diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 3a435a1..7305548 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 //
 // This cannot implement OutgoingDepIsInSameApex(...) directly as that leads to ambiguity with
 // the one provided by ApexModuleBase.
-func (e *embeddableInModuleAndImport) depIsInSameApex(tag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
+func depIsInSameApex(tag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
 	// dependencies other than the static linkage are all considered crossing APEX boundary
 	if tag == staticLibTag {
 		return true
@@ -2254,8 +2254,16 @@
 }
 
 // Implements android.ApexModule
-func (j *Module) OutgoingDepIsInSameApex(tag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
-	return j.depIsInSameApex(tag)
+func (m *Module) GetDepInSameApexChecker() android.DepInSameApexChecker {
+	return JavaDepInSameApexChecker{}
+}
+
+type JavaDepInSameApexChecker struct {
+	android.BaseDepInSameApexChecker
+}
+
+func (m JavaDepInSameApexChecker) OutgoingDepIsInSameApex(tag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
+	return depIsInSameApex(tag)
 }
 
 // Implements android.ApexModule