     = DependencyTag{Name: "early_shared", Library: true, Shared: true}
 	lateSharedDepTag      = DependencyTag{Name: "late shared", Library: true, Shared: true}
@@ -1980,6 +1984,10 @@ func (c *Module) DepsMutator(actx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 		addSharedLibDependencies(lateSharedDepTag, lib, "")
 	}
 
+	actx.AddVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{
+		{Mutator: "link", Variation: "shared"},
+	}, dataLibDepTag, deps.DataLibs...)
+
 	actx.AddVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{
 		{Mutator: "link", Variation: "shared"},
 	}, runtimeDepTag, deps.RuntimeLibs...)
diff --git a/cc/cc_test.go b/cc/cc_test.go
index f73e02172..8a1c8ed4c 100644
--- a/cc/cc_test.go
+++ b/cc/cc_test.go
@@ -526,6 +526,56 @@ func TestVndkUsingCoreVariant(t *testing.T) {
 	checkVndkLibrariesOutput(t, ctx, "vndkcorevariant.libraries.txt", []string{"libc++.so", "libvndk2.so", "libvndk_sp.so"})
 }
 
+func TestDataLibs(t *testing.T) {
+	bp := `
+		cc_test_library {
+			name: "test_lib",
+			srcs: ["test_lib.cpp"],
+			gtest: false,
+		}
+
+		cc_test {
+			name: "main_test",
+			data_libs: ["test_lib"],
+			gtest: false,
+		}
+  `
+
+	config := TestConfig(buildDir, android.Android, nil, bp, nil)
+	config.TestProductVariables.DeviceVndkVersion = StringPtr("current")
+	config.TestProductVariables.Platform_vndk_version = StringPtr("VER")
+	config.TestProductVariables.VndkUseCoreVariant = BoolPtr(true)
+
+	ctx := testCcWithConfig(t, config)
+	module := ctx.ModuleForTests("main_test", "android_arm_armv7-a-neon").Module()
+	testBinary := module.(*Module).linker.(*testBinary)
+	outputFiles, err := module.(android.OutputFileProducer).OutputFiles("")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected cc_test to produce output files, error: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if len(outputFiles) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected exactly one output file. output files: [%s]", outputFiles)
+		return
+	}
+	if len(testBinary.dataPaths()) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected exactly one test data file. test data files: [%s]", testBinary.dataPaths())
+		return
+	}
+
+	outputPath := outputFiles[0].String()
+	testBinaryPath := testBinary.dataPaths()[0].String()
+
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(outputPath, "/main_test") {
+		t.Errorf("expected test output file to be 'main_test', but was '%s'", outputPath)
+		return
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(testBinaryPath, "/test_lib.so") {
+		t.Errorf("expected test data file to be 'test_lib.so', but was '%s'", testBinaryPath)
+		return
+	}
+}
+
 func TestVndkWhenVndkVersionIsNotSet(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testCcNoVndk(t, `
 		cc_library {
diff --git a/cc/test.go b/cc/test.go
index 09da97602..37afb0ca4 100644
--- a/cc/test.go
+++ b/cc/test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ type TestBinaryProperties struct {
 	// the test
 	Data []string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
 
+	// list of shared library modules that should be installed alongside the test
+	Data_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
 	// list of compatibility suites (for example "cts", "vts") that the module should be
 	// installed into.
 	Test_suites []string `android:"arch_variant"`
@@ -325,6 +328,7 @@ func (test *testBinary) linkerInit(ctx BaseModuleContext) {
 func (test *testBinary) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 	deps = test.testDecorator.linkerDeps(ctx, deps)
 	deps = test.binaryDecorator.linkerDeps(ctx, deps)
+	deps.DataLibs = append(deps.DataLibs, test.Properties.Data_libs...)
 	return deps
 }
 
@@ -336,6 +340,21 @@ func (test *testBinary) linkerFlags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags {
 
 func (test *testBinary) install(ctx ModuleContext, file android.Path) {
 	test.data = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, test.Properties.Data)
+
+	ctx.VisitDirectDepsWithTag(dataLibDepTag, func(dep android.Module) {
+		depName := ctx.OtherModuleName(dep)
+		ccDep, ok := dep.(LinkableInterface)
+
+		if !ok {
+			ctx.ModuleErrorf("data_lib %q is not a linkable cc module", depName)
+		}
+		if ccDep.OutputFile().Valid() {
+			test.data = append(test.data, ccDep.OutputFile().Path())
+		} else {
+			ctx.ModuleErrorf("data_lib %q has no output file", depName)
+		}
+	})
+
 	var api_level_prop string
 	var configs []tradefed.Config
 	var min_level string
@@ -507,6 +526,7 @@ func (benchmark *benchmarkDecorator) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps
 
 func (benchmark *benchmarkDecorator) install(ctx ModuleContext, file android.Path) {
 	benchmark.data = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, benchmark.Properties.Data)
+
 	var configs []tradefed.Config
 	if Bool(benchmark.Properties.Require_root) {
 		configs = append(configs, tradefed.Object{"target_preparer", "com.android.tradefed.targetprep.RootTargetPreparer", nil})
diff --git a/cc/testing.go b/cc/testing.go
index b0c3c162a..a106d4615 100644
--- a/cc/testing.go
+++ b/cc/testing.go
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ func CreateTestContext() *android.TestContext {
 	ctx := android.NewTestArchContext()
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("cc_fuzz", FuzzFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("cc_test", TestFactory)
+	ctx.RegisterModuleType("cc_test_library", TestLibraryFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("llndk_headers", llndkHeadersFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("vendor_public_library", vendorPublicLibraryFactory)
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("filegroup", android.FileGroupFactory)