diff --git a/android/neverallow.go b/android/neverallow.go
index e93763b..600175d 100644
--- a/android/neverallow.go
+++ b/android/neverallow.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 	AddNeverAllowRules(createCcStubsRule())
 	AddNeverAllowRules(createProhibitHeaderOnlyRule())
 	AddNeverAllowRules(createLimitNdkExportRule()...)
+	AddNeverAllowRules(createFilesystemIsAutoGeneratedRule())
 }
 
 // Add a NeverAllow rule to the set of rules to apply.
@@ -275,6 +276,14 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func createFilesystemIsAutoGeneratedRule() Rule {
+	return NeverAllow().
+		NotIn("build/soong/fsgen").
+		ModuleType("filesystem", "android_system_image").
+		WithMatcher("is_auto_generated", isSetMatcherInstance).
+		Because("is_auto_generated property is only allowed for filesystem modules in build/soong/fsgen directory")
+}
+
 func neverallowMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	m, ok := ctx.Module().(Module)
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/android/neverallow_test.go b/android/neverallow_test.go
index 192c924..caec8c7 100644
--- a/android/neverallow_test.go
+++ b/android/neverallow_test.go
@@ -359,6 +359,21 @@
 			`headers_only can only be used for generating framework-minus-apex headers for non-updatable modules`,
 		},
 	},
+	// Test for the rule restricting use of is_auto_generated
+	{
+		name: `"is_auto_generated" outside allowed directory`,
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"a/b/Android.bp": []byte(`
+				filesystem {
+					name: "baaz",
+					is_auto_generated: true,
+				}
+			`),
+		},
+		expectedErrors: []string{
+			`is_auto_generated property is only allowed for filesystem modules in build/soong/fsgen directory`,
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 var prepareForNeverAllowTest = GroupFixturePreparers(
@@ -367,6 +382,7 @@
 		ctx.RegisterModuleType("java_library", newMockJavaLibraryModule)
 		ctx.RegisterModuleType("java_library_host", newMockJavaLibraryModule)
 		ctx.RegisterModuleType("java_device_for_host", newMockJavaLibraryModule)
+		ctx.RegisterModuleType("filesystem", newMockFilesystemModule)
 	}),
 )
 
diff --git a/android/visibility_test.go b/android/visibility_test.go
index 1a2eeca..277be0f 100644
--- a/android/visibility_test.go
+++ b/android/visibility_test.go
@@ -2098,8 +2098,9 @@
 }
 
 type mockFilesystemModuleProperties struct {
-	Partition_type *string
-	Deps           []string
+	Partition_type    *string
+	Deps              []string
+	Is_auto_generated *bool
 }
 
 type mockFilesystemModule struct {
diff --git a/filesystem/filesystem.go b/filesystem/filesystem.go
index 1e816a7..7d3b8e1 100644
--- a/filesystem/filesystem.go
+++ b/filesystem/filesystem.go
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@
 	Unchecked_module *bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
 
 	Erofs ErofsProperties
+
+	// Determines if the module is auto-generated from Soong or not. If the module is
+	// auto-generated, its deps are exempted from visibility enforcement.
+	Is_auto_generated *bool
 }
 
 // Additional properties required to generate erofs FS partitions.
@@ -179,13 +183,29 @@
 	android.InitDefaultableModule(module)
 }
 
-var dependencyTag = struct {
+type depTag struct {
 	blueprint.BaseDependencyTag
 	android.PackagingItemAlwaysDepTag
-}{}
+}
+
+var dependencyTag = depTag{}
+
+type depTagWithVisibilityEnforcementBypass struct {
+	depTag
+}
+
+var _ android.ExcludeFromVisibilityEnforcementTag = (*depTagWithVisibilityEnforcementBypass)(nil)
+
+func (t depTagWithVisibilityEnforcementBypass) ExcludeFromVisibilityEnforcement() {}
+
+var dependencyTagWithVisibilityEnforcementBypass = depTagWithVisibilityEnforcementBypass{}
 
 func (f *filesystem) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
-	f.AddDeps(ctx, dependencyTag)
+	if proptools.Bool(f.properties.Is_auto_generated) {
+		f.AddDeps(ctx, dependencyTagWithVisibilityEnforcementBypass)
+	} else {
+		f.AddDeps(ctx, dependencyTag)
+	}
 }
 
