diff --git a/android/visibility.go b/android/visibility.go
index 6558e4622..5aa7f3f67 100644
--- a/android/visibility.go
+++ b/android/visibility.go
@@ -496,6 +496,13 @@ func EffectiveVisibilityRules(ctx BaseModuleContext, module Module) []string {
 
 	rule := effectiveVisibilityRules(ctx.Config(), qualified)
 
+	// Modules are implicitly visible to other modules in the same package,
+	// without checking the visibility rules. Here we need to add that visibility
+	// explicitly.
+	if rule != nil && !rule.matches(qualified) {
+		rule = append(rule, packageRule{dir})
+	}
+
 	return rule.Strings()
 }
 
diff --git a/sdk/sdk_test.go b/sdk/sdk_test.go
index eb514342b..9bbf410b7 100644
--- a/sdk/sdk_test.go
+++ b/sdk/sdk_test.go
@@ -155,14 +155,20 @@ func TestSnapshotVisibility(t *testing.T) {
 java_import {
     name: "mysdk_myjavalib@current",
     sdk_member_name: "myjavalib",
-    visibility: ["//other/foo"],
+    visibility: [
+        "//other/foo",
+        "//package",
+    ],
     jars: ["java/myjavalib.jar"],
 }
 
 java_import {
     name: "myjavalib",
     prefer: false,
-    visibility: ["//other/foo"],
+    visibility: [
+        "//other/foo",
+        "//package",
+    ],
     jars: ["java/myjavalib.jar"],
 }
 
@@ -183,14 +189,20 @@ java_import {
 java_import {
     name: "mysdk_mydefaultedjavalib@current",
     sdk_member_name: "mydefaultedjavalib",
-    visibility: ["//other/bar"],
+    visibility: [
+        "//other/bar",
+        "//package",
+    ],
     jars: ["java/mydefaultedjavalib.jar"],
 }
 
 java_import {
     name: "mydefaultedjavalib",
     prefer: false,
-    visibility: ["//other/bar"],
+    visibility: [
+        "//other/bar",
+        "//package",
+    ],
     jars: ["java/mydefaultedjavalib.jar"],
 }