diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index bf52c45..3c92bb0 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
 	fs         pathtools.FileSystem
 	mockBpList string
 
+	// If testAllowNonExistentPaths is true then PathForSource and PathForModuleSrc won't error
+	// in tests when a path doesn't exist.
+	testAllowNonExistentPaths bool
+
 	OncePer
 }
 
@@ -230,6 +234,10 @@
 		buildDir:     buildDir,
 		captureBuild: true,
 		env:          envCopy,
+
+		// Set testAllowNonExistentPaths so that test contexts don't need to specify every path
+		// passed to PathForSource or PathForModuleSrc.
+		testAllowNonExistentPaths: true,
 	}
 	config.deviceConfig = &deviceConfig{
 		config: config,
diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index 1d8d92a..2a0a70a 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
 		p := pathForModuleSrc(ctx, s)
 		if exists, _, err := ctx.Config().fs.Exists(p.String()); err != nil {
 			reportPathErrorf(ctx, "%s: %s", p, err.Error())
-		} else if !exists {
+		} else if !exists && !ctx.Config().testAllowNonExistentPaths {
 			reportPathErrorf(ctx, "module source path %q does not exist", p)
 		}
 
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@
 		}
 	} else if exists, _, err := ctx.Config().fs.Exists(path.String()); err != nil {
 		reportPathErrorf(ctx, "%s: %s", path, err.Error())
-	} else if !exists {
+	} else if !exists && !ctx.Config().testAllowNonExistentPaths {
 		reportPathErrorf(ctx, "source path %q does not exist", path)
 	}
 	return path