diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index 6e0ffeb..9503ec4 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -583,6 +583,13 @@
 	return String(a.overridableAppProperties.Certificate)
 }
 
+func (a *AndroidApp) DepIsInSameApex(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, dep android.Module) bool {
+	if IsJniDepTag(ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(dep)) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return a.Library.DepIsInSameApex(ctx, dep)
+}
+
 // For OutputFileProducer interface
 func (a *AndroidApp) OutputFiles(tag string) (android.Paths, error) {
 	switch tag {