diff --git a/python/Android.bp b/python/Android.bp
index e49fa6a..99c02bd 100644
--- a/python/Android.bp
+++ b/python/Android.bp
@@ -27,3 +27,15 @@
     ],
     pluginFor: ["soong_build"],
 }
+
+// We're transitioning all of these flags to be true by default.
+// This is a defaults flag that can be used to easily add all of them to
+// certain modules.
+python_defaults {
+    name: "modern_python_path_defaults",
+    dont_add_top_level_directories_to_path: true,
+    dont_add_entrypoint_folder_to_path: true,
+    proto: {
+        respect_pkg_path: true,
+    },
+}
diff --git a/python/defaults.go b/python/defaults.go
index dba23a7..c54e7d0 100644
--- a/python/defaults.go
+++ b/python/defaults.go
@@ -31,15 +31,12 @@
 }
 
 func defaultsFactory() android.Module {
-	return DefaultsFactory()
-}
-
-func DefaultsFactory(props ...interface{}) android.Module {
 	module := &Defaults{}
 
-	module.AddProperties(props...)
 	module.AddProperties(
 		&BaseProperties{},
+		&android.ProtoProperties{},
+		&BinaryProperties{},
 	)
 
 	android.InitDefaultsModule(module)
diff --git a/python/tests/dont_import_folder_of_entrypoint/Android.bp b/python/tests/dont_import_folder_of_entrypoint/Android.bp
index 40f522f..fc62813 100644
--- a/python/tests/dont_import_folder_of_entrypoint/Android.bp
+++ b/python/tests/dont_import_folder_of_entrypoint/Android.bp
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
         "mypkg/main.py",
         "mypkg/mymodule.py",
     ],
-    dont_add_entrypoint_folder_to_path: true,
-    dont_add_top_level_directories_to_path: true,
+    defaults: ["modern_python_path_defaults"],
 }
 
 python_test_host {