diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 76fe8dc..ba47453 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@
 	ExportedToMake() bool
 	InitRc() Paths
 	VintfFragments() Paths
+	EffectiveLicenseKinds() []string
 	EffectiveLicenseFiles() Paths
 
 	AddProperties(props ...interface{})
@@ -2024,6 +2025,10 @@
 	return m.commonProperties.NamespaceExportedToMake
 }
 
+func (m *ModuleBase) EffectiveLicenseKinds() []string {
+	return m.commonProperties.Effective_license_kinds
+}
+
 func (m *ModuleBase) EffectiveLicenseFiles() Paths {
 	result := make(Paths, 0, len(m.commonProperties.Effective_license_text))
 	for _, p := range m.commonProperties.Effective_license_text {