 type fsType int
diff --git a/fsgen/filesystem_creator.go b/fsgen/filesystem_creator.go
index ed0c390..8acc74c 100644
--- a/fsgen/filesystem_creator.go
+++ b/fsgen/filesystem_creator.go
@@ -43,36 +43,52 @@
 
 func RegisterCollectFileSystemDepsMutators(ctx android.RegisterMutatorsContext) {
 	ctx.BottomUp("fs_collect_deps", collectDepsMutator).MutatesGlobalState()
+	ctx.BottomUp("fs_set_deps", setDepsMutator)
 }
 
 var fsDepsMutex = sync.Mutex{}
 var collectFsDepsOnceKey = android.NewOnceKey("CollectFsDeps")
 var depCandidatesOnceKey = android.NewOnceKey("DepCandidates")
 
+// List of partitions that the filesystem_creator module currently generates the partition
+var soongGeneratedPartitions = []string{"system"}
+
+// Map of partition module name to its partition that may be generated by Soong.
+// Note that it is not guaranteed that all modules returned by this function are successfully
+// created.
+func getAllSoongGeneratedPartitionNames(config android.Config) map[string]string {
+	ret := map[string]string{}
+	for _, partition := range soongGeneratedPartitions {
+		ret[generatedModuleNameForPartition(config, partition)] = partition
+	}
+	return ret
+}
+
 func collectDepsMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	// These additional deps are added according to the cuttlefish system image bp.
 	fsDeps := mctx.Config().Once(collectFsDepsOnceKey, func() interface{} {
-		deps := []string{
-			"android_vintf_manifest",
-			"com.android.apex.cts.shim.v1_prebuilt",
-			"dex_bootjars",
-			"framework_compatibility_matrix.device.xml",
-			"idc_data",
-			"init.environ.rc-soong",
-			"keychars_data",
-			"keylayout_data",
-			"libclang_rt.asan",
-			"libcompiler_rt",
-			"libdmabufheap",
-			"libgsi",
-			"llndk.libraries.txt",
-			"logpersist.start",
-			"preloaded-classes",
-			"public.libraries.android.txt",
-			"update_engine_sideload",
+		deps := map[string][]string{
+			"system": {
+				"com.android.apex.cts.shim.v1_prebuilt",
+				"dex_bootjars",
+				"framework_compatibility_matrix.device.xml",
+				"idc_data",
+				"init.environ.rc-soong",
+				"keychars_data",
+				"keylayout_data",
+				"libclang_rt.asan",
+				"libcompiler_rt",
+				"libdmabufheap",
+				"libgsi",
+				"llndk.libraries.txt",
+				"logpersist.start",
+				"preloaded-classes",
+				"public.libraries.android.txt",
+				"update_engine_sideload",
+			},
 		}
 		return &deps
-	}).(*[]string)
+	}).(*map[string][]string)
 
 	depCandidates := mctx.Config().Once(depCandidatesOnceKey, func() interface{} {
 		partitionVars := mctx.Config().ProductVariables().PartitionVarsForSoongMigrationOnlyDoNotUse
@@ -82,10 +98,30 @@
 
 	m := mctx.Module()
 	if slices.Contains(*depCandidates, m.Name()) {
-		if installInSystem(mctx, m) {
-			fsDepsMutex.Lock()
-			*fsDeps = append(*fsDeps, m.Name())
-			fsDepsMutex.Unlock()
+		installPartition := getInstallPartition(m, mctx.DeviceConfig())
+		fsDepsMutex.Lock()
+		if _, ok := (*fsDeps)[installPartition]; !ok {
+			(*fsDeps)[installPartition] = make([]string, 0)
+		}
+		if m.Enabled(mctx) {
+			(*fsDeps)[installPartition] = append((*fsDeps)[installPartition], m.Name())
+		}
+		fsDepsMutex.Unlock()
+	}
+}
+
+type depsStruct struct {
+	Deps []string
+}
+
+func setDepsMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	fsDeps := mctx.Config().Get(collectFsDepsOnceKey).(*map[string][]string)
+	soongGeneratedPartitionMap := getAllSoongGeneratedPartitionNames(mctx.Config())
+	m := mctx.Module()
+	if partition, ok := soongGeneratedPartitionMap[m.Name()]; ok {
+		deps := (*fsDeps)[partition]
+		if err := proptools.AppendMatchingProperties(m.GetProperties(), &depsStruct{Deps: deps}, nil); err != nil {
+			mctx.ModuleErrorf(err.Error())
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -114,7 +150,7 @@
 }
 
