diff --git a/android/override_module.go b/android/override_module.go
index 3994084..f8342d5 100644
--- a/android/override_module.go
+++ b/android/override_module.go
@@ -313,3 +313,15 @@
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// ModuleNameWithPossibleOverride returns the name of the OverrideModule that overrides the current
+// variant of this OverridableModule, or ctx.ModuleName() if this module is not an OverridableModule
+// or if this variant is not overridden.
+func ModuleNameWithPossibleOverride(ctx ModuleContext) string {
+	if overridable, ok := ctx.Module().(OverridableModule); ok {
+		if o := overridable.GetOverriddenBy(); o != "" {
+			return o
+		}
+	}
+	return ctx.ModuleName()
+}