diff --git a/android/androidmk.go b/android/androidmk.go
index d88ba8f..12aa5fa 100644
--- a/android/androidmk.go
+++ b/android/androidmk.go
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if !amod.commonProperties.NamespaceExportedToMake {
+		// TODO(jeffrygaston) do we want to validate that there are no modules being
+		// exported to Kati that depend on this module?
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	data := provider.AndroidMk()
 
 	if data.Include == "" {