 func (f *filesystemCreator) createInternalModules(ctx android.LoadHookContext) {
-	for _, partitionType := range []string{"system"} {
+	for _, partitionType := range soongGeneratedPartitions {
 		if f.createPartition(ctx, partitionType) {
 			f.properties.Generated_partition_types = append(f.properties.Generated_partition_types, partitionType)
 		} else {
@@ -124,7 +160,7 @@
 	f.createDeviceModule(ctx)
 }
 
-func (f *filesystemCreator) generatedModuleName(cfg android.Config, suffix string) string {
+func generatedModuleName(cfg android.Config, suffix string) string {
 	prefix := "soong"
 	if cfg.HasDeviceProduct() {
 		prefix = cfg.DeviceProduct()
@@ -132,21 +168,21 @@
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_generated_%s", prefix, suffix)
 }
 
-func (f *filesystemCreator) generatedModuleNameForPartition(cfg android.Config, partitionType string) string {
-	return f.generatedModuleName(cfg, fmt.Sprintf("%s_image", partitionType))
+func generatedModuleNameForPartition(cfg android.Config, partitionType string) string {
+	return generatedModuleName(cfg, fmt.Sprintf("%s_image", partitionType))
 }
 
 func (f *filesystemCreator) createDeviceModule(ctx android.LoadHookContext) {
 	baseProps := &struct {
 		Name *string
 	}{
-		Name: proptools.StringPtr(f.generatedModuleName(ctx.Config(), "device")),
+		Name: proptools.StringPtr(generatedModuleName(ctx.Config(), "device")),
 	}
 
 	// Currently, only the system partition module is created.
 	partitionProps := &filesystem.PartitionNameProperties{}
 	if android.InList("system", f.properties.Generated_partition_types) {
-		partitionProps.System_partition_name = proptools.StringPtr(f.generatedModuleNameForPartition(ctx.Config(), "system"))
+		partitionProps.System_partition_name = proptools.StringPtr(generatedModuleNameForPartition(ctx.Config(), "system"))
 	}
 
 	ctx.CreateModule(filesystem.AndroidDeviceFactory, baseProps, partitionProps)
@@ -158,7 +194,7 @@
 	baseProps := &struct {
 		Name *string
 	}{
-		Name: proptools.StringPtr(f.generatedModuleNameForPartition(ctx.Config(), partitionType)),
+		Name: proptools.StringPtr(generatedModuleNameForPartition(ctx.Config(), partitionType)),
 	}
 
 	fsProps := &filesystem.FilesystemProperties{}
@@ -195,6 +231,8 @@
 
 	fsProps.Gen_aconfig_flags_pb = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
 
+	fsProps.Is_auto_generated = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
+
 	// Identical to that of the generic_system_image
 	fsProps.Fsverity.Inputs = []string{
 		"etc/boot-image.prof",
@@ -229,7 +267,7 @@
 }
 
 func (f *filesystemCreator) createDiffTest(ctx android.ModuleContext, partitionType string) android.Path {
-	partitionModuleName := f.generatedModuleNameForPartition(ctx.Config(), partitionType)
+	partitionModuleName := generatedModuleNameForPartition(ctx.Config(), partitionType)
 	systemImage := ctx.GetDirectDepWithTag(partitionModuleName, generatedFilesystemDepTag)
 	filesystemInfo, ok := android.OtherModuleProvider(ctx, systemImage, filesystem.FilesystemProvider)
 	if !ok {
@@ -273,7 +311,7 @@
 
 func (f *filesystemCreator) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	for _, partitionType := range f.properties.Generated_partition_types {
-		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), generatedFilesystemDepTag, f.generatedModuleNameForPartition(ctx.Config(), partitionType))
+		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), generatedFilesystemDepTag, generatedModuleNameForPartition(ctx.Config(), partitionType))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -298,11 +336,8 @@
 	ctx.Phony("soong_generated_filesystem_tests", diffTestFiles...)
 }
 
