diff --git a/rules/android_application/android_application_rule.bzl b/rules/android_application/android_application_rule.bzl
index 0a931dafa..8f2efe302 100644
--- a/rules/android_application/android_application_rule.bzl
+++ b/rules/android_application/android_application_rule.bzl
@@ -273,9 +273,10 @@ def _impl(ctx):
         metadata["com.google.play.apps.integrity/AppIntegrityConfig.pb"] = ctx.file.app_integrity_config
 
     # Create .aab
+    base_aab = ctx.actions.declare_file("base_aab")
     _bundletool.build(
         ctx,
-        out = ctx.outputs.unsigned_aab,
+        out = base_aab,
         modules = modules,
         config = ctx.file.bundle_config_file,
         metadata = metadata,
@@ -283,6 +284,13 @@ def _impl(ctx):
         host_javabase = _common.get_host_javabase(ctx),
     )
 
+    _common.filter_zip_exclude(
+        ctx = ctx,
+        input = base_aab,
+        output = ctx.outputs.unsigned_aab,
+        filters = ctx.attr.excludes,
+    )
+
     # Create `blaze run` script
     base_apk_info = ctx.attr.base_module[ApkInfo]
     deploy_script_files = [base_apk_info.signing_keys[-1]]
@@ -380,6 +388,9 @@ def android_application_macro(_android_binary, **attrs):
         module_targets = get_feature_module_paths(feature_module)
         attrs["deps"].append(str(module_targets.title_lib))
 
+    # only supported in android_application rule
+    excludes = attrs.pop("excludes", [])
+
     _android_binary(
         name = base_split_name,
         **attrs
@@ -397,4 +408,5 @@ def android_application_macro(_android_binary, **attrs):
         feature_modules = feature_modules,
         application_id = attrs["manifest_values"]["applicationId"],
         visibility = attrs.get("visibility", None),
+        excludes = excludes,
     )
diff --git a/rules/android_application/attrs.bzl b/rules/android_application/attrs.bzl
index 55864c2a4..f1e74267c 100644
--- a/rules/android_application/attrs.bzl
+++ b/rules/android_application/attrs.bzl
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ ANDROID_APPLICATION_ATTRS = _attrs.add(
         ),
         custom_package = attr.string(),
         feature_modules = attr.label_list(allow_files = False),
+        excludes = attr.string_list(
+            doc = "List of regex file patterns to exclude from the final binary. If you use excludes, make sure that" +
+                  " you do not utilise any code path requiring the excluded dependency by sufficient test coverage."
+        ),
         _bundle_deploy = attr.label(
             allow_single_file = True,
             default = ":bundle_deploy.sh_template",