diff --git a/python/defaults.go b/python/defaults.go
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+// Copyright 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package python
+
+import (
+	"android/soong/android"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	android.RegisterModuleType("python_defaults", defaultsFactory)
+}
+
+type Defaults struct {
+	android.ModuleBase
+	android.DefaultsModuleBase
+}
+
+func (d *Defaults) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
+}
+
+func (d *Defaults) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+}
+
+func defaultsFactory() android.Module {
+	return DefaultsFactory()
+}
+
+func DefaultsFactory(props ...interface{}) android.Module {
+	module := &Defaults{}
+
+	module.AddProperties(props...)
+	module.AddProperties(
+		&BaseProperties{},
+	)
+
+	android.InitDefaultsModule(module)
+
+	return module
+}