diff --git a/ui/build/build.go b/ui/build/build.go
index 8f050d9be..1187aa2cf 100644
--- a/ui/build/build.go
+++ b/ui/build/build.go
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ func Build(ctx Context, config Config) {
 			// Return early, if we're using Soong as solely the generator of BUILD files.
 			return
 		}
+
+		if config.bazelBuildMode() == generateJsonModuleGraph {
+			// Return early, if we're using Soong as solely the generator of the JSON module graph
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	if what&RunKati != 0 {
diff --git a/ui/build/config.go b/ui/build/config.go
index b9aaaf84e..480672171 100644
--- a/ui/build/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/config.go
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ const (
 	// Only generate build files (in a subdirectory of the out directory) and exit.
 	generateBuildFiles
 
+	// Only generate the Soong json module graph for use with jq, and exit.
+	generateJsonModuleGraph
+
 	// Generate synthetic build files and incorporate these files into a build which
 	// partially uses Bazel. Build metadata may come from Android.bp or BUILD files.
 	mixedBuild
@@ -936,6 +939,8 @@ func (c *configImpl) bazelBuildMode() bazelBuildMode {
 		return mixedBuild
 	} else if c.Environment().IsEnvTrue("GENERATE_BAZEL_FILES") {
 		return generateBuildFiles
+	} else if v, ok := c.Environment().Get("SOONG_DUMP_JSON_MODULE_GRAPH"); ok && v != "" {
+		return generateJsonModuleGraph
 	} else {
 		return noBazel
 	}
diff --git a/ui/build/soong.go b/ui/build/soong.go
index 19a47ae7c..a40457fc6 100644
--- a/ui/build/soong.go
+++ b/ui/build/soong.go
@@ -333,8 +333,9 @@ func runSoong(ctx Context, config Config) {
 }
 
 func shouldCollectBuildSoongMetrics(config Config) bool {
-	// Do not collect metrics protobuf if the soong_build binary ran as the bp2build converter.
-	return config.bazelBuildMode() != generateBuildFiles
+	// Do not collect metrics protobuf if the soong_build binary ran as the
+	// bp2build converter or the JSON graph dump.
+	return config.bazelBuildMode() != generateBuildFiles && config.bazelBuildMode() != generateJsonModuleGraph
 }
 
 func loadSoongBuildMetrics(ctx Context, config Config) *soong_metrics_proto.SoongBuildMetrics {