diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 3d643f9..c6c4fd8 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -520,6 +520,11 @@
 
 	// names of other modules to install on target if this module is installed
 	Target_required []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
+	// If this is a soong config module, this property will be set to the name of the original
+	// module type. This is used by neverallow to ensure you can't bypass a ModuleType() matcher
+	// just by creating a soong config module type.
+	Soong_config_base_module_type *string `blueprint:"mutated"`
 }
 
 type distProperties struct {
diff --git a/android/neverallow.go b/android/neverallow.go
index eca8eb3..a7bfd2d 100644
--- a/android/neverallow.go
+++ b/android/neverallow.go
@@ -412,7 +412,8 @@
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if !n.appliesToModuleType(ctx.ModuleType()) {
+		modType := proptools.StringDefault(m.base().baseProperties.Soong_config_base_module_type, ctx.ModuleType())
+		if !n.appliesToModuleType(modType) {
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/android/neverallow_test.go b/android/neverallow_test.go
index c74d5ff..3ccc883 100644
--- a/android/neverallow_test.go
+++ b/android/neverallow_test.go
@@ -388,6 +388,30 @@
 			`module type not allowed to be defined in bp file`,
 		},
 	},
+	// Test the a neverallowed module type can't be smuggled through a soong config module type
+	{
+		name: `smuggling module types through soong config modules`,
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"a/b/Android.bp": []byte(`
+				soong_config_bool_variable {
+					name: "my_var",
+				}
+				soong_config_module_type {
+					name: "smuggled_prebuilt_usr_srec",
+					module_type: "prebuilt_usr_srec",
+					config_namespace: "ANDROID",
+					variables: ["my_var"],
+					properties: ["enabled"],
+				}
+				smuggled_prebuilt_usr_srec {
+					name: "foo",
+				}
+			`),
+		},
+		expectedErrors: []string{
+			`module type not allowed to be defined in bp file`,
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 var prepareForNeverAllowTest = GroupFixturePreparers(
@@ -399,6 +423,7 @@
 		ctx.RegisterModuleType("filesystem", newMockFilesystemModule)
 		ctx.RegisterModuleType("prebuilt_usr_srec", newMockPrebuiltUsrSrecModule)
 	}),
+	PrepareForTestWithSoongConfigModuleBuildComponents,
 )
 
 func TestNeverallow(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/android/soong_config_modules.go b/android/soong_config_modules.go
index e0b1d7c..a61c9d3 100644
--- a/android/soong_config_modules.go
+++ b/android/soong_config_modules.go
@@ -506,6 +506,10 @@
 		conditionalProps := proptools.CloneEmptyProperties(conditionalFactoryProps)
 		props = append(props, conditionalProps.Interface())
 
+		if m, ok := module.(Module); ok {
+			m.base().baseProperties.Soong_config_base_module_type = &moduleType.BaseModuleType
+		}
+
 		// Regular Soong operation wraps the existing module factory with a
 		// conditional on Soong config variables by reading the product
 		// config variables from Make.