diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index e1d597a0b..a53f44a40 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -1029,6 +1029,27 @@ func (c *deviceConfig) SamplingPGO() bool {
 	return Bool(c.config.productVariables.SamplingPGO)
 }
 
+// JavaCoverageEnabledForPath returns whether Java code coverage is enabled for
+// path. Coverage is enabled by default when the product variable
+// JavaCoveragePaths is empty. If JavaCoveragePaths is not empty, coverage is
+// enabled for any path which is part of this variable (and not part of the
+// JavaCoverageExcludePaths product variable). Value "*" in JavaCoveragePaths
+// represents any path.
+func (c *deviceConfig) JavaCoverageEnabledForPath(path string) bool {
+	coverage := false
+	if c.config.productVariables.JavaCoveragePaths == nil ||
+		InList("*", c.config.productVariables.JavaCoveragePaths) ||
+		HasAnyPrefix(path, c.config.productVariables.JavaCoveragePaths) {
+		coverage = true
+	}
+	if coverage && c.config.productVariables.JavaCoverageExcludePaths != nil {
+		if HasAnyPrefix(path, c.config.productVariables.JavaCoverageExcludePaths) {
+			coverage = false
+		}
+	}
+	return coverage
+}
+
 func (c *config) NativeLineCoverage() bool {
 	return Bool(c.productVariables.NativeLineCoverage)
 }
diff --git a/android/variable.go b/android/variable.go
index 4440ceeed..863fe5a09 100644
--- a/android/variable.go
+++ b/android/variable.go
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ type productVariables struct {
 
 	SamplingPGO *bool `json:",omitempty"`
 
+	JavaCoveragePaths        []string `json:",omitempty"`
+	JavaCoverageExcludePaths []string `json:",omitempty"`
+
 	NativeLineCoverage         *bool    `json:",omitempty"`
 	Native_coverage            *bool    `json:",omitempty"`
 	ClangCoverage              *bool    `json:",omitempty"`
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 1cdfbf187..8b5aeaaf6 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -601,7 +601,9 @@ type jniLib struct {
 }
 
 func (j *Module) shouldInstrument(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) bool {
-	return j.properties.Instrument && ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("EMMA_INSTRUMENT")
+	return j.properties.Instrument &&
+		ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("EMMA_INSTRUMENT") &&
+		ctx.DeviceConfig().JavaCoverageEnabledForPath(ctx.ModuleDir())
 }
 
 func (j *Module) shouldInstrumentStatic(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) bool {