diff --git a/android/fixture.go b/android/fixture.go
index 928967d..0bff995 100644
--- a/android/fixture.go
+++ b/android/fixture.go
@@ -381,6 +381,19 @@
 	return &compositeFixturePreparer{dedupAndFlattenPreparers(nil, preparers)}
 }
 
+// NullFixturePreparer is a preparer that does nothing.
+var NullFixturePreparer = GroupFixturePreparers()
+
+// OptionalFixturePreparer will return the supplied preparer if it is non-nil, otherwise it will
+// return the NullFixturePreparer
+func OptionalFixturePreparer(preparer FixturePreparer) FixturePreparer {
+	if preparer == nil {
+		return NullFixturePreparer
+	} else {
+		return preparer
+	}
+}
+
 type simpleFixturePreparerVisitor func(preparer *simpleFixturePreparer)
 
 // FixturePreparer is an opaque interface that can change a fixture.
diff --git a/android/fixture_test.go b/android/fixture_test.go
index a31ef16..0042e5b 100644
--- a/android/fixture_test.go
+++ b/android/fixture_test.go
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@
 	preparer1 := appendToList("preparer1")
 	preparer2 := appendToList("preparer2")
 	preparer3 := appendToList("preparer3")
-	preparer4 := appendToList("preparer4")
+	preparer4 := OptionalFixturePreparer(appendToList("preparer4"))
+	nilPreparer := OptionalFixturePreparer(nil)
 
-	preparer1Then2 := GroupFixturePreparers(preparer1, preparer2)
+	preparer1Then2 := GroupFixturePreparers(preparer1, preparer2, nilPreparer)
 
 	preparer2Then1 := GroupFixturePreparers(preparer2, preparer1)