diff --git a/ci/build_test_suites b/ci/build_test_suites
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+# Copyright 2024, The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import sys
+
+import build_test_suites
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
+
+  build_test_suites.main(sys.argv)
diff --git a/ci/build_test_suites.py b/ci/build_test_suites.py
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+# Copyright 2024, The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Script to build only the necessary modules for general-tests along
+
+with whatever other targets are passed in.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+import json
+import os
+import pathlib
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from typing import Any, Dict, Set, Text
+
+import test_mapping_module_retriever
+
+
+# List of modules that are always required to be in general-tests.zip
+REQUIRED_MODULES = frozenset(
+    ['cts-tradefed', 'vts-tradefed', 'compatibility-host-util', 'soong_zip']
+)
+
+
+def build_test_suites(argv):
+  args = parse_args(argv)
+
+  if not args.change_info:
+    build_everything(args)
+    return
+
+  # Call the class to map changed files to modules to build.
+  # TODO(lucafarsi): Move this into a replaceable class.
+  build_affected_modules(args)
+
+
+def parse_args(argv):
+  argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+  argparser.add_argument(
+      'extra_targets', nargs='*', help='Extra test suites to build.'
+  )
+  argparser.add_argument('--target_product')
+  argparser.add_argument('--target_release')
+  argparser.add_argument(
+      '--with_dexpreopt_boot_img_and_system_server_only', action='store_true'
+  )
+  argparser.add_argument('--dist_dir')
+  argparser.add_argument('--change_info', nargs='?')
+  argparser.add_argument('--extra_required_modules', nargs='*')
+
+  return argparser.parse_args()
+
+
+def build_everything(args: argparse.Namespace):
+  build_command = base_build_command(args)
+  build_command.append('general-tests')
+
+  run_command(build_command)
+
+
+def build_affected_modules(args: argparse.Namespace):
+  modules_to_build = find_modules_to_build(
+      pathlib.Path(args.change_info), args.extra_required_modules
+  )
+
+  # Call the build command with everything.
+  build_command = base_build_command(args)
+  build_command.extend(modules_to_build)
+
+  run_command(build_command)
+
+  zip_build_outputs(modules_to_build, args.dist_dir)
+
+
+def base_build_command(args: argparse.Namespace) -> list:
+  build_command = []
+  build_command.append('time')
+  build_command.append('./build/soong/soong_ui.bash')
+  build_command.append('--make-mode')
+  build_command.append('dist')
+  build_command.append('DIST_DIR=' + args.dist_dir)
+  build_command.append('TARGET_PRODUCT=' + args.target_product)
+  build_command.append('TARGET_RELEASE=' + args.target_release)
+  build_command.extend(args.extra_targets)
+
+  return build_command
+
+
+def run_command(args: list[str]) -> str:
+  result = subprocess.run(
+      args=args,
+      text=True,
+      capture_output=True,
+      check=False,
+  )
+  # If the process failed, print its stdout and propagate the exception.
+  if not result.returncode == 0:
+    print('Build command failed! output:')
+    print('stdout: ' + result.stdout)
+    print('stderr: ' + result.stderr)
+
+  result.check_returncode()
+  return result.stdout
+
+
+def find_modules_to_build(
+    change_info: pathlib.Path, extra_required_modules: list[Text]
+) -> Set[Text]:
+  changed_files = find_changed_files(change_info)
+
+  test_mappings = test_mapping_module_retriever.GetTestMappings(
+      changed_files, set()
+  )
+
+  # Soong_zip is required to generate the output zip so always build it.
