diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index f815ced..00219ae 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
 
 	// Set by InitAndroidModule
 	HostOrDeviceSupported HostOrDeviceSupported `blueprint:"mutated"`
+	ArchSpecific          bool                  `blueprint:"mutated"`
 }
 
 type hostAndDeviceProperties struct {
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@
 	DeviceSupported
 	HostAndDeviceSupported
 	HostAndDeviceDefault
+	NeitherHostNorDeviceSupported
 )
 
 func InitAndroidModule(m Module,
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@
 	base := m.base()
 	base.commonProperties.HostOrDeviceSupported = hod
 	base.commonProperties.Default_multilib = string(defaultMultilib)
+	base.commonProperties.ArchSpecific = true
 
 	switch hod {
 	case HostAndDeviceSupported:
@@ -305,6 +308,10 @@
 	return a.Target().Arch
 }
 
+func (a *ModuleBase) ArchSpecific() bool {
+	return a.commonProperties.ArchSpecific
+}
+
 func (a *ModuleBase) OsClassSupported() []OsClass {
 	switch a.commonProperties.HostOrDeviceSupported {
 	case HostSupported: