diff --git a/sh/Android.bp b/sh/Android.bp
index f9198dc4f..1deedc731 100644
--- a/sh/Android.bp
+++ b/sh/Android.bp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ bootstrap_go_package {
         "soong",
         "soong-android",
         "soong-cc",
+        "soong-java",
         "soong-tradefed",
     ],
     srcs: [
diff --git a/sh/sh_binary.go b/sh/sh_binary.go
index 545990475..00794cdbe 100644
--- a/sh/sh_binary.go
+++ b/sh/sh_binary.go
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ type TestProperties struct {
 	// Only available for host sh_test modules.
 	Data_device_libs []string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
 
+	// list of java modules that provide data that should be installed alongside the test.
+	Java_data []string
+
 	// Install the test into a folder named for the module in all test suites.
 	Per_testcase_directory *bool
 
@@ -307,6 +310,7 @@ var (
 	shTestDataLibsTag       = dependencyTag{name: "dataLibs"}
 	shTestDataDeviceBinsTag = dependencyTag{name: "dataDeviceBins"}
 	shTestDataDeviceLibsTag = dependencyTag{name: "dataDeviceLibs"}
+	shTestJavaDataTag       = dependencyTag{name: "javaData"}
 )
 
 var sharedLibVariations = []blueprint.Variation{{Mutator: "link", Variation: "shared"}}
@@ -322,6 +326,10 @@ func (s *ShTest) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 		ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(deviceVariations, shTestDataDeviceBinsTag, s.testProperties.Data_device_bins...)
 		ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(append(deviceVariations, sharedLibVariations...),
 			shTestDataDeviceLibsTag, s.testProperties.Data_device_libs...)
+
+		javaDataVariation := []blueprint.Variation{{"arch", android.Common.String()}}
+		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(javaDataVariation, shTestJavaDataTag, s.testProperties.Java_data...)
+
 	} else if ctx.Target().Os.Class != android.Host {
 		if len(s.testProperties.Data_device_bins) > 0 {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("data_device_bins", "only available for host modules")
@@ -329,6 +337,9 @@ func (s *ShTest) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 		if len(s.testProperties.Data_device_libs) > 0 {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("data_device_libs", "only available for host modules")
 		}
+		if len(s.testProperties.Java_data) > 0 {
+			ctx.PropertyErrorf("Java_data", "only available for host modules")
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -361,7 +372,13 @@ func (s *ShTest) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	}
 	s.installedFile = ctx.InstallExecutable(s.installDir, s.outputFilePath.Base(), s.outputFilePath)
 
-	s.data = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, s.testProperties.Data)
+	expandedData := android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, s.testProperties.Data)
+
+	// Emulate the data property for java_data dependencies.
+	for _, javaData := range ctx.GetDirectDepsWithTag(shTestJavaDataTag) {
+		expandedData = append(expandedData, android.OutputFilesForModule(ctx, javaData, "")...)
+	}
+	s.data = expandedData
 
 	var configs []tradefed.Config
 	if Bool(s.testProperties.Require_root) {
diff --git a/sh/sh_binary_test.go b/sh/sh_binary_test.go
index 89b8126f1..5fcb58d20 100644
--- a/sh/sh_binary_test.go
+++ b/sh/sh_binary_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"android/soong/android"
 	"android/soong/cc"
+	"android/soong/java"
 )
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 
 var prepareForShTest = android.GroupFixturePreparers(
 	cc.PrepareForTestWithCcBuildComponents,
+	java.PrepareForTestWithJavaDefaultModules,
 	PrepareForTestWithShBuildComponents,
 	android.FixtureMergeMockFs(android.MockFS{
 		"test.sh":            nil,
@@ -255,3 +257,39 @@ func TestShTestHost_dataDeviceModulesAutogenTradefedConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("foo extraConfings %v does not contain %q", autogen.Args["extraConfigs"], expectedBinAutogenConfig)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestShTestHost_javaData(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, config := testShBinary(t, `
+		sh_test_host {
+			name: "foo",
+			src: "test.sh",
+			filename: "test.sh",
+			data: [
+				"testdata/data1",
+				"testdata/sub/data2",
+			],
+			java_data: [
+				"javalib",
+			],
+		}
+
+		java_library_host {
+			name: "javalib",
+			srcs: [],
+		}
+	`)
+	buildOS := ctx.Config().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.")
+	}
+	expectedData := []string{
+		":testdata/data1",
+		":testdata/sub/data2",
+		"out/soong/.intermediates/javalib/" + buildOS + "_common/combined/:javalib.jar",
+	}
+
+	entries := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, ctx, mod)[0]
+	actualData := entries.EntryMap["LOCAL_TEST_DATA"]
+	android.AssertStringPathsRelativeToTopEquals(t, "LOCAL_TEST_DATA", config, expectedData, actualData)
+}