diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index 9bf6fc7..839a03a 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 	ApexName string
 
 	MinSdkVersion int
+	Updatable     bool
 }
 
 // Extracted from ApexModule to make it easier to define custom subsets of the
@@ -104,6 +105,9 @@
 	// For example, with maxSdkVersion is 10 and versionList is [9,11]
 	// it returns 9 as string
 	ChooseSdkVersion(versionList []string, maxSdkVersion int) (string, error)
+
+	// Tests if the module comes from an updatable APEX.
+	Updatable() bool
 }
 
 type ApexProperties struct {
@@ -229,6 +233,10 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func (m *ApexModuleBase) Updatable() bool {
+	return m.ApexProperties.Info.Updatable
+}
+
 type byApexName []ApexInfo
 
 func (a byApexName) Len() int           { return len(a) }