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 {
diff --git a/android/prebuilt.go b/android/prebuilt.go
index c902ec8..82745a4 100644
--- a/android/prebuilt.go
+++ b/android/prebuilt.go
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
 // Mark this tag so dependencies that use it are excluded from visibility enforcement.
 func (t prebuiltDependencyTag) ExcludeFromVisibilityEnforcement() {}
 
+// Mark this tag so dependencies that use it are excluded from APEX contents.
+func (t prebuiltDependencyTag) ExcludeFromApexContents() {}
+
+var _ ExcludeFromVisibilityEnforcementTag = PrebuiltDepTag
+var _ ExcludeFromApexContentsTag = PrebuiltDepTag
+
 type PrebuiltProperties struct {
 	// When prefer is set to true the prebuilt will be used instead of any source module with
 	// a matching name.