diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index ce463fc..505e1fd 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -1060,6 +1060,8 @@
 					return true // track transitive dependencies
 				} else if ap, ok := child.(*java.AndroidAppImport); ok {
 					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFileForAndroidApp(ctx, ap, pkgName))
+				} else if ap, ok := child.(*java.AndroidTestHelperApp); ok {
+					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFileForAndroidApp(ctx, ap, pkgName))
 				} else {
 					ctx.PropertyErrorf("apps", "%q is not an android_app module", depName)
 				}
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 60ed801..4236ca6 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -2924,6 +2924,36 @@
 	ensureContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/priv-app/AppFooPrivPrebuilt/AppFooPrivPrebuilt.apk")
 }
 
+func TestApexWithTestHelperApp(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, _ := testApex(t, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			apps: [
+				"TesterHelpAppFoo",
+			],
+		}
+
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+
+		android_test_helper_app {
+			name: "TesterHelpAppFoo",
+			srcs: ["foo/bar/MyClass.java"],
+		}
+
+	`)
+
+	module := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_myapex_image")
+	apexRule := module.Rule("apexRule")
+	copyCmds := apexRule.Args["copy_commands"]
+
+	ensureContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/app/TesterHelpAppFoo/TesterHelpAppFoo.apk")
+}
+
 func TestApexPropertiesShouldBeDefaultable(t *testing.T) {
 	// libfoo's apex_available comes from cc_defaults
 	testApexError(t, `"myapex" .*: requires "libfoo" that is not available for the APEX`, `