diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index d1adc31..c548095 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 		if n == availableToPlatform || n == availableToAnyApex {
 			continue
 		}
-		if !mctx.OtherModuleExists(n) {
+		if !mctx.OtherModuleExists(n) && !mctx.Config().AllowMissingDependencies() {
 			mctx.PropertyErrorf("apex_available", "%q is not a valid module name", n)
 		}
 	}