diff --git a/python/proto.go b/python/proto.go
index 813e91d..b3ffaa6 100644
--- a/python/proto.go
+++ b/python/proto.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	rule.Command().Text("rm -rf").Flag(outDir.String())
 	rule.Command().Text("mkdir -p").Flag(outDir.String())
 
-	android.ProtoRule(ctx, rule, protoFile, flags, nil, outDir, depFile, nil)
+	android.ProtoRule(ctx, rule, protoFile, flags, flags.Deps, outDir, depFile, nil)
 
 	// Proto generated python files have an unknown package name in the path, so package the entire output directory
 	// into a srcszip.
diff --git a/python/python.go b/python/python.go
index 3c3c396..ad08909 100644
--- a/python/python.go
+++ b/python/python.go
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@
 }
 
 func (p *Module) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	android.ProtoDeps(ctx, &p.protoProperties)
+
 	if p.hasSrcExt(ctx, protoExt) && p.Name() != "libprotobuf-python" {
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, pythonLibTag, "libprotobuf-python")
 	}