diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index b5de1ad..7b35d32 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
 
 	Proprietary() bool
 	InstallInData() bool
+
+	RequiredModuleNames() []string
 }
 
 type Module interface {
@@ -784,6 +786,10 @@
 	return expandedSrcFiles
 }
 
+func (ctx *androidModuleContext) RequiredModuleNames() []string {
+	return ctx.module.base().commonProperties.Required
+}
+
 func (ctx *androidModuleContext) Glob(globPattern string, excludes []string) Paths {
 	ret, err := ctx.GlobWithDeps(globPattern, excludes)
 	if err != nil {