diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index a4de6dd..eb79123 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 
 const (
 	AvailableToPlatform = "//apex_available:platform"
-	availableToAnyApex  = "//apex_available:anyapex"
+	AvailableToAnyApex  = "//apex_available:anyapex"
 )
 
 func CheckAvailableForApex(what string, apex_available []string) bool {
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 		return what == AvailableToPlatform
 	}
 	return InList(what, apex_available) ||
-		(what != AvailableToPlatform && InList(availableToAnyApex, apex_available))
+		(what != AvailableToPlatform && InList(AvailableToAnyApex, apex_available))
 }
 
 func (m *ApexModuleBase) AvailableFor(what string) bool {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 
 func (m *ApexModuleBase) checkApexAvailableProperty(mctx BaseModuleContext) {
 	for _, n := range m.ApexProperties.Apex_available {
-		if n == AvailableToPlatform || n == availableToAnyApex {
+		if n == AvailableToPlatform || n == AvailableToAnyApex {
 			continue
 		}
 		if !mctx.OtherModuleExists(n) && !mctx.Config().AllowMissingDependencies() {
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index a4467f6..cddd72b 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -63,8 +63,26 @@
 	usesTag        = dependencyTag{name: "uses"}
 	androidAppTag  = dependencyTag{name: "androidApp", payload: true}
 	apexAvailWl    = makeApexAvailableWhitelist()
+
+	inverseApexAvailWl = invertApexWhiteList(apexAvailWl)
 )
 
+// Transform the map of apex -> modules to module -> apexes.
+func invertApexWhiteList(m map[string][]string) map[string][]string {
+	r := make(map[string][]string)
+	for apex, modules := range m {
+		for _, module := range modules {
+			r[module] = append(r[module], apex)
+		}
+	}
+	return r
+}
+
+// Retrieve the while list of apexes to which the supplied module belongs.
+func WhitelistedApexAvailable(moduleName string) []string {
+	return inverseApexAvailWl[normalizeModuleName(moduleName)]
+}
+
 // This is a map from apex to modules, which overrides the
 // apex_available setting for that particular module to make
 // it available for the apex regardless of its setting.
@@ -964,7 +982,7 @@
 	//
 	// Module separator
 	//
-	m["//any"] = []string{
+	m[android.AvailableToAnyApex] = []string{
 		"crtbegin_dynamic",
 		"crtbegin_dynamic1",
 		"crtbegin_so",
@@ -2395,6 +2413,21 @@
 
 func whitelistedApexAvailable(apex, moduleName string) bool {
 	key := apex
+	moduleName = normalizeModuleName(moduleName)
+
+	if val, ok := apexAvailWl[key]; ok && android.InList(moduleName, val) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	key = android.AvailableToAnyApex
+	if val, ok := apexAvailWl[key]; ok && android.InList(moduleName, val) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func normalizeModuleName(moduleName string) string {
 	// Prebuilt modules (e.g. java_import, etc.) have "prebuilt_" prefix added by the build
 	// system. Trim the prefix for the check since they are confusing
 	moduleName = strings.TrimPrefix(moduleName, "prebuilt_")
@@ -2403,17 +2436,7 @@
 		// We don't want to list them all
 		moduleName = "libclang_rt"
 	}
-
-	if val, ok := apexAvailWl[key]; ok && android.InList(moduleName, val) {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	key = "//any"
-	if val, ok := apexAvailWl[key]; ok && android.InList(moduleName, val) {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	return false
+	return moduleName
 }
 
 func newApexBundle() *apexBundle {
diff --git a/sdk/update.go b/sdk/update.go
index 27a7003..0084eb7 100644
--- a/sdk/update.go
+++ b/sdk/update.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	"android/soong/apex"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 
@@ -640,7 +641,15 @@
 	// Where available copy apex_available properties from the member.
 	if apexAware, ok := variant.(interface{ ApexAvailable() []string }); ok {
 		apexAvailable := apexAware.ApexAvailable()
+
+		// Add in any white listed apex available settings.
+		apexAvailable = append(apexAvailable, apex.WhitelistedApexAvailable(member.Name())...)
+
 		if len(apexAvailable) > 0 {
+			// Remove duplicates and sort.
+			apexAvailable = android.FirstUniqueStrings(apexAvailable)
+			sort.Strings(apexAvailable)
+
 			m.AddProperty("apex_available", apexAvailable)
 		}
 	}