diff --git a/android/androidmk.go b/android/androidmk.go
index 14b2e82..aa411d1 100644
--- a/android/androidmk.go
+++ b/android/androidmk.go
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@
 	a.AddStrings("LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES", a.Required...)
 	a.AddStrings("LOCAL_HOST_REQUIRED_MODULES", a.Host_required...)
 	a.AddStrings("LOCAL_TARGET_REQUIRED_MODULES", a.Target_required...)
+	a.AddStrings("LOCAL_SOONG_MODULE_TYPE", ctx.ModuleType(amod))
 
 	// If the install rule was generated by Soong tell Make about it.
 	if len(base.katiInstalls) > 0 {