diff --git a/android/apex_contributions.go b/android/apex_contributions.go
index 6eaca8b..9b188de 100644
--- a/android/apex_contributions.go
+++ b/android/apex_contributions.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 func (a *allApexContributions) SetPrebuiltSelectionInfoProvider(ctx BaseModuleContext) {
 	addContentsToProvider := func(p *PrebuiltSelectionInfoMap, m *apexContributions) {
 		for _, content := range m.Contents() {
-			if !ctx.OtherModuleExists(content) {
+			if !ctx.OtherModuleExists(content) && !ctx.Config().AllowMissingDependencies() {
 				ctx.ModuleErrorf("%s listed in apex_contributions %s does not exist\n", content, m.Name())
 			}
 			pi := &PrebuiltSelectionInfo{