diff --git a/android/androidmk.go b/android/androidmk.go
index 1e261a0..0afa1bd 100644
--- a/android/androidmk.go
+++ b/android/androidmk.go
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MULTILIB :=", amod.commonProperties.Compile_multilib)
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_PREBUILT_MODULE_FILE :=", data.OutputFile.String())
 
+	if len(amod.commonProperties.Required) > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES := "+strings.Join(amod.commonProperties.Required, " "))
+	}
+
 	archStr := amod.Arch().ArchType.String()
 	host := false
 	switch amod.Os().Class {
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index f1af53a..bf9dfaa 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
 	// init.rc files to be installed if this module is installed
 	Init_rc []string
 
+	// names of other modules to install if this module is installed
+	Required []string
+
 	// Set by TargetMutator
 	CompileTarget Target `blueprint:"mutated"`