diff --git a/cc/builder.go b/cc/builder.go
index b07acf1..4b0a4b6 100644
--- a/cc/builder.go
+++ b/cc/builder.go
@@ -199,8 +199,18 @@
 	// Rule for invoking clang-tidy (a clang-based linter).
 	clangTidy, clangTidyRE = pctx.RemoteStaticRules("clangTidy",
 		blueprint.RuleParams{
-			Command:     "rm -f $out && $tidyVars $reTemplate${config.ClangBin}/clang-tidy $tidyFlags $in -- $cFlags && touch $out",
-			CommandDeps: []string{"${config.ClangBin}/clang-tidy"},
+			Depfile: "${out}.d",
+			Deps:    blueprint.DepsGCC,
+			// Pick bash because some machines with old /bin/sh cannot handle arrays.
+			// All $cFlags and $tidyFlags should have single quotes escaped.
+			// Assume no single quotes in other parameters like $in, $out, $ccCmd.
+			Command: "/bin/bash -c 'SRCF=$in; TIDYF=$out; CLANGFLAGS=($cFlags); " +
+				"rm -f $$TIDYF $${TIDYF}.d && " +
+				"${config.CcWrapper}$ccCmd \"$${CLANGFLAGS[@]}\" -E -o /dev/null $$SRCF " +
+				"-MQ $$TIDYF -MD -MF $${TIDYF}.d && " +
+				"$tidyVars $reTemplate${config.ClangBin}/clang-tidy $tidyFlags $$SRCF " +
+				"-- \"$${CLANGFLAGS[@]}\" && touch $$TIDYF'",
+			CommandDeps: []string{"${config.ClangBin}/clang-tidy", "$ccCmd"},
 		},
 		&remoteexec.REParams{
 			Labels:               map[string]string{"type": "lint", "tool": "clang-tidy", "lang": "cpp"},
@@ -214,7 +224,7 @@
 			// (1) New timestamps trigger clang and clang-tidy compilations again.
 			// (2) Changing source files caused concurrent clang or clang-tidy jobs to crash.
 			Platform: map[string]string{remoteexec.PoolKey: "${config.REClangTidyPool}"},
-		}, []string{"cFlags", "tidyFlags", "tidyVars"}, []string{})
+		}, []string{"ccCmd", "cFlags", "tidyFlags", "tidyVars"}, []string{})
 
 	_ = pctx.SourcePathVariable("yasmCmd", "prebuilts/misc/${config.HostPrebuiltTag}/yasm/yasm")
 
@@ -437,6 +447,12 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func escapeSingleQuotes(s string) string {
+	// Replace single quotes to work when embedded in a single quoted string for bash.
+	// Relying on string concatenation of bash to get A'B from quoted 'A'\''B'.
+	return strings.Replace(s, `'`, `'\''`, -1)
+}
+
 // Generate rules for compiling multiple .c, .cpp, or .S files to individual .o files
 func transformSourceToObj(ctx android.ModuleContext, subdir string, srcFiles android.Paths,
 	flags builderFlags, pathDeps android.Paths, cFlagsDeps android.Paths) Objects {
@@ -672,14 +688,12 @@
 				Description: "clang-tidy " + srcFile.Rel(),
 				Output:      tidyFile,
 				Input:       srcFile,
-				// We must depend on objFile, since clang-tidy doesn't
-				// support exporting dependencies.
-				Implicit:  objFile,
-				Implicits: cFlagsDeps,
-				OrderOnly: pathDeps,
+				Implicits:   cFlagsDeps,
+				OrderOnly:   pathDeps,
 				Args: map[string]string{
-					"cFlags":    shareFlags("cFlags", moduleToolingFlags),
-					"tidyFlags": shareFlags("tidyFlags", config.TidyFlagsForSrcFile(srcFile, flags.tidyFlags)),
+					"ccCmd":     ccCmd,
+					"cFlags":    shareFlags("cFlags", escapeSingleQuotes(moduleToolingFlags)),
+					"tidyFlags": shareFlags("tidyFlags", escapeSingleQuotes(config.TidyFlagsForSrcFile(srcFile, flags.tidyFlags))),
 					"tidyVars":  tidyVars, // short and not shared
 				},
 			})