diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 9c1d8fb..f820629 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -2229,6 +2229,11 @@
 			deps.classpath = append(deps.classpath, sdkDep.jars...)
 			deps.dexClasspath = append(deps.dexClasspath, sdkDep.jars...)
 			deps.aidlPreprocess = sdkDep.aidl
+			// Add the sdk module dependency to `compileDepNames`.
+			// This ensures that the dependency is reported in `module_bp_java_deps.json`
+			// TODO (b/358608607): Move this to decodeSdkDep
+			sdkSpec := android.SdkContext(j).SdkVersion(ctx)
+			j.compileDepNames = append(j.compileDepNames, fmt.Sprintf("sdk_%s_%s_android", sdkSpec.Kind.String(), sdkSpec.ApiLevel.String()))
 		} else {
 			deps.aidlPreprocess = sdkDep.aidl
 		}