+  modules_to_build = set(REQUIRED_MODULES)
+  if extra_required_modules:
+    modules_to_build.update(extra_required_modules)
+
+  modules_to_build.update(find_affected_modules(test_mappings, changed_files))
+
+  return modules_to_build
+
+
+def find_changed_files(change_info: pathlib.Path) -> Set[Text]:
+  with open(change_info) as change_info_file:
+    change_info_contents = json.load(change_info_file)
+
+  changed_files = set()
+
+  for change in change_info_contents['changes']:
+    project_path = change.get('projectPath') + '/'
+
+    for revision in change.get('revisions'):
+      for file_info in revision.get('fileInfos'):
+        changed_files.add(project_path + file_info.get('path'))
+
+  return changed_files
+
+
+def find_affected_modules(
+    test_mappings: Dict[str, Any], changed_files: Set[Text]
+) -> Set[Text]:
+  modules = set()
+
+  # The test_mappings object returned by GetTestMappings is organized as
+  # follows:
+  # {
+  #   'test_mapping_file_path': {
+  #     'group_name' : [
+  #       'name': 'module_name',
+  #     ],
+  #   }
+  # }
+  for test_mapping in test_mappings.values():
+    for group in test_mapping.values():
+      for entry in group:
+        module_name = entry.get('name', None)
+
+        if not module_name:
+          continue
+
+        file_patterns = entry.get('file_patterns')
+        if not file_patterns:
+          modules.add(module_name)
+          continue
+
+        if matches_file_patterns(file_patterns, changed_files):
+          modules.add(module_name)
+          continue
+
+  return modules
+
+
+# TODO(lucafarsi): Share this logic with the original logic in
+# test_mapping_test_retriever.py
+def matches_file_patterns(
+    file_patterns: list[Text], changed_files: Set[Text]
+) -> bool:
+  for changed_file in changed_files:
+    for pattern in file_patterns:
+      if re.search(pattern, changed_file):
+        return True
+
+  return False
+
+
+def zip_build_outputs(modules_to_build: Set[Text], dist_dir: Text):
+  src_top = os.environ.get('TOP', os.getcwd())
+
+  # Call dumpvars to get the necessary things.
+  # TODO(lucafarsi): Don't call soong_ui 4 times for this, --dumpvars-mode can
+  # do it but it requires parsing.
+  host_out_testcases = get_soong_var('HOST_OUT_TESTCASES')
+  target_out_testcases = get_soong_var('TARGET_OUT_TESTCASES')
+  product_out = get_soong_var('PRODUCT_OUT')
+  soong_host_out = get_soong_var('SOONG_HOST_OUT')
+  host_out = get_soong_var('HOST_OUT')
+
+  # Call the class to package the outputs.
+  # TODO(lucafarsi): Move this code into a replaceable class.
+  host_paths = []
+  target_paths = []
+  for module in modules_to_build:
+    host_path = os.path.join(host_out_testcases, module)
+    if os.path.exists(host_path):
+      host_paths.append(host_path)
+
+    target_path = os.path.join(target_out_testcases, module)
+    if os.path.exists(target_path):
+      target_paths.append(target_path)
+
+  zip_command = ['time', os.path.join(host_out, 'bin', 'soong_zip')]
+
+  # Add host testcases.
+  zip_command.append('-C')
+  zip_command.append(os.path.join(src_top, soong_host_out))
+  zip_command.append('-P')
+  zip_command.append('host/')
+  for path in host_paths:
+    zip_command.append('-D')
+    zip_command.append(path)
+
+  # Add target testcases.
+  zip_command.append('-C')
+  zip_command.append(os.path.join(src_top, product_out))
+  zip_command.append('-P')
+  zip_command.append('target')
+  for path in target_paths:
+    zip_command.append('-D')
+    zip_command.append(path)
+
+  # TODO(lucafarsi): Push this logic into a general-tests-minimal build command
+  # Add necessary tools. These are also hardcoded in general-tests.mk.
+  framework_path = os.path.join(soong_host_out, 'framework')
+
+  zip_command.append('-C')
+  zip_command.append(framework_path)
+  zip_command.append('-P')
+  zip_command.append('host/tools')
+  zip_command.append('-f')
+  zip_command.append(os.path.join(framework_path, 'cts-tradefed.jar'))
+  zip_command.append('-f')
+  zip_command.append(
+      os.path.join(framework_path, 'compatibility-host-util.jar')
+  )
+  zip_command.append('-f')
+  zip_command.append(os.path.join(framework_path, 'vts-tradefed.jar'))
+
+  # Zip to the DIST dir.
+  zip_command.append('-o')
+  zip_command.append(os.path.join(dist_dir, 'general-tests.zip'))
+
+  run_command(zip_command)
+
+
+def get_soong_var(var: str) -> str:
+  value = run_command(
+      ['./build/soong/soong_ui.bash', '--dumpvar-mode', '--abs', var]
+  ).strip()
+  if not value:
+    raise RuntimeError('Necessary soong variable ' + var + ' not found.')
+
+  return value
+
+
+def main(argv):
+  build_test_suites(sys.argv)
diff --git a/ci/test_mapping_module_retriever.py b/ci/test_mapping_module_retriever.py
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+# Copyright 2024, The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+Simple parsing code to scan test_mapping files and determine which
+modules are needed to build for the given list of changed files.
