diff --git a/apex/androidmk.go b/apex/androidmk.go
index 4dd14d8..7595238 100644
--- a/apex/androidmk.go
+++ b/apex/androidmk.go
@@ -33,14 +33,7 @@
 			Disabled: true,
 		}
 	}
-	writers := []android.AndroidMkData{}
-	writers = append(writers, a.androidMkForType())
-	return android.AndroidMkData{
-		Custom: func(w io.Writer, name, prefix, moduleDir string, data android.AndroidMkData) {
-			for _, data := range writers {
-				data.Custom(w, name, prefix, moduleDir, data)
-			}
-		}}
+	return a.androidMkForType()
 }
 
 func (a *apexBundle) androidMkForFiles(w io.Writer, apexBundleName, apexName, moduleDir string) []string {
@@ -308,6 +301,20 @@
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_PATH :=", a.installDir.ToMakePath().String())
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_STEM :=", name+apexType.suffix())
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE :=", !a.installable())
+
+				// Because apex writes .mk with Custom(), we need to write manually some common properties
+				// which are available via data.Entries
+				commonProperties := []string{
+					"LOCAL_INIT_RC", "LOCAL_VINTF_FRAGMENTS",
+					"LOCAL_PROPRIETARY_MODULE", "LOCAL_VENDOR_MODULE", "LOCAL_ODM_MODULE", "LOCAL_PRODUCT_MODULE", "LOCAL_SYSTEM_EXT_MODULE",
+					"LOCAL_MODULE_OWNER",
+				}
+				for _, name := range commonProperties {
+					if value, ok := data.Entries.EntryMap[name]; ok {
+						fmt.Fprintln(w, name+" := "+strings.Join(value, " "))
+					}
+				}
+
 				if len(a.overridableProperties.Overrides) > 0 {
 					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_OVERRIDES_MODULES :=", strings.Join(a.overridableProperties.Overrides, " "))
 				}
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index f1638c3..3cd7d1b 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -2161,6 +2161,35 @@
 	`)
 }
 
+func TestAndroidMkWritesCommonProperties(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, config := testApex(t, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			vintf_fragments: ["fragment.xml"],
+			init_rc: ["init.rc"],
+		}
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+		cc_binary {
+			name: "mybin",
+		}
+	`)
+
+	apexBundle := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_myapex_image").Module().(*apexBundle)
+	data := android.AndroidMkDataForTest(t, config, "", apexBundle)
+	name := apexBundle.BaseModuleName()
+	prefix := "TARGET_"
+	var builder strings.Builder
+	data.Custom(&builder, name, prefix, "", data)
+	androidMk := builder.String()
+	ensureContains(t, androidMk, "LOCAL_VINTF_FRAGMENTS := fragment.xml\n")
+	ensureContains(t, androidMk, "LOCAL_INIT_RC := init.rc\n")
+}
+
 func TestStaticLinking(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, _ := testApex(t, `
 		apex {