diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 9d06e1c8f..efc12b35d 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -1049,6 +1049,16 @@ func apexMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if a, ok := mctx.Module().(*apexBundle); ok && !a.vndkApex {
 		apexBundleName := mctx.ModuleName()
 		mctx.CreateVariations(apexBundleName)
+		if strings.HasPrefix(apexBundleName, "com.android.art") {
+			// Create an alias from the platform variant. This is done to make
+			// test_for dependencies work for modules that are split by the APEX
+			// mutator, since test_for dependencies always go to the platform variant.
+			// This doesn't happen for normal APEXes that are disjunct, so only do
+			// this for the overlapping ART APEXes.
+			// TODO(b/183882457): Remove this if the test_for functionality is
+			// refactored to depend on the proper APEX variants instead of platform.
+			mctx.CreateAliasVariation("", apexBundleName)
+		}
 	} else if o, ok := mctx.Module().(*OverrideApex); ok {
 		apexBundleName := o.GetOverriddenModuleName()
 		if apexBundleName == "" {
@@ -1056,6 +1066,10 @@ func apexMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 			return
 		}
 		mctx.CreateVariations(apexBundleName)
+		if strings.HasPrefix(apexBundleName, "com.android.art") {
+			// TODO(b/183882457): See note for CreateAliasVariation above.
+			mctx.CreateAliasVariation("", apexBundleName)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index cc77ab7d6..6f56cbdb8 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -6894,6 +6894,56 @@ func TestIndirectTestFor(t *testing.T) {
 	ensureLinkedLibIs("myprivlib", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared", "out/soong/.intermediates/mylib/", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared/mylib.so")
 }
 
+func TestTestForForLibInOtherApex(t *testing.T) {
+	// This case is only allowed for known overlapping APEXes, i.e. the ART APEXes.
+	_ = testApex(t, `
+		apex {
+			name: "com.android.art",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
+			updatable: false,
+		}
+
+		apex {
+			name: "com.android.art.debug",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			native_shared_libs: ["mylib", "mytestlib"],
+			updatable: false,
+		}
+
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "mylib",
+			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+			stubs: {
+				versions: ["1"],
+			},
+			apex_available: ["com.android.art", "com.android.art.debug"],
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "mytestlib",
+			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			shared_libs: ["mylib"],
+			stl: "none",
+			apex_available: ["com.android.art.debug"],
+			test_for: ["com.android.art"],
+		}
+	`,
+		android.MockFS{
+			"system/sepolicy/apex/com.android.art-file_contexts":       nil,
+			"system/sepolicy/apex/com.android.art.debug-file_contexts": nil,
+		}.AddToFixture())
+}
+
 // TODO(jungjw): Move this to proptools
 func intPtr(i int) *int {
 	return &i