diff --git a/ui/build/config.go b/ui/build/config.go
index 4c26d3e..b6d0d27 100644
--- a/ui/build/config.go
+++ b/ui/build/config.go
@@ -721,10 +721,6 @@
 }
 
 func (c *configImpl) SoongBuildInvocationNeeded() bool {
-	if c.Dist() {
-		return true
-	}
-
 	if len(c.Arguments()) > 0 {
 		// Explicit targets requested that are not special targets like b2pbuild
 		// or the JSON module graph
@@ -736,6 +732,11 @@
 		return true
 	}
 
+	// bp2build + dist may be used to dist bp2build logs but does not require SoongBuildInvocation
+	if c.Dist() && !c.Bp2Build() {
+		return true
+	}
+
 	// build.ninja doesn't need to be generated
 	return false
 }