diff --git a/adb/adb_trace.cpp b/adb/adb_trace.cpp
index 369dec963..002d06116 100644
--- a/adb/adb_trace.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_trace.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,24 @@ void adb_trace_init(char** argv) {
     }
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+    // adb historically ignored $ANDROID_LOG_TAGS but passed it through to logcat.
+    // If set, move it out of the way so that libbase logging doesn't try to parse it.
+    std::string log_tags;
+    char* ANDROID_LOG_TAGS = getenv("ANDROID_LOG_TAGS");
+    if (ANDROID_LOG_TAGS) {
+        log_tags = ANDROID_LOG_TAGS;
+        unsetenv("ANDROID_LOG_TAGS");
+    }
+#endif
+
     android::base::InitLogging(argv, &AdbLogger);
+
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+    // Put $ANDROID_LOG_TAGS back so we can pass it to logcat.
+    if (!log_tags.empty()) setenv("ANDROID_LOG_TAGS", log_tags.c_str(), 1);
+#endif
+
     setup_trace_mask();
 
     VLOG(ADB) << adb_version();