diff --git a/android/deapexer.go b/android/deapexer.go
index bed6574..265f531 100644
--- a/android/deapexer.go
+++ b/android/deapexer.go
@@ -143,12 +143,16 @@
 }
 
 // FindDeapexerProviderForModule searches through the direct dependencies of the current context
-// module for a DeapexerTag dependency and returns its DeapexerInfo. If there is an error then it is
-// reported with ctx.ModuleErrorf and nil is returned.
+// module for a DeapexerTag dependency and returns its DeapexerInfo. If a single nonambiguous
+// deapexer module isn't found then errors are reported with ctx.ModuleErrorf and nil is returned.
 func FindDeapexerProviderForModule(ctx ModuleContext) *DeapexerInfo {
 	var di *DeapexerInfo
 	ctx.VisitDirectDepsWithTag(DeapexerTag, func(m Module) {
 		p := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(m, DeapexerProvider).(DeapexerInfo)
+		if di != nil {
+			ctx.ModuleErrorf("Multiple installable prebuilt APEXes provide ambiguous deapexers: %s and %s",
+				di.ApexModuleName(), p.ApexModuleName())
+		}
 		di = &p
 	})
 	if di != nil {
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 2f7dce5..387dbc1 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -7045,6 +7045,75 @@
 	return result.TestContext
 }
 
+func TestDuplicateDeapexeresFromPrebuiltApexes(t *testing.T) {
+	preparers := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+		java.PrepareForTestWithJavaDefaultModules,
+		PrepareForTestWithApexBuildComponents,
+	).
+		ExtendWithErrorHandler(android.FixtureExpectsAtLeastOneErrorMatchingPattern(
+			"Multiple installable prebuilt APEXes provide ambiguous deapexers: com.android.myapex and com.mycompany.android.myapex"))
+
+	bpBase := `
+		apex_set {
+			name: "com.android.myapex",
+			installable: true,
+			exported_bootclasspath_fragments: ["my-bootclasspath-fragment"],
+			set: "myapex.apks",
+		}
+
+		apex_set {
+			name: "com.mycompany.android.myapex",
+			apex_name: "com.android.myapex",
+			installable: true,
+			exported_bootclasspath_fragments: ["my-bootclasspath-fragment"],
+			set: "company-myapex.apks",
+		}
+
+		prebuilt_bootclasspath_fragment {
+			name: "my-bootclasspath-fragment",
+			apex_available: ["com.android.myapex"],
+			%s
+		}
+	`
+
+	t.Run("java_import", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_ = preparers.RunTestWithBp(t, fmt.Sprintf(bpBase, `contents: ["libfoo"]`)+`
+			java_import {
+				name: "libfoo",
+				jars: ["libfoo.jar"],
+				apex_available: ["com.android.myapex"],
+			}
+		`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("java_sdk_library_import", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_ = preparers.RunTestWithBp(t, fmt.Sprintf(bpBase, `contents: ["libfoo"]`)+`
+			java_sdk_library_import {
+				name: "libfoo",
+				public: {
+					jars: ["libbar.jar"],
+				},
+				apex_available: ["com.android.myapex"],
+			}
+		`)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("prebuilt_bootclasspath_fragment", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_ = preparers.RunTestWithBp(t, fmt.Sprintf(bpBase, `
+			image_name: "art",
+			contents: ["libfoo"],
+		`)+`
+			java_sdk_library_import {
+				name: "libfoo",
+				public: {
+					jars: ["libbar.jar"],
+				},
+				apex_available: ["com.android.myapex"],
+			}
+		`)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestUpdatable_should_set_min_sdk_version(t *testing.T) {
 	testApexError(t, `"myapex" .*: updatable: updatable APEXes should set min_sdk_version`, `
 		apex {
diff --git a/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go b/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go
index 9e030f1..7ecf9b2 100644
--- a/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go
+++ b/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
 }
 
 func TestBootclasspathFragmentInPrebuiltArtApex(t *testing.T) {
-	result := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+	preparers := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
 		prepareForTestWithBootclasspathFragment,
 		prepareForTestWithArtApex,
 
@@ -559,7 +559,9 @@
 
 		// Configure some libraries in the art bootclasspath_fragment.
 		java.FixtureConfigureBootJars("com.android.art:foo", "com.android.art:bar"),
-	).RunTestWithBp(t, `
+	)
+
+	bp := `
 		prebuilt_apex {
 			name: "com.android.art",
 			arch: {
@@ -605,22 +607,45 @@
 				all_flags: "mybootclasspathfragment/all-flags.csv",
 			},
 		}
-	`)
 
-	java.CheckModuleDependencies(t, result.TestContext, "com.android.art", "android_common_com.android.art", []string{
-		`com.android.art.apex.selector`,
-		`prebuilt_mybootclasspathfragment`,
+		// A prebuilt apex with the same apex_name that shouldn't interfere when it isn't enabled.
+		prebuilt_apex {
+			name: "com.mycompany.android.art",
+			apex_name: "com.android.art",
+			%s
+			src: "com.mycompany.android.art.apex",
+			exported_bootclasspath_fragments: ["mybootclasspathfragment"],
+		}
+	`
+
+	t.Run("disabled alternative APEX", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result := preparers.RunTestWithBp(t, fmt.Sprintf(bp, "enabled: false,"))
+
+		java.CheckModuleDependencies(t, result.TestContext, "com.android.art", "android_common_com.android.art", []string{
+			`com.android.art.apex.selector`,
+			`prebuilt_mybootclasspathfragment`,
+		})
+
+		java.CheckModuleDependencies(t, result.TestContext, "mybootclasspathfragment", "android_common_com.android.art", []string{
+			`com.android.art.deapexer`,
+			`dex2oatd`,
+			`prebuilt_bar`,
+			`prebuilt_foo`,
+		})
+
+		module := result.ModuleForTests("mybootclasspathfragment", "android_common_com.android.art")
+		checkCopiesToPredefinedLocationForArt(t, result.Config, module, "bar", "foo")
+
+		// Check that the right deapexer module was chosen for a boot image.
+		param := module.Output("out/soong/test_device/dex_artjars/android/apex/art_boot_images/javalib/arm64/boot.art")
+		android.AssertStringDoesContain(t, "didn't find the expected deapexer in the input path", param.Input.String(), "/com.android.art.deapexer")
 	})
 
-	java.CheckModuleDependencies(t, result.TestContext, "mybootclasspathfragment", "android_common_com.android.art", []string{
-		`com.android.art.deapexer`,
-		`dex2oatd`,
-		`prebuilt_bar`,
-		`prebuilt_foo`,
+	t.Run("enabled alternative APEX", func(t *testing.T) {
+		preparers.ExtendWithErrorHandler(android.FixtureExpectsAtLeastOneErrorMatchingPattern(
+			"Multiple installable prebuilt APEXes provide ambiguous deapexers: com.android.art and com.mycompany.android.art")).
+			RunTestWithBp(t, fmt.Sprintf(bp, ""))
 	})
-
-	module := result.ModuleForTests("mybootclasspathfragment", "android_common_com.android.art")
-	checkCopiesToPredefinedLocationForArt(t, result.Config, module, "bar", "foo")
 }
 
 // checkCopiesToPredefinedLocationForArt checks that the supplied modules are copied to the