+TODO(lucafarsi): Deduplicate from artifact_helper.py
+"""
+
+from typing import Any, Dict, Set, Text
+import json
+import os
+import re
+
+# Regex to extra test name from the path of test config file.
+TEST_NAME_REGEX = r'(?:^|.*/)([^/]+)\.config'
+
+# Key name for TEST_MAPPING imports
+KEY_IMPORTS = 'imports'
+KEY_IMPORT_PATH = 'path'
+
+# Name of TEST_MAPPING file.
+TEST_MAPPING = 'TEST_MAPPING'
+
+# Pattern used to identify double-quoted strings and '//'-format comments in
+# TEST_MAPPING file, but only double-quoted strings are included within the
+# matching group.
+_COMMENTS_RE = re.compile(r'(\"(?:[^\"\\]|\\.)*\"|(?=//))(?://.*)?')
+
+
+def FilterComments(test_mapping_file: Text) -> Text:
+  """Remove comments in TEST_MAPPING file to valid format.
+
+  Only '//' is regarded as comments.
+
+  Args:
+    test_mapping_file: Path to a TEST_MAPPING file.
+
+  Returns:
+    Valid json string without comments.
+  """
+  return re.sub(_COMMENTS_RE, r'\1', test_mapping_file)
+
+def GetTestMappings(paths: Set[Text],
+                    checked_paths: Set[Text]) -> Dict[Text, Dict[Text, Any]]:
+  """Get the affected TEST_MAPPING files.
+
+  TEST_MAPPING files in source code are packaged into a build artifact
+  `test_mappings.zip`. Inside the zip file, the path of each TEST_MAPPING file
+  is preserved. From all TEST_MAPPING files in the source code, this method
+  locates the affected TEST_MAPPING files based on the given paths list.
+
+  A TEST_MAPPING file may also contain `imports` that import TEST_MAPPING files
+  from a different location, e.g.,
+    "imports": [
+      {
+        "path": "../folder2"
+      }
+    ]
+  In that example, TEST_MAPPING files inside ../folder2 (relative to the
+  TEST_MAPPING file containing that imports section) and its parent directories
+  will also be included.
+
+  Args:
+    paths: A set of paths with related TEST_MAPPING files for given changes.
+    checked_paths: A set of paths that have been checked for TEST_MAPPING file
+      already. The set is updated after processing each TEST_MAPPING file. It's
+      used to prevent infinite loop when the method is called recursively.
+
+  Returns:
+    A dictionary of Test Mapping containing the content of the affected
+      TEST_MAPPING files, indexed by the path containing the TEST_MAPPING file.
+  """
+  test_mappings = {}
+
+  # Search for TEST_MAPPING files in each modified path and its parent
+  # directories.
+  all_paths = set()
+  for path in paths:
+    dir_names = path.split(os.path.sep)
+    all_paths |= set(
+        [os.path.sep.join(dir_names[:i + 1]) for i in range(len(dir_names))])
+  # Add root directory to the paths to search for TEST_MAPPING file.
+  all_paths.add('')
+
+  all_paths.difference_update(checked_paths)
+  checked_paths |= all_paths
+  # Try to load TEST_MAPPING file in each possible path.
+  for path in all_paths:
+    try:
+      test_mapping_file = os.path.join(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), path), 'TEST_MAPPING')
+      # Read content of TEST_MAPPING file.
+      content = FilterComments(open(test_mapping_file, "r").read())
+      test_mapping = json.loads(content)
+      test_mappings[path] = test_mapping
+
+      import_paths = set()
+      for import_detail in test_mapping.get(KEY_IMPORTS, []):
+        import_path = import_detail[KEY_IMPORT_PATH]
+        # Try the import path as absolute path.
+        import_paths.add(import_path)
+        # Try the import path as relative path based on the test mapping file
+        # containing the import.
+        norm_import_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(path, import_path))
+        import_paths.add(norm_import_path)
+      import_paths.difference_update(checked_paths)
+      if import_paths:
+        import_test_mappings = GetTestMappings(import_paths, checked_paths)
+        test_mappings.update(import_test_mappings)
+    except (KeyError, FileNotFoundError, NotADirectoryError):
+      # TEST_MAPPING file doesn't exist in path
+      pass
+
+  return test_mappings