diff --git a/core/soong.mk b/core/soong.mk
index e070d6b..13f85d3 100644
--- a/core/soong.mk
+++ b/core/soong.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	echo '    "Unbundled_build": $(if $(TARGET_BUILD_APPS),true,false),'; \
 	echo '    "Brillo": $(if $(BRILLO),true,false),'; \
 	echo '    "Malloc_not_svelte": $(if $(filter true,$(MALLOC_SVELTE)),false,true),'; \
+	echo '    "Allow_missing_dependencies": $(if $(TARGET_BUILD_APPS)$(filter true,$(SOONG_ALLOW_MISSING_DEPENDENCIES)),true,false),'; \
 	echo ''; \
 	echo '    "DeviceName": "$(TARGET_DEVICE)",'; \
 	echo '    "DeviceArch": "$(TARGET_ARCH)",'; \