diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index 936b429..ae01860 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 my_cxx := $(LOCAL_CXX)
 my_c_includes := $(LOCAL_C_INCLUDES)
 my_generated_sources := $(LOCAL_GENERATED_SOURCES)
+my_native_coverage := $(LOCAL_NATIVE_COVERAGE)
 
 # MinGW spits out warnings about -fPIC even for -fpie?!) being ignored because
 # all code is position independent, and then those warnings get promoted to
@@ -321,6 +322,31 @@
 my_target_global_ldflags := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS)
 endif # my_clang
 
+# If the global flag NATIVE_COVERAGE is set, my_native_coverage will be true
+# unless the module explicitly sets my_native_coverage := false.
+ifeq ($(NATIVE_COVERAGE),true)
+    ifeq ($(my_native_coverage),true)
+        # We can't currently generate coverage for clang binaries for two
+        # reasons:
+        #
+        # 1) b/17574078 We currently don't have a prebuilt
+        #    libclang_rt.profile-<ARCH>.a, which clang is hardcoded to link if
+        #    --coverage is passed in the link stage. For now we manually link
+        #    libprofile_rt (which is the name it is built as from
+        #    external/compiler-rt).
+        #
+        # 2) b/17583330 Clang doesn't generate .gcno files when using
+        #    -no-integrated-as. Since most of the assembly in our tree is
+        #    incompatible with clang's assembler, we can't turn off this flag.
+        ifneq ($(my_clang),true)
+            my_target_global_cflags += --coverage
+            my_target_global_ldflags += --coverage
+        endif
+    endif
+else
+    my_native_coverage := false
+endif
+
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_TARGET_PROJECT_INCLUDES := $(my_target_project_includes)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_TARGET_C_INCLUDES := $(my_target_c_includes)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS := $(my_target_global_cflags)
diff --git a/core/clear_vars.mk b/core/clear_vars.mk
index 61a0927..23ff97d 100644
--- a/core/clear_vars.mk
+++ b/core/clear_vars.mk
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE_HOST_ARCH:=
 LOCAL_NO_FPIE :=
 LOCAL_CXX_STL := default
+LOCAL_NATIVE_COVERAGE :=
 
 # arch specific variables
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES_$(TARGET_ARCH):=
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
index c9a34e7..2d7faae 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm.mk
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
         $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name)
 $(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_LIBATOMIC := $(shell $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_CC) \
         $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) -print-file-name=libatomic.a)
-target_libgcov := $(shell $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_CC) $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) \
+$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_LIBGCOV := $(shell $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_CC) $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) \
         -print-file-name=libgcov.a)
 endif
 
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_SO_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
@@ -263,6 +265,7 @@
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(filter %libc_nomalloc.a,$(PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES))) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_FDO_LIB) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	-Wl,--end-group \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O))
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm64.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm64.mk
index 82eb7fd..f0fab7b 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm64.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-arm64.mk
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@
 	-print-libgcc-file-name)
 TARGET_LIBATOMIC := $(shell $(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) \
 	-print-file-name=libatomic.a)
+TARGET_LIBGCOV := $(shell $(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) \
+	-print-file-name=libgcov.a)
 
 KERNEL_HEADERS_COMMON := $(libc_root)/kernel/uapi
 KERNEL_HEADERS_ARCH   := $(libc_root)/kernel/uapi/asm-$(TARGET_ARCH)
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_SO_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
@@ -204,6 +207,7 @@
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
@@ -227,6 +231,7 @@
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(filter %libc_nomalloc.a,$(PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES))) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_FDO_LIB) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	-Wl,--end-group \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O))
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk
index 92ad21a..b260073 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips.mk
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 ifneq ($(LIBGCC_EH),libgcc_eh.a)
   $(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_LIBGCC += $(LIBGCC_EH)
 endif
-target_libgcov := $(shell $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_CC) $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) \
+$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_LIBGCOV := $(shell $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_CC) $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) \
         --print-file-name=libgcov.a)
 endif
 
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_SO_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
@@ -235,6 +237,7 @@
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(filter %libc_nomalloc.a,$(PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES))) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_FDO_LIB) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	-Wl,--end-group \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O))
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips64.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips64.mk
index 3435814..ef66a73 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips64.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-mips64.mk
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 ifneq ($(LIBGCC_EH),libgcc_eh.a)
   TARGET_LIBGCC += $(LIBGCC_EH)
 endif
-target_libgcov := $(shell $(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) \
+TARGET_LIBGCOV := $(shell $(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) \
         --print-file-name=libgcov.a)
 endif
 
