diff --git a/android/licenses.go b/android/licenses.go
index 81c557e72..c47b3e63d 100644
--- a/android/licenses.go
+++ b/android/licenses.go
@@ -331,6 +331,8 @@ func init() {
 func licensesMakeVarsProvider(ctx MakeVarsContext) {
 	ctx.Strict("BUILD_LICENSE_METADATA",
 		ctx.Config().HostToolPath(ctx, "build_license_metadata").String())
+	ctx.Strict("COPY_LICENSE_METADATA",
+		ctx.Config().HostToolPath(ctx, "copy_license_metadata").String())
 	ctx.Strict("HTMLNOTICE", ctx.Config().HostToolPath(ctx, "htmlnotice").String())
 	ctx.Strict("XMLNOTICE", ctx.Config().HostToolPath(ctx, "xmlnotice").String())
 	ctx.Strict("TEXTNOTICE", ctx.Config().HostToolPath(ctx, "textnotice").String())
diff --git a/compliance/copy_license_metadata/Android.bp b/compliance/copy_license_metadata/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83019eb2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compliance/copy_license_metadata/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// 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.
+
+package {
+    default_applicable_licenses: ["Android-Apache-2.0"],
+}
+
+blueprint_go_binary {
+    name: "copy_license_metadata",
+    srcs: [
+        "copy_license_metadata.go",
+    ],
+    deps: [
+        "license_metadata_proto",
+        "golang-protobuf-proto",
+        "golang-protobuf-encoding-prototext",
+        "soong-response",
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/compliance/copy_license_metadata/copy_license_metadata.go b/compliance/copy_license_metadata/copy_license_metadata.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36b94898c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compliance/copy_license_metadata/copy_license_metadata.go
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// 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.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/prototext"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+
+	"android/soong/compliance/license_metadata_proto"
+	"android/soong/response"
+)
+
+func newMultiString(flags *flag.FlagSet, name, usage string) *multiString {
+	var f multiString
+	flags.Var(&f, name, usage)
+	return &f
+}
+
+type multiString []string
+
+func (ms *multiString) String() string     { return strings.Join(*ms, ", ") }
+func (ms *multiString) Set(s string) error { *ms = append(*ms, s); return nil }
+
+func main() {
+	var expandedArgs []string
+	for _, arg := range os.Args[1:] {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(arg, "@") {
+			f, err := os.Open(strings.TrimPrefix(arg, "@"))
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err.Error())
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+
+			respArgs, err := response.ReadRspFile(f)
+			f.Close()
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err.Error())
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+			expandedArgs = append(expandedArgs, respArgs...)
+		} else {
+			expandedArgs = append(expandedArgs, arg)
+		}
+	}
+
+	flags := flag.NewFlagSet("flags", flag.ExitOnError)
+
+	installed := flags.String("i", "", "installed target")
+	sources := newMultiString(flags, "s", "source (input) file")
+	dep := flags.String("d", "", "license metadata file dependency")
+	outFile := flags.String("o", "", "output file")
+
+	flags.Parse(expandedArgs)
+
+	if len(*dep) == 0 || len(*installed) == 0 || len(*sources) == 0 {
+		flags.Usage()
+		if len(*dep) == 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "source license metadata (-d flag) required\n")
+		}
+		if len(*sources) == 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "source copy (-s flag required\n")
+		}
+		if len(*installed) == 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "installed copy (-i flag) required\n")
+		}
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	src_metadata := license_metadata_proto.LicenseMetadata{}
+	err := readMetadata(*dep, &src_metadata)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %s\n", err.Error())
+		os.Exit(2)
+	}
+
+	metadata := src_metadata
+	metadata.Built = nil
+	metadata.InstallMap = nil
+	metadata.Installed = []string{*installed}
+	metadata.Sources = *sources
+	metadata.Deps = []*license_metadata_proto.AnnotatedDependency{&license_metadata_proto.AnnotatedDependency{
+		File:        proto.String(*dep),
+		Annotations: []string{"static"},
+	}}
+
+	err = writeMetadata(*outFile, &metadata)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %s\n", err.Error())
+		os.Exit(2)
+	}
+}
+
+func readMetadata(file string, metadata *license_metadata_proto.LicenseMetadata) error {
+	if file == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("source metadata file (-d) required")
+	}
+	buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error reading textproto %q: %w", file, err)
+	}
+
+	err = prototext.Unmarshal(buf, metadata)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling textproto: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func writeMetadata(file string, metadata *license_metadata_proto.LicenseMetadata) error {
+	buf, err := prototext.MarshalOptions{Multiline: true}.Marshal(metadata)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error marshalling textproto: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if file != "" {
+		err = ioutil.WriteFile(file, buf, 0666)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error writing textproto %q: %w", file, err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		_, _ = os.Stdout.Write(buf)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}