diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 64fbdacc2..c1f3e7936 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1441,7 +1441,11 @@ func (ctx *androidModuleContext) ExpandSourcesSubDir(srcFiles, excludes []string
 		if m := SrcIsModule(e); m != "" {
 			module := ctx.GetDirectDepWithTag(m, SourceDepTag)
 			if module == nil {
-				ctx.ModuleErrorf(`missing dependency on %q, is the property annotated with android:"path"?`, m)
+				if ctx.Config().AllowMissingDependencies() {
+					ctx.AddMissingDependencies([]string{m})
+				} else {
+					ctx.ModuleErrorf(`missing dependency on %q, is the property annotated with android:"path"?`, m)
+				}
 				continue
 			}
 			if srcProducer, ok := module.(SourceFileProducer); ok {
@@ -1458,7 +1462,11 @@ func (ctx *androidModuleContext) ExpandSourcesSubDir(srcFiles, excludes []string
 		if m := SrcIsModule(s); m != "" {
 			module := ctx.GetDirectDepWithTag(m, SourceDepTag)
 			if module == nil {
-				ctx.ModuleErrorf(`missing dependency on %q, is the property annotated with android:"path"?`, m)
+				if ctx.Config().AllowMissingDependencies() {
+					ctx.AddMissingDependencies([]string{m})
+				} else {
+					ctx.ModuleErrorf(`missing dependency on %q, is the property annotated with android:"path"?`, m)
+				}
 				continue
 			}
 			if srcProducer, ok := module.(SourceFileProducer); ok {