diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index d2fb6a1..9bf6fc7 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -117,6 +119,15 @@
 	Info ApexInfo `blueprint:"mutated"`
 }
 
+// Marker interface that identifies dependencies that are excluded from APEX
+// contents.
+type ExcludeFromApexContentsTag interface {
+	blueprint.DependencyTag
+
+	// Method that differentiates this interface from others.
+	ExcludeFromApexContents()
+}
+
 // Provides default implementation for the ApexModule interface. APEX-aware
 // modules are expected to include this struct and call InitApexModule().
 type ApexModuleBase struct {