diff --git a/android/provider.go b/android/provider.go
index d005daf..aae93ef 100644
--- a/android/provider.go
+++ b/android/provider.go
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@
 	return value
 }
 
+func OtherModulePointerProviderOrDefault[K *T, T any](ctx OtherModuleProviderContext, module blueprint.Module, provider blueprint.ProviderKey[K]) K {
+	if value, ok := OtherModuleProvider(ctx, module, provider); ok {
+		return value
+	}
+	var val T
+	return &val
+}
+
 // ModuleProviderContext is a helper interface that is a subset of ModuleContext or BottomUpMutatorContext
 // for use in ModuleProvider.
 type ModuleProviderContext interface {