-func installInSystem(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, m android.Module) bool {
-	return m.PartitionTag(ctx.DeviceConfig()) == "system" && !m.InstallInData() &&
-		!m.InstallInTestcases() && !m.InstallInSanitizerDir() && !m.InstallInVendorRamdisk() &&
-		!m.InstallInDebugRamdisk() && !m.InstallInRecovery() && !m.InstallInOdm() &&
-		!m.InstallInVendor()
+func getInstallPartition(m android.Module, config android.DeviceConfig) string {
+	return m.PartitionTag(config)
 }
 
 // TODO: assemble baseProps and fsProps here
@@ -312,9 +347,9 @@
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	deps := ctx.Config().Get(collectFsDepsOnceKey).(*[]string)
+	deps := ctx.Config().Get(collectFsDepsOnceKey).(*map[string][]string)
 	depProps := &android.PackagingProperties{
-		Deps: android.NewSimpleConfigurable(android.SortedUniqueStrings(*deps)),
+		Deps: android.NewSimpleConfigurable(android.SortedUniqueStrings((*deps)[partitionType])),
 	}
 
 	result, err := proptools.RepackProperties([]interface{}{depProps})
diff --git a/fsgen/filesystem_creator_test.go b/fsgen/filesystem_creator_test.go
index 554b66b..f96bdce 100644
--- a/fsgen/filesystem_creator_test.go
+++ b/fsgen/filesystem_creator_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import (
 	"android/soong/android"
 	"android/soong/filesystem"
+	"android/soong/java"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 	result := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
 		android.PrepareForIntegrationTestWithAndroid,
 		android.PrepareForTestWithAndroidBuildComponents,
+		android.PrepareForTestWithAllowMissingDependencies,
 		filesystem.PrepareForTestWithFilesystemBuildComponents,
 		prepareForTestWithFsgenBuildComponents,
 		android.FixtureModifyConfig(func(config android.Config) {
@@ -86,3 +88,55 @@
 		proptools.String(fooSystem.FsProps().Type),
 	)
 }
+
+func TestFileSystemCreatorSetPartitionDeps(t *testing.T) {
+	result := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+		android.PrepareForIntegrationTestWithAndroid,
+		android.PrepareForTestWithAndroidBuildComponents,
+		android.PrepareForTestWithAllowMissingDependencies,
+		filesystem.PrepareForTestWithFilesystemBuildComponents,
+		prepareForTestWithFsgenBuildComponents,
+		java.PrepareForTestWithJavaBuildComponents,
+		java.PrepareForTestWithJavaDefaultModules,
+		android.FixtureModifyConfig(func(config android.Config) {
+			config.TestProductVariables.PartitionVarsForSoongMigrationOnlyDoNotUse.ProductPackages = []string{"bar", "baz"}
+			config.TestProductVariables.PartitionVarsForSoongMigrationOnlyDoNotUse.PartitionQualifiedVariables =
+				map[string]android.PartitionQualifiedVariablesType{
+					"system": {
+						BoardFileSystemType: "ext4",
+					},
+				}
+		}),
+		android.FixtureMergeMockFs(android.MockFS{
+			"external/avb/test/data/testkey_rsa4096.pem": nil,
+			"build/soong/fsgen/Android.bp": []byte(`
+			soong_filesystem_creator {
+				name: "foo",
+			}
+			`),
+		}),
+	).RunTestWithBp(t, `
+	java_library {
+		name: "bar",
+		srcs: ["A.java"],
+	}
+	java_library {
+		name: "baz",
+		srcs: ["A.java"],
+		product_specific: true,
+	}
+	`)
+
+	android.AssertBoolEquals(
+		t,
+		"Generated system image expected to depend on system partition installed \"bar\"",
+		true,
+		java.CheckModuleHasDependency(t, result.TestContext, "test_product_generated_system_image", "android_common", "bar"),
+	)
+	android.AssertBoolEquals(
+		t,
+		"Generated system image expected to not depend on product partition installed \"baz\"",
+		false,
+		java.CheckModuleHasDependency(t, result.TestContext, "test_product_generated_system_image", "android_common", "baz"),
+	)
+}