diff --git a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
index 960f103c0..5196754e8 100644
--- a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
+++ b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ func init() {
 			"LOCAL_CONLYFLAGS":                    "conlyflags",
 			"LOCAL_CPPFLAGS":                      "cppflags",
 			"LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES":              "required",
+			"LOCAL_OVERRIDES_MODULES":             "overrides",
 			"LOCAL_LDLIBS":                        "host_ldlibs",
 			"LOCAL_CLANG_CFLAGS":                  "clang_cflags",
 			"LOCAL_YACCFLAGS":                     "yaccflags",
diff --git a/cc/androidmk.go b/cc/androidmk.go
index 56ff713c0..9bcb7835a 100644
--- a/cc/androidmk.go
+++ b/cc/androidmk.go
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ func (binary *binaryDecorator) AndroidMk(ctx AndroidMkContext, ret *android.Andr
 		if binary.coverageOutputFile.Valid() {
 			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_PREBUILT_COVERAGE_ARCHIVE :=", binary.coverageOutputFile.String())
 		}
+
+		if len(binary.Properties.Overrides) > 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_OVERRIDES_MODULES := "+strings.Join(binary.Properties.Overrides, " "))
+		}
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/cc/binary.go b/cc/binary.go
index 7794eab6a..c3e899a04 100644
--- a/cc/binary.go
+++ b/cc/binary.go
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ type BinaryLinkerProperties struct {
 	No_pie *bool `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 	DynamicLinker string `blueprint:"mutated"`
+
+	// Names of modules to be overridden. Listed modules can only be other binaries
+	// (in Make or Soong).
+	// This does not completely prevent installation of the overridden binaries, but if both
+	// binaries would be installed by default (in PRODUCT_PACKAGES) the other binary will be removed
+	// from PRODUCT_PACKAGES.
+	Overrides []string
 }
 
 func init() {