diff --git a/android/visibility.go b/android/visibility.go
index 51d5611..503a021 100644
--- a/android/visibility.go
+++ b/android/visibility.go
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
 
 		rule := effectiveVisibilityRules(ctx.Config(), depQualified)
 		if !rule.matches(qualified) {
-			ctx.ModuleErrorf("depends on %s which is not visible to this module", depQualified)
+			ctx.ModuleErrorf("depends on %s which is not visible to this module\nYou may need to add %q to its visibility", depQualified, "//"+ctx.ModuleDir())
 		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/android/visibility_test.go b/android/visibility_test.go
index 9d9e574..cb5ef35 100644
--- a/android/visibility_test.go
+++ b/android/visibility_test.go
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
 				}`),
 		},
 		expectedErrors: []string{
-			`module "libnamespace" variant "android_common": depends on //top:libexample which is not visible to this module`,
+			`module "libnamespace" variant "android_common": depends on //top:libexample which is not visible to this module\nYou may need to add "//namespace" to its visibility`,
 		},
 	},
 	{
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
 				}`),
 		},
 		expectedErrors: []string{
-			`module "libnamespace" variant "android_common": depends on //top:libexample which is not visible to this module`,
+			`module "libnamespace" variant "android_common": depends on //top:libexample which is not visible to this module\nYou may need to add "//namespace" to its visibility`,
 		},
 	},
 	{