diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index dbe9180..c425e9c 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -8845,6 +8845,16 @@
 		android.FixtureMergeEnv(map[string]string{
 			"EMMA_INSTRUMENT": "true",
 		}),
+		// need to mock jacocoagent here to satisfy dependency added for
+		// instrumented libraries at build time
+		android.FixtureAddFile("jacocoagent/Android.bp", []byte(`
+			java_library {
+				name: "jacocoagent",
+				srcs: ["Test.java"],
+				system_modules: "none",
+				sdk_version: "none",
+			}
+		`)),
 	).RunTest(t)
 
 	// Make sure jacoco ran on both mylib and mybootclasspathlib