diff --git a/java/aar.go b/java/aar.go
index 3ac77fa..037342a 100644
--- a/java/aar.go
+++ b/java/aar.go
@@ -805,12 +805,12 @@
 var _ AndroidLibraryDependency = (*AndroidLibrary)(nil)
 
 func (a *AndroidLibrary) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	a.usesLibrary.deps(ctx, false)
 	a.Module.deps(ctx)
 	sdkDep := decodeSdkDep(ctx, android.SdkContext(a))
 	if sdkDep.hasFrameworkLibs() {
 		a.aapt.deps(ctx, sdkDep)
 	}
-	a.usesLibrary.deps(ctx, false)
 
 	for _, aconfig_declaration := range a.aaptProperties.Flags_packages {
 		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), aconfigDeclarationTag, aconfig_declaration)
@@ -1374,6 +1374,12 @@
 
 var _ android.PrebuiltInterface = (*AARImport)(nil)
 
+func (a *AARImport) UsesLibrary() *usesLibrary {
+	return &a.usesLibrary
+}
+
+var _ ModuleWithUsesLibrary = (*AARImport)(nil)
+
 // android_library_import imports an `.aar` file into the build graph as if it was built with android_library.
 //
 // This module is not suitable for installing on a device, but can be used as a `static_libs` dependency of