diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 564c546..f80f37e 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -228,6 +228,16 @@
 	// For more information, see Module.GenerateBuildActions within Blueprint's module_ctx.go
 	GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ModuleContext)
 
+	// Add dependencies to the components of a module, i.e. modules that are created
+	// by the module and which are considered to be part of the creating module.
+	//
+	// This is called before prebuilts are renamed so as to allow a dependency to be
+	// added directly to a prebuilt child module instead of depending on a source module
+	// and relying on prebuilt processing to switch to the prebuilt module if preferred.
+	//
+	// A dependency on a prebuilt must include the "prebuilt_" prefix.
+	ComponentDepsMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext)
+
 	DepsMutator(BottomUpMutatorContext)
 
 	base() *ModuleBase
@@ -769,6 +779,8 @@
 	prefer32 func(ctx BaseModuleContext, base *ModuleBase, class OsClass) bool
 }
 
+func (m *ModuleBase) ComponentDepsMutator(BottomUpMutatorContext) {}
+
 func (m *ModuleBase) DepsMutator(BottomUpMutatorContext) {}
 
 func (m *ModuleBase) AddProperties(props ...interface{}) {