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_SO_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
@@ -239,6 +241,7 @@
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(filter %libc_nomalloc.a,$(PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES))) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_FDO_LIB) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	-Wl,--end-group \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O))
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
index 6e5f5ac..ef37de0 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86.mk
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
 	$(shell $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_CC) -m32 -print-file-name=libgcc.a)
 $(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_LIBATOMIC := \
 	$(shell $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_CC) -m32 -print-file-name=libatomic.a)
-target_libgcov := $(shell $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_CC) $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) \
-	-print-file-name=libgcov.a)
+$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_LIBGCOV := \
+	$(shell $($(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_CC) -m32 -print-file-name=libgcov.a)
 endif
 
 $(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_NO_UNDEFINED_LDFLAGS := -Wl,--no-undefined
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
 	-o $@ \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_SO_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@
 	-o $@ \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_FDO_LIB) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	-Wl,--end-group \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O))
diff --git a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86_64.mk b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86_64.mk
index 0fb8795..c7a53a6 100644
--- a/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86_64.mk
+++ b/core/combo/TARGET_linux-x86_64.mk
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
 	$(shell $(TARGET_CC) -m64 -print-file-name=libgcc.a)
 TARGET_LIBATOMIC := \
 	$(shell $(TARGET_CC) -m64 -print-file-name=libatomic.a)
-target_libgcov := $(shell $(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS) \
-	-print-file-name=libgcov.a)
+TARGET_LIBGCOV := \
+	$(shell $(TARGET_CC) -m64 -print-file-name=libgcov.a)
 endif
 
 TARGET_NO_UNDEFINED_LDFLAGS := -Wl,--no-undefined
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
 	-o $@ \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_SO_O))
 endef
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@
 	-o $@ \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_FDO_LIB) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	-Wl,--end-group \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O)) \
diff --git a/core/executable_internal.mk b/core/executable_internal.mk
index 762f8fe..2655dd1 100644
--- a/core/executable_internal.mk
+++ b/core/executable_internal.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 # Define PRIVATE_ variables from global vars
 my_target_global_ld_dirs := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS)
 my_target_fdo_lib := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_FDO_LIB)
+my_target_libgcov := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_LIBGCOV)
 my_target_libgcc := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_LIBGCC)
 my_target_libatomic := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_LIBATOMIC)
 my_target_crtbegin_dynamic_o := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_CRTBEGIN_DYNAMIC_O)
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS := $(my_target_global_ld_dirs)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS := $(my_target_global_ldflags)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_FDO_LIB := $(my_target_fdo_lib)
+$(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV := $(my_target_libgcov)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC := $(my_target_libgcc)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC := $(my_target_libatomic)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_DYNAMIC_O := $(my_target_crtbegin_dynamic_o)
diff --git a/core/shared_library_internal.mk b/core/shared_library_internal.mk
index abef11f..29b7d44 100644
--- a/core/shared_library_internal.mk
+++ b/core/shared_library_internal.mk
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 # Define PRIVATE_ variables from global vars
 my_target_global_ld_dirs := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS)
 my_target_fdo_lib := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_FDO_LIB)
+my_target_libgcov := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_LIBGCOV)
 my_target_libgcc := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_LIBGCC)
 my_target_libatomic := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_LIBATOMIC)
 my_target_crtbegin_so_o := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_CRTBEGIN_SO_O)
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS := $(my_target_global_ld_dirs)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS := $(my_target_global_ldflags)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_FDO_LIB := $(my_target_fdo_lib)
+$(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV := $(my_target_libgcov)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC := $(my_target_libgcc)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC := $(my_target_libatomic)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_SO_O := $(my_target_crtbegin_so_o)
diff --git a/core/target_test_internal.mk b/core/target_test_internal.mk
index 6b147b1..65def9c 100644
--- a/core/target_test_internal.mk
+++ b/core/target_test_internal.mk
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += bionic \
                     bionic/libstdc++/include \
                     external/stlport/stlport
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libstlport
-LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libstdc++
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libstlport libstdc++
 endif
 endif