diff --git a/android/androidmk.go b/android/androidmk.go
index 9699ce5..14f8bbf 100644
--- a/android/androidmk.go
+++ b/android/androidmk.go
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@
 		case "*phony.PhonyRule": // writes phony deps and acts like `.PHONY`
 		case "*selinux.selinuxContextsModule": // license properties written
 		case "*sysprop.syspropLibrary": // license properties written
+		case "*vintf.vintfCompatibilityMatrixRule": // use case like phony
 		default:
 			if !ctx.Config().IsEnvFalse("ANDROID_REQUIRE_LICENSES") {
 				return fmt.Errorf("custom make rules not allowed for %q (%q) module %q", ctx.ModuleType(mod), reflect.TypeOf(mod), ctx.ModuleName(mod))