diff --git a/ui/build/build.go b/ui/build/build.go
index 89c3fad20..396f54cda 100644
--- a/ui/build/build.go
+++ b/ui/build/build.go
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ func Build(ctx Context, config Config, what int) {
 	// Write combined ninja file
 	createCombinedBuildNinjaFile(ctx, config)
 
+	distGzipFile(ctx, config, config.CombinedNinjaFile())
+
 	if what&RunBuildTests != 0 {
 		testForDanglingRules(ctx, config)
 	}
@@ -256,3 +258,47 @@ func Build(ctx Context, config Config, what int) {
 		runNinja(ctx, config)
 	}
 }
+
+// distGzipFile writes a compressed copy of src to the distDir if dist is enabled.  Failures
+// are printed but non-fatal.
+func distGzipFile(ctx Context, config Config, src string, subDirs ...string) {
+	if !config.Dist() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	subDir := filepath.Join(subDirs...)
+	destDir := filepath.Join(config.DistDir(), "soong_ui", subDir)
+
+	err := os.MkdirAll(destDir, 0777)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Printf("failed to mkdir %s: %s", destDir, err.Error())
+
+	}
+
+	err = gzipFileToDir(src, destDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Printf("failed to dist %s: %s", filepath.Base(src), err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+// distFile writes a copy of src to the distDir if dist is enabled.  Failures are printed but
+// non-fatal.
+func distFile(ctx Context, config Config, src string, subDirs ...string) {
+	if !config.Dist() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	subDir := filepath.Join(subDirs...)
+	destDir := filepath.Join(config.DistDir(), "soong_ui", subDir)
+
+	err := os.MkdirAll(destDir, 0777)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Printf("failed to mkdir %s: %s", destDir, err.Error())
+
+	}
+
+	_, err = copyFile(src, filepath.Join(destDir, filepath.Base(src)))
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Printf("failed to dist %s: %s", filepath.Base(src), err.Error())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ui/build/finder.go b/ui/build/finder.go
index 0f34b5e70..6786337be 100644
--- a/ui/build/finder.go
+++ b/ui/build/finder.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func FindSources(ctx Context, config Config, f *finder.Finder) {
 	os.MkdirAll(dumpDir, 0777)
 
 	androidMks := f.FindFirstNamedAt(".", "Android.mk")
-	err := dumpListToFile(androidMks, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "Android.mk.list"))
+	err := dumpListToFile(ctx, config, androidMks, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "Android.mk.list"))
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Fatalf("Could not export module list: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -94,25 +94,25 @@ func FindSources(ctx Context, config Config, f *finder.Finder) {
 	androidProductsMks := f.FindNamedAt("device", "AndroidProducts.mk")
 	androidProductsMks = append(androidProductsMks, f.FindNamedAt("vendor", "AndroidProducts.mk")...)
 	androidProductsMks = append(androidProductsMks, f.FindNamedAt("product", "AndroidProducts.mk")...)
-	err = dumpListToFile(androidProductsMks, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "AndroidProducts.mk.list"))
+	err = dumpListToFile(ctx, config, androidProductsMks, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "AndroidProducts.mk.list"))
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Fatalf("Could not export product list: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	cleanSpecs := f.FindFirstNamedAt(".", "CleanSpec.mk")
-	err = dumpListToFile(cleanSpecs, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "CleanSpec.mk.list"))
+	err = dumpListToFile(ctx, config, cleanSpecs, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "CleanSpec.mk.list"))
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Fatalf("Could not export module list: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	owners := f.FindNamedAt(".", "OWNERS")
-	err = dumpListToFile(owners, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "OWNERS.list"))
+	err = dumpListToFile(ctx, config, owners, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "OWNERS.list"))
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Fatalf("Could not find OWNERS: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	testMappings := f.FindNamedAt(".", "TEST_MAPPING")
-	err = dumpListToFile(testMappings, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "TEST_MAPPING.list"))
+	err = dumpListToFile(ctx, config, testMappings, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "TEST_MAPPING.list"))
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Fatalf("Could not find TEST_MAPPING: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -122,18 +122,24 @@ func FindSources(ctx Context, config Config, f *finder.Finder) {
 	if len(androidBps) == 0 {
 		ctx.Fatalf("No Android.bp found")
 	}
-	err = dumpListToFile(androidBps, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "Android.bp.list"))
+	err = dumpListToFile(ctx, config, androidBps, filepath.Join(dumpDir, "Android.bp.list"))
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Fatalf("Could not find modules: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
-func dumpListToFile(list []string, filePath string) (err error) {
+func dumpListToFile(ctx Context, config Config, list []string, filePath string) (err error) {
 	desiredText := strings.Join(list, "\n")
 	desiredBytes := []byte(desiredText)
 	actualBytes, readErr := ioutil.ReadFile(filePath)
 	if readErr != nil || !bytes.Equal(desiredBytes, actualBytes) {
 		err = ioutil.WriteFile(filePath, desiredBytes, 0777)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
-	return err
+
+	distFile(ctx, config, filePath, "module_paths")
+
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/ui/build/kati.go b/ui/build/kati.go
index 2eb785032..1cd5fea32 100644
--- a/ui/build/kati.go
+++ b/ui/build/kati.go
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ func runKatiBuild(ctx Context, config Config) {
 
 	runKati(ctx, config, katiBuildSuffix, args, func(env *Environment) {})
 
+	distGzipFile(ctx, config, config.KatiBuildNinjaFile())
+
 	cleanCopyHeaders(ctx, config)
 	cleanOldInstalledFiles(ctx, config)
 }
@@ -251,6 +253,8 @@ func runKatiPackage(ctx Context, config Config) {
 			env.Set("DIST_DIR", config.DistDir())
 		}
 	})
+
+	distGzipFile(ctx, config, config.KatiPackageNinjaFile())
 }
 
 func runKatiCleanSpec(ctx Context, config Config) {
diff --git a/ui/build/soong.go b/ui/build/soong.go
index 6a12add78..749acb3d5 100644
--- a/ui/build/soong.go
+++ b/ui/build/soong.go
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ func runSoong(ctx Context, config Config) {
 	soongBuildMetrics := loadSoongBuildMetrics(ctx, config)
 	logSoongBuildMetrics(ctx, soongBuildMetrics)
 
+	distGzipFile(ctx, config, config.SoongNinjaFile(), "soong")
+
+	if !config.SkipMake() {
+		distGzipFile(ctx, config, config.SoongAndroidMk(), "soong")
+		distGzipFile(ctx, config, config.SoongMakeVarsMk(), "soong")
+	}
+
 	if ctx.Metrics != nil {
 		ctx.Metrics.SetSoongBuildMetrics(soongBuildMetrics)
 	}
diff --git a/ui/build/util.go b/ui/build/util.go
index d44cd6daf..d4c3431e9 100644
--- a/ui/build/util.go
+++ b/ui/build/util.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 package build
 
 import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -142,3 +144,29 @@ func copyFile(src, dst string) (int64, error) {
 
 	return io.Copy(destination, source)
 }
+
+// gzipFileToDir writes a compressed copy of src to destDir with the suffix ".gz".
+func gzipFileToDir(src, destDir string) error {
+	in, err := os.Open(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open %s: %s", src, err.Error())
+	}
+	defer in.Close()
+
+	dest := filepath.Join(destDir, filepath.Base(src)+".gz")
+
+	out, err := os.OpenFile(dest, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open %s: %s", dest, err.Error())
+	}
+	defer out.Close()
+	gz := gzip.NewWriter(out)
+	defer gz.Close()
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(gz, in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to gzip %s: %s", dest, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}