diff --git a/android/namespace.go b/android/namespace.go
index 64ad7e9..9d7e8ac 100644
--- a/android/namespace.go
+++ b/android/namespace.go
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@
 	return namespace
 }
 
+// A NamelessModule can never be looked up by name.  It must still implement Name(), but the return
+// value doesn't have to be unique.
+type NamelessModule interface {
+	Nameless()
+}
+
 func (r *NameResolver) NewModule(ctx blueprint.NamespaceContext, moduleGroup blueprint.ModuleGroup, module blueprint.Module) (namespace blueprint.Namespace, errs []error) {
 	// if this module is a namespace, then save it to our list of namespaces
 	newNamespace, ok := module.(*NamespaceModule)
@@ -173,6 +179,10 @@
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
+	if _, ok := module.(NamelessModule); ok {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	// if this module is not a namespace, then save it into the appropriate namespace
 	ns := r.findNamespaceFromCtx(ctx)