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 f627e85..399f7af 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
@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@
           "export JACOCO_JAVA_RUNFILES_ROOT=${JAVA_RUNFILES}/" + workspacePrefix)
       );
       arguments.add(
+          Substitution.of(
+              JavaSemantics.JAVA_COVERAGE_NEW_IMPLEMENTATION_PLACEHOLDER,
+              "export JAVA_COVERAGE_NEW_IMPLEMENTATION=YES"));
+      arguments.add(
           Substitution.of("%java_start_class%", ShellEscaper.escapeString(javaStartClass)));
     } else {
       arguments.add(Substitution.of(JavaSemantics.JACOCO_METADATA_PLACEHOLDER,
@@ -390,6 +394,10 @@
               ? "export JACOCO_METADATA_JAR=" + path : ""));
       arguments.add(Substitution.of(JavaSemantics.JACOCO_MAIN_CLASS_PLACEHOLDER, ""));
       arguments.add(Substitution.of(JavaSemantics.JACOCO_JAVA_RUNFILES_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER, ""));
+      arguments.add(
+          Substitution.of(
+              JavaSemantics.JAVA_COVERAGE_NEW_IMPLEMENTATION_PLACEHOLDER,
+              "export JAVA_COVERAGE_NEW_IMPLEMENTATION=NO"));
     }
 
     arguments.add(Substitution.of("%java_start_class%",
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/java/java_stub_template.txt b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/java/java_stub_template.txt
index e394eef..27e5763 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/java/java_stub_template.txt
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/java/java_stub_template.txt
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@
 %set_jacoco_metadata%
 %set_jacoco_main_class%
 %set_jacoco_java_runfiles_root%
+%set_java_coverage_new_implementation%
 
 if [[ -n "$JVM_DEBUG_PORT" ]]; then
   JVM_DEBUG_SUSPEND=${DEFAULT_JVM_DEBUG_SUSPEND:-"y"}
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 b596ba4..674d658 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
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
   String JACOCO_METADATA_PLACEHOLDER = "%set_jacoco_metadata%";
   String JACOCO_MAIN_CLASS_PLACEHOLDER = "%set_jacoco_main_class%";
   String JACOCO_JAVA_RUNFILES_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER = "%set_jacoco_java_runfiles_root%";
+  String JAVA_COVERAGE_NEW_IMPLEMENTATION_PLACEHOLDER = "%set_java_coverage_new_implementation%";
 
   /** Substitution for exporting the jars needed for jacoco coverage. */
   class ComputedJacocoSubstitution extends ComputedSubstitution {