diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index fa796e5..bbcc4cc 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -1193,6 +1193,13 @@
 	}
 }
 
+type apexTransitionTag interface {
+	// ApexTransition is a temporary interface used to tag dependencies with the apex variation they should use
+	// when the dependency is added before the apex transition mutator has run.  These will be replaced with
+	// dependencies on the apex instead, which will then be used to find the necessary module inside the apex.
+	ApexTransition() string
+}
+
 type apexTransitionMutator struct{}
 
 func (a *apexTransitionMutator) Split(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) []string {
@@ -1207,6 +1214,9 @@
 }
 
 func (a *apexTransitionMutator) OutgoingTransition(ctx android.OutgoingTransitionContext, sourceVariation string) string {
+	if tag, ok := ctx.DepTag().(apexTransitionTag); ok {
+		return tag.ApexTransition()
+	}
 	return sourceVariation
 }