diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/android/BazelAndroidLocalTest.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/android/BazelAndroidLocalTest.java
index c191eb26615589..97d1a0712944eb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/android/BazelAndroidLocalTest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/android/BazelAndroidLocalTest.java
@@ -70,20 +70,19 @@ protected ImmutableList<String> getJvmFlags(RuleContext ruleContext, String test
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected String getMainClass(
+  protected String addCoverageSupport(
       RuleContext ruleContext,
       JavaSemantics javaSemantics,
       JavaCompilationHelper helper,
       Artifact executable,
       Artifact instrumentationMetadata,
       JavaCompilationArtifacts.Builder javaArtifactsBuilder,
-      JavaTargetAttributes.Builder attributesBuilder)
-      throws InterruptedException, RuleErrorException {
+      JavaTargetAttributes.Builder attributesBuilder,
+      String mainClass)
+      throws RuleErrorException {
     // coverage does not yet work with android_local_test
-    if (ruleContext.getConfiguration().isCodeCoverageEnabled()) {
-      ruleContext.throwWithRuleError("android_local_test does not yet support coverage");
-    }
-    return "com.google.testing.junit.runner.BazelTestRunner";
+    ruleContext.throwWithRuleError("android_local_test does not yet support coverage");
+    return "";
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/java/BazelJavaSemantics.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/java/BazelJavaSemantics.java
index 863116be285e43..644705ad3da144 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/java/BazelJavaSemantics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/java/BazelJavaSemantics.java
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ public void checkForProtoLibraryAndJavaProtoLibraryOnSameProto(
 
   private static final String JUNIT4_RUNNER = "org.junit.runner.JUnitCore";
 
+  @Override
+  public String getTestRunnerMainClass() {
+    return BAZEL_TEST_RUNNER_MAIN_CLASS;
+  }
+
   @Nullable
   private String getMainClassInternal(RuleContext ruleContext, ImmutableList<Artifact> sources) {
     if (!ruleContext.attributes().get("create_executable", Type.BOOLEAN)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidLocalTestBase.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidLocalTestBase.java
index de41ca368db3c8..528160fbb3ece5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidLocalTestBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/android/AndroidLocalTestBase.java
@@ -205,15 +205,19 @@ public ConfiguredTarget create(RuleContext ruleContext)
             javaRuleOutputJarsProviderBuilder,
             javaSourceJarsProviderBuilder);
 
-    String mainClass =
-        getMainClass(
-            ruleContext,
-            javaSemantics,
-            helper,
-            executable,
-            instrumentationMetadata,
-            javaArtifactsBuilder,
-            attributesBuilder);
+    String mainClass = javaSemantics.getTestRunnerMainClass();
+    String originalMainClass = mainClass;
+    if (ruleContext.getConfiguration().isCodeCoverageEnabled()) {
+      mainClass = addCoverageSupport(
+          ruleContext,
+          javaSemantics,
+          helper,
+          executable,
+          instrumentationMetadata,
+          javaArtifactsBuilder,
+          attributesBuilder,
+          mainClass);
+    }
 
     // JavaCompilationHelper.getAttributes() builds the JavaTargetAttributes, after which the
     // JavaTargetAttributes becomes immutable. This is an extra safety check to avoid inconsistent
@@ -259,6 +263,8 @@ public ConfiguredTarget create(RuleContext ruleContext)
         getJvmFlags(ruleContext, testClass),
         executable,
         mainClass,
+        originalMainClass,
+        filesToBuildBuilder,
         javaExecutable);
 
     Artifact oneVersionOutputArtifact = null;
@@ -550,15 +556,21 @@ private static NestedSet<Artifact> getLibraryResourceJars(RuleContext ruleContex
   protected abstract ImmutableList<String> getJvmFlags(RuleContext ruleContext, String testClass)
       throws RuleErrorException;
 
-  /** Return the testrunner main class */
-  protected abstract String getMainClass(
+  /**
+   * Enables coverage support for Android and Java targets: adds instrumented jar to the classpath
+   * and modifies main class.
+   *
+   * @return new main class
+   */
+  protected abstract String addCoverageSupport(
       RuleContext ruleContext,
       JavaSemantics javaSemantics,
       JavaCompilationHelper helper,
       Artifact executable,
       Artifact instrumentationMetadata,
       JavaCompilationArtifacts.Builder javaArtifactsBuilder,
-      JavaTargetAttributes.Builder attributesBuilder)
+      JavaTargetAttributes.Builder attributesBuilder,
+      String mainClass)
       throws InterruptedException, RuleErrorException;
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaSemantics.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaSemantics.java
index 5397f119a6d68b..f2e444e4e4ab7f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaSemantics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaSemantics.java
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ void checkForProtoLibraryAndJavaProtoLibraryOnSameProto(
    */
   ImmutableList<Artifact> collectResources(RuleContext ruleContext);
 
+  String getTestRunnerMainClass();
+
   /**
    * Constructs the command line to call SingleJar to join all artifacts from {@code classpath}
    * (java code) and {@code resources} into {@code output}.