diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index 028be57..ec36b41 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -145,6 +146,17 @@
 	return false
 }
 
+// To satisfy the comparable interface
+func (i ApexInfo) Equal(other any) bool {
+	otherApexInfo, ok := other.(ApexInfo)
+	return ok && i.ApexVariationName == otherApexInfo.ApexVariationName &&
+		i.MinSdkVersion == otherApexInfo.MinSdkVersion &&
+		i.Updatable == otherApexInfo.Updatable &&
+		i.UsePlatformApis == otherApexInfo.UsePlatformApis &&
+		reflect.DeepEqual(i.InApexVariants, otherApexInfo.InApexVariants) &&
+		reflect.DeepEqual(i.InApexModules, otherApexInfo.InApexModules)
+}
+
 // ApexTestForInfo stores the contents of APEXes for which this module is a test - although this
 // module is not part of the APEX - and thus has access to APEX internals.
 type ApexTestForInfo struct {
diff --git a/android/container.go b/android/container.go
index 43dccf6..63fb362 100644
--- a/android/container.go
+++ b/android/container.go
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 package android
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"slices"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 )
@@ -395,6 +397,40 @@
 
 var ContainersInfoProvider = blueprint.NewProvider[ContainersInfo]()
 
+func satisfyAllowedExceptions(ctx ModuleContext, allowedExceptionLabels []exceptionHandleFuncLabel, m, dep Module) bool {
+	for _, label := range allowedExceptionLabels {
+		if exceptionHandleFunctionsTable[label](ctx, m, dep) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (c *ContainersInfo) GetViolations(mctx ModuleContext, m, dep Module, depInfo ContainersInfo) []string {
+	var violations []string
+
+	// Any containers that the module belongs to but the dependency does not belong to must be examined.
+	_, containersUniqueToModule, _ := ListSetDifference(c.belongingContainers, depInfo.belongingContainers)
+
+	// Apex container should be examined even if both the module and the dependency belong to
+	// the apex container to check that the two modules belong to the same apex.
+	if InList(ApexContainer, c.belongingContainers) && !InList(ApexContainer, containersUniqueToModule) {
+		containersUniqueToModule = append(containersUniqueToModule, ApexContainer)
+	}
+
+	for _, containerUniqueToModule := range containersUniqueToModule {
+		for _, restriction := range containerUniqueToModule.restricted {
+			if InList(restriction.dependency, depInfo.belongingContainers) {
+				if !satisfyAllowedExceptions(mctx, restriction.allowedExceptions, m, dep) {
+					violations = append(violations, restriction.errorMessage)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return violations
+}
+
 func generateContainerInfo(ctx ModuleContext) ContainersInfo {
 	var containers []*container
 
@@ -436,3 +472,32 @@
 		SetProvider(ctx, ContainersInfoProvider, containersInfo)
 	}
 }
+
+func checkContainerViolations(ctx ModuleContext) {
+	if _, ok := ctx.Module().(InstallableModule); ok {
+		containersInfo, _ := getContainerModuleInfo(ctx, ctx.Module())
+		ctx.VisitDirectDepsIgnoreBlueprint(func(dep Module) {
+			if !dep.Enabled(ctx) {
+				return
+			}
+
+			// Pre-existing violating dependencies are tracked in containerDependencyViolationAllowlist.
+			// If this dependency is allowlisted, do not check for violation.
+			// If not, check if this dependency matches any restricted dependency and
+			// satisfies any exception functions, which allows bypassing the
+			// restriction. If all of the exceptions are not satisfied, throw an error.
+			if depContainersInfo, ok := getContainerModuleInfo(ctx, dep); ok {
+				if allowedViolations, ok := ContainerDependencyViolationAllowlist[ctx.ModuleName()]; ok && InList(dep.Name(), allowedViolations) {
+					return
+				} else {
+					violations := containersInfo.GetViolations(ctx, ctx.Module(), dep, depContainersInfo)
+					if len(violations) > 0 {
+						errorMessage := fmt.Sprintf("%s cannot depend on %s. ", ctx.ModuleName(), dep.Name())
+						errorMessage += strings.Join(violations, " ")
+						ctx.ModuleErrorf(errorMessage)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 9e882ec..c24e789 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1798,6 +1798,9 @@
 	}
 
 	setContainerInfo(ctx)
+	if ctx.Config().Getenv("DISABLE_CONTAINER_CHECK") != "true" {
+		checkContainerViolations(ctx)
+	}
 
 	m.licenseMetadataFile = PathForModuleOut(ctx, "meta_lic")