diff --git a/test-base/Android.bp b/test-base/Android.bp
index 0b7a398..9bd639b 100644
--- a/test-base/Android.bp
+++ b/test-base/Android.bp
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
 
     compile_dex: true,
     default_to_stubs: true,
+
+    // Additional hiddenapi annotations are provided in a separate module.
+    // TODO(b/180295980) - investigate whether this can be removed
+    hiddenapi_additional_annotations: [
+        "android.test.base-hiddenapi-annotations",
+    ],
 }
 
 // Build the android.test.base_static library
@@ -91,8 +97,9 @@
 // ===============================================
 // This contains the android.test classes from android.test.base plus
 // the com.android.internal.util.Predicate[s] classes. This is only
-// intended for inclusion in android.test.legacy and must not be used
-// elsewhere.
+// intended for inclusion in android.test.legacy and in
+// android.test.base-hiddenapi-annotations to avoid a dependency cycle and must
+// not be used elsewhere.
 java_library_static {
     name: "android.test.base-minus-junit",
 
diff --git a/test-base/hiddenapi/Android.bp b/test-base/hiddenapi/Android.bp
index d4f52d0..1466590 100644
--- a/test-base/hiddenapi/Android.bp
+++ b/test-base/hiddenapi/Android.bp
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 //
 
-// Provided solely to contribute information about which hidden parts of the android.test.base
-// library are used by apps. The source files are stubs of the actual files in ../src which use the
-// UnsupportedAppUsage annotation to tag those methods that are accessible via the hiddenapi.
-// Relies on the convention that modules with name <x>-hiddenapi provide hiddenapi information for
-// module <x> that is on the bootclasspath.
 package {
     // See: http://go/android-license-faq
     // A large-scale-change added 'default_applicable_licenses' to import
@@ -28,14 +23,20 @@
     default_applicable_licenses: ["frameworks_base_license"],
 }
 
+// Provided solely to contribute information about which hidden parts of the android.test.base
+// library are used by apps. The source files are stubs of the actual files in ../src which use the
+// UnsupportedAppUsage annotation to tag those methods that are accessible via the hiddenapi.
 java_library {
-    name: "android.test.base-hiddenapi",
+    name: "android.test.base-hiddenapi-annotations",
     compile_dex: true,
 
     srcs: ["src/**/*.java"],
 
     libs: [
-        "android.test.base",
+        // Use this instead of `android.test.base` to avoid a dependency cycle
+        // as `android.test.base` depends on this.
+        "android.test.base-minus-junit",
+        "junit",
         "unsupportedappusage",
     ],
 }