diff --git a/android/packaging.go b/android/packaging.go
index 8873540..a8fb28d 100644
--- a/android/packaging.go
+++ b/android/packaging.go
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 
 	// GatherPackagingSpecs gathers PackagingSpecs of transitive dependencies.
 	GatherPackagingSpecs(ctx ModuleContext) map[string]PackagingSpec
+	GatherPackagingSpecsWithFilter(ctx ModuleContext, filter func(PackagingSpec) bool) map[string]PackagingSpec
 
 	// CopyDepsToZip zips the built artifacts of the dependencies into the given zip file and
 	// returns zip entries in it. This is expected to be called in GenerateAndroidBuildActions,
@@ -221,14 +222,18 @@
 	}
 }
 
-// See PackageModule.GatherPackagingSpecs
-func (p *PackagingBase) GatherPackagingSpecs(ctx ModuleContext) map[string]PackagingSpec {
+func (p *PackagingBase) GatherPackagingSpecsWithFilter(ctx ModuleContext, filter func(PackagingSpec) bool) map[string]PackagingSpec {
 	m := make(map[string]PackagingSpec)
 	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(func(child Module) {
 		if pi, ok := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(child).(PackagingItem); !ok || !pi.IsPackagingItem() {
 			return
 		}
 		for _, ps := range child.TransitivePackagingSpecs() {
+			if filter != nil {
+				if !filter(ps) {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
 			if _, ok := m[ps.relPathInPackage]; !ok {
 				m[ps.relPathInPackage] = ps
 			}
@@ -237,6 +242,11 @@
 	return m
 }
 
+// See PackageModule.GatherPackagingSpecs
+func (p *PackagingBase) GatherPackagingSpecs(ctx ModuleContext) map[string]PackagingSpec {
+	return p.GatherPackagingSpecsWithFilter(ctx, nil)
+}
+
 // CopySpecsToDir is a helper that will add commands to the rule builder to copy the PackagingSpec
 // entries into the specified directory.
 func (p *PackagingBase) CopySpecsToDir(ctx ModuleContext, builder *RuleBuilder, specs map[string]PackagingSpec, dir WritablePath) (entries []string) {