diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 1e5a24de9..687cf9b8c 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -1091,6 +1091,10 @@ func (c *config) EnforceProductPartitionInterface() bool {
 	return Bool(c.productVariables.EnforceProductPartitionInterface)
 }
 
+func (c *config) InstallExtraFlattenedApexes() bool {
+	return Bool(c.productVariables.InstallExtraFlattenedApexes)
+}
+
 func (c *config) ProductHiddenAPIStubs() []string {
 	return c.productVariables.ProductHiddenAPIStubs
 }
diff --git a/android/variable.go b/android/variable.go
index 25a5dc08f..628408eac 100644
--- a/android/variable.go
+++ b/android/variable.go
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ type productVariables struct {
 	MissingUsesLibraries []string `json:",omitempty"`
 
 	EnforceProductPartitionInterface *bool `json:",omitempty"`
+
+	InstallExtraFlattenedApexes *bool `json:",omitempty"`
 }
 
 func boolPtr(v bool) *bool {
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 289175bf7..4efba0314 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -905,6 +905,10 @@ func (a *apexBundle) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 		} else {
 			a.suffix = ""
 			a.primaryApexType = true
+
+			if ctx.Config().InstallExtraFlattenedApexes() {
+				a.externalDeps = append(a.externalDeps, a.Name()+flattenedSuffix)
+			}
 		}
 	case zipApex:
 		if proptools.String(a.properties.Payload_type) == "zip" {
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 509d76039..2b09801cf 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -2458,6 +2458,29 @@ func TestApexWithTests(t *testing.T) {
 	ensureContains(t, androidMk, "LOCAL_MODULE := myapex\n")
 }
 
+func TestInstallExtraFlattenedApexes(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, config := testApex(t, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+		}
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+	`, func(fs map[string][]byte, config android.Config) {
+		config.TestProductVariables.InstallExtraFlattenedApexes = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
+	})
+	ab := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_myapex_image").Module().(*apexBundle)
+	ensureListContains(t, ab.externalDeps, "myapex.flattened")
+	mk := android.AndroidMkDataForTest(t, config, "", ab)
+	var builder strings.Builder
+	mk.Custom(&builder, ab.Name(), "TARGET_", "", mk)
+	androidMk := builder.String()
+	ensureContains(t, androidMk, "LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES += myapex.flattened")
+}
+
 func TestApexUsesOtherApex(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, _ := testApex(t, `
 		apex {