diff --git a/infer/bin/inferlib.py b/infer/bin/inferlib.py
index 2ef17e3b0..be9a81b78 100644
--- a/infer/bin/inferlib.py
+++ b/infer/bin/inferlib.py
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ base_group.add_argument('--fail-on-bug', action='store_true',
                         something to report'''
                         % BUG_FOUND_ERROR_CODE)
 
+base_group.add_argument('--android-harness', action='store_true',
+                        help='''[experimental] Create harness to detect bugs
+                        involving the Android lifecycle''')
+
 base_group.add_argument('-l', '--llvm', action='store_true',
                         help='''[experimental] Analyze C or C++ file using the
                         experimental LLVM frontend''')
@@ -460,6 +464,8 @@ class Infer:
             infer_cmd.append('-debug')
         if self.args.analyzer == TRACING:
             infer_cmd.append('-tracing')
+        if self.args.android_harness:
+            infer_cmd.append('-harness')
 
         return run_command(
             infer_cmd,
diff --git a/infer/src/java/jConfig.ml b/infer/src/java/jConfig.ml
index a58bca4e6..9b3293aab 100644
--- a/infer/src/java/jConfig.ml
+++ b/infer/src/java/jConfig.ml
@@ -141,4 +141,4 @@ let normalize_string s =
 let translate_checks = ref false
 
 (* Generate harness for Android code *)
-let create_harness = true
+let create_harness = ref false
diff --git a/infer/src/java/jMain.ml b/infer/src/java/jMain.ml
index 04a4e24d0..cb6223308 100644
--- a/infer/src/java/jMain.ml
+++ b/infer/src/java/jMain.ml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ let arg_desc =
       "-no-static_final", Arg.Unit (fun () -> JTrans.no_static_final := true), None, "no special treatment for static final fields";
       "-tracing", Arg.Unit (fun () -> JConfig.translate_checks := true), None,
       "Translate JVM checks";
+      "-harness", Arg.Unit (fun () -> JConfig.create_harness := true), None,
+      "Create Android lifecycle harness";
       "-verbose_out", Arg.String (fun path -> JClasspath.set_verbose_out path), None,
       "Set the path to the javac verbose output"
     ] in
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ let do_source_file
     JFrontend.compute_source_icfg
       never_null_matcher linereader classes program tenv source_basename source_file in
   store_icfg tenv call_graph cfg source_file;
-  if JConfig.create_harness then
+  if !JConfig.create_harness then
     IList.fold_left
       (fun proc_file_map pdesc ->
          Procname.Map.add (Cfg.Procdesc.get_proc_name pdesc) source_file proc_file_map)
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ let do_all_files classpath sources classes =
       Procname.Map.empty in
   if !JConfig.dependency_mode then
     capture_libs never_null_matcher linereader program tenv;
-  if JConfig.create_harness then Harness.create_harness proc_file_map tenv;
+  if !JConfig.create_harness then Harness.create_harness proc_file_map tenv;
   save_tenv classpath tenv;
   JUtils.log "done @."
 
diff --git a/infer/tests/utils/InferRunner.java b/infer/tests/utils/InferRunner.java
index b9122939b..575edf019 100644
--- a/infer/tests/utils/InferRunner.java
+++ b/infer/tests/utils/InferRunner.java
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ public class InferRunner {
   public static ImmutableList<String> createJavaInferHarnessCommand(
       TemporaryFolder folder,
       ImmutableList<String> sourceFiles) {
-    ImmutableList<String> args = new ImmutableList.Builder<String>().build();
+    ImmutableList<String> args = new ImmutableList.Builder<String>()
+      .add("--android-harness")
+      .build();
     return createInferJavaCommand(folder, sourceFiles, "infer", args);
   }
 
@@ -156,7 +158,9 @@ public class InferRunner {
   public static ImmutableList<String> createJavaInferAngelicHarnessCommand(
       TemporaryFolder folder,
       ImmutableList<String> sourceFiles) {
-    ImmutableList<String> args = (new ImmutableList.Builder<String>()).build();
+    ImmutableList<String> args = (new ImmutableList.Builder<String>())
+      .add("--android-harness")
+      .build();
     return createInferJavaCommand(folder, sourceFiles, "infer", args);
   }