diff --git a/java/app_test.go b/java/app_test.go
index 559afcc..ccf22cb 100644
--- a/java/app_test.go
+++ b/java/app_test.go
@@ -1319,3 +1319,73 @@
 		t.Errorf("wanted %q in %q", w, cmd)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCodelessApp(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name   string
+		bp     string
+		noCode bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "normal",
+			bp: `
+				android_app {
+					name: "foo",
+					srcs: ["a.java"],
+				}
+			`,
+			noCode: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "app without sources",
+			bp: `
+				android_app {
+					name: "foo",
+				}
+			`,
+			noCode: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "app with libraries",
+			bp: `
+				android_app {
+					name: "foo",
+					static_libs: ["lib"],
+				}
+
+				java_library {
+					name: "lib",
+					srcs: ["a.java"],
+				}
+			`,
+			noCode: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "app with sourceless libraries",
+			bp: `
+				android_app {
+					name: "foo",
+					static_libs: ["lib"],
+				}
+
+				java_library {
+					name: "lib",
+				}
+			`,
+			// TODO(jungjw): this should probably be true
+			noCode: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range testCases {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ctx := testApp(t, test.bp)
+
+			foo := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common")
+			manifestFixerArgs := foo.Output("manifest_fixer/AndroidManifest.xml").Args["args"]
+			if strings.Contains(manifestFixerArgs, "--has-no-code") != test.noCode {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected manifest_fixer args: %q", manifestFixerArgs)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}