diff --git a/android/path_properties.go b/android/path_properties.go
index 2c8d27c..4446773 100644
--- a/android/path_properties.go
+++ b/android/path_properties.go
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@
 // ":module" module reference syntax in a property that is tagged with `android:"path"`.
 func pathDepsMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	props := ctx.Module().base().generalProperties
+	addPathDepsForProps(ctx, props)
+}
 
+func addPathDepsForProps(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext, props []interface{}) {
 	// Iterate through each property struct of the module extracting the contents of all properties
 	// tagged with `android:"path"`.
 	var pathProperties []string