diff --git a/apex/builder.go b/apex/builder.go
index 4db20e9..371d7d5 100644
--- a/apex/builder.go
+++ b/apex/builder.go
@@ -1074,8 +1074,9 @@
 		}
 		return ""
 	}
-	if a.overridableProperties.Package_name != "" {
-		return a.overridableProperties.Package_name
+	packageNameFromProp := a.overridableProperties.Package_name.GetOrDefault(ctx, "")
+	if packageNameFromProp != "" {
+		return packageNameFromProp
 	}
 	manifestPackageName, overridden := ctx.DeviceConfig().OverrideManifestPackageNameFor(ctx.ModuleName())
 	if overridden {