diff --git a/android/license_kind_test.go b/android/license_kind_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..767b64e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/license_kind_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+package android
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/blueprint"
+)
+
+var licenseKindTests = []struct {
+	name           string
+	fs             map[string][]byte
+	expectedErrors []string
+}{
+	{
+		name: "license_kind must not accept licenses property",
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"top/Blueprints": []byte(`
+				license_kind {
+					name: "top_license",
+					licenses: ["other_license"],
+				}`),
+		},
+		expectedErrors: []string{
+			`top/Blueprints:4:14: unrecognized property "licenses"`,
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		name: "bad license_kind",
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"top/Blueprints": []byte(`
+				license_kind {
+					name: "top_notice",
+					conditions: ["notice"],
+				}`),
+			"other/Blueprints": []byte(`
+				mock_license {
+					name: "other_notice",
+					license_kinds: ["notice"],
+				}`),
+		},
+		expectedErrors: []string{
+			`other/Blueprints:2:5: "other_notice" depends on undefined module "notice"`,
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		name: "good license kind",
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"top/Blueprints": []byte(`
+				license_kind {
+					name: "top_by_exception_only",
+					conditions: ["by_exception_only"],
+				}
+
+				mock_license {
+					name: "top_proprietary",
+					license_kinds: ["top_by_exception_only"],
+				}`),
+			"other/Blueprints": []byte(`
+				mock_license {
+					name: "other_proprietary",
+					license_kinds: ["top_proprietary"],
+				}`),
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		name: "multiple license kinds",
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"top/Blueprints": []byte(`
+				license_kind {
+					name: "top_notice",
+					conditions: ["notice"],
+				}
+
+				license_kind {
+					name: "top_by_exception_only",
+					conditions: ["by_exception_only"],
+				}
+
+				mock_license {
+					name: "top_allowed_as_notice",
+					license_kinds: ["top_notice"],
+				}
+
+				mock_license {
+					name: "top_proprietary",
+					license_kinds: ["top_by_exception_only"],
+				}`),
+			"other/Blueprints": []byte(`
+				mock_license {
+					name: "other_rule",
+					license_kinds: ["top_by_exception_only"],
+				}`),
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+func TestLicenseKind(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range licenseKindTests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, errs := testLicenseKind(test.fs)
+
+			expectedErrors := test.expectedErrors
+			if expectedErrors == nil {
+				FailIfErrored(t, errs)
+			} else {
+				for _, expectedError := range expectedErrors {
+					FailIfNoMatchingErrors(t, expectedError, errs)
+				}
+				if len(errs) > len(expectedErrors) {
+					t.Errorf("additional errors found, expected %d, found %d", len(expectedErrors), len(errs))
+					for i, expectedError := range expectedErrors {
+						t.Errorf("expectedErrors[%d] = %s", i, expectedError)
+					}
+					for i, err := range errs {
+						t.Errorf("errs[%d] = %s", i, err)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func testLicenseKind(fs map[string][]byte) (*TestContext, []error) {
+
+	// Create a new config per test as license_kind information is stored in the config.
+	config := TestArchConfig(buildDir, nil, "", fs)
+
+	ctx := NewTestArchContext(config)
+	RegisterLicenseKindBuildComponents(ctx)
+	ctx.RegisterModuleType("mock_license", newMockLicenseModule)
+	ctx.Register()
+
+	_, errs := ctx.ParseBlueprintsFiles(".")
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		return ctx, errs
+	}
+
+	_, errs = ctx.PrepareBuildActions(config)
+	return ctx, errs
+}
+
+type mockLicenseProperties struct {
+	License_kinds []string
+}
+
+type mockLicenseModule struct {
+	ModuleBase
+	DefaultableModuleBase
+
+	properties mockLicenseProperties
+}
+
+func newMockLicenseModule() Module {
+	m := &mockLicenseModule{}
+	m.AddProperties(&m.properties)
+	InitAndroidArchModule(m, HostAndDeviceSupported, MultilibCommon)
+	InitDefaultableModule(m)
+	return m
+}
+
+type licensekindTag struct {
+	blueprint.BaseDependencyTag
+}
+
+func (j *mockLicenseModule) DepsMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	m, ok := ctx.Module().(Module)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	ctx.AddDependency(m, licensekindTag{}, j.properties.License_kinds...)
+}
+
+func (p *mockLicenseModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ModuleContext) {
+}