diff --git a/cmd/soong_ui/main.go b/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
index 29030d69e..4ffe94428 100644
--- a/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
+++ b/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
@@ -174,10 +174,7 @@ func main() {
 	build.SetupOutDir(buildCtx, config)
 
 	// Set up files to be outputted in the log directory.
-	logsDir := config.OutDir()
-	if config.Dist() {
-		logsDir = filepath.Join(config.DistDir(), "logs")
-	}
+	logsDir := config.LogsDir()
 
 	buildErrorFile := filepath.Join(logsDir, c.logsPrefix+"build_error")
 	rbeMetricsFile := filepath.Join(logsDir, c.logsPrefix+"rbe_metrics.pb")
diff --git a/shared/paths.go b/shared/paths.go
index 24ba057aa..f5dc5dd2e 100644
--- a/shared/paths.go
+++ b/shared/paths.go
@@ -20,21 +20,23 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
+// A SharedPaths represents a list of paths that are shared between
+// soong_ui and soong.
+type SharedPaths interface {
+	// BazelMetricsDir returns the path where a set of bazel profile
+	// files are stored for later processed by the metrics pipeline.
+	BazelMetricsDir() string
+}
+
 // Given the out directory, returns the root of the temp directory (to be cleared at the start of each execution of Soong)
 func TempDirForOutDir(outDir string) (tempPath string) {
 	return filepath.Join(outDir, ".temp")
 }
 
-// BazelMetricsDir returns the path where a set of bazel profile
-// files are stored for later processed by the metrics pipeline.
-func BazelMetricsDir(outDir string) string {
-	return filepath.Join(outDir, "bazel_metrics")
-}
-
 // BazelMetricsFilename returns the bazel profile filename based
 // on the action name. This is to help to store a set of bazel
 // profiles since bazel may execute multiple times during a single
 // build.
-func BazelMetricsFilename(outDir, actionName string) string {
-	return filepath.Join(BazelMetricsDir(outDir), actionName+"_bazel_profile.gz")
+func BazelMetricsFilename(s SharedPaths, actionName string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(s.BazelMetricsDir(), actionName+"_bazel_profile.gz")
 }
diff --git a/ui/build/bazel.go b/ui/build/bazel.go
index cc29aaf98..d9c226655 100644
--- a/ui/build/bazel.go
+++ b/ui/build/bazel.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func runBazel(ctx Context, config Config) {
 		// ninja_build target.
 		"--output_groups="+outputGroups,
 		// Generate a performance profile
-		"--profile="+filepath.Join(shared.BazelMetricsFilename(config.OutDir(), actionName)),
+		"--profile="+filepath.Join(shared.BazelMetricsFilename(config, actionName)),
 		"--slim_profile=true",
 	)
 
diff --git a/ui/build/config.go b/ui/build/config.go
index c9911f3d1..72ae3fe75 100644
--- a/ui/build/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/config.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func NewConfig(ctx Context, args ...string) Config {
 		}
 	}
 
-	bpd := shared.BazelMetricsDir(ret.OutDir())
+	bpd := ret.BazelMetricsDir()
 	if err := os.RemoveAll(bpd); err != nil {
 		ctx.Fatalf("Unable to remove bazel profile directory %q: %v", bpd, err)
 	}
@@ -1121,3 +1121,20 @@ func (c *configImpl) MetricsUploaderApp() string {
 	}
 	return ""
 }
+
+// LogsDir returns the logs directory where build log and metrics
+// files are located. By default, the logs directory is the out
+// directory. If the argument dist is specified, the logs directory
+// is <dist_dir>/logs.
+func (c *configImpl) LogsDir() string {
+	if c.Dist() {
+		return filepath.Join(c.DistDir(), "logs")
+	}
+	return c.OutDir()
+}
+
+// BazelMetricsDir returns the <logs dir>/bazel_metrics directory
+// where the bazel profiles are located.
+func (c *configImpl) BazelMetricsDir() string {
+	return filepath.Join(c.LogsDir(), "bazel_metrics")
+}