diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 714cf9c4c..7b4f8ff8e 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -2082,13 +2082,13 @@ func (a *apexBundle) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 						// We do not add this variation to `filesInfo`, as it has no output;
 						// however, we do add the other variations of this module as indirect
 						// dependencies (see below).
-						return true
 					} else {
 						// Single-output test module (where `test_per_src: false`).
 						af := apexFileForExecutable(ctx, ccTest)
 						af.class = nativeTest
 						filesInfo = append(filesInfo, af)
 					}
+					return true // track transitive dependencies
 				} else {
 					ctx.PropertyErrorf("tests", "%q is not a cc module", depName)
 				}
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index dea7a087e..b58363e62 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -3145,11 +3145,19 @@ func TestApexWithTests(t *testing.T) {
 			gtest: false,
 			srcs: ["mytest.cpp"],
 			relative_install_path: "test",
+			shared_libs: ["mylib"],
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			static_executable: true,
 			stl: "none",
 		}
 
+		cc_library {
+			name: "mylib",
+			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+		}
+
 		cc_test {
 			name: "mytests",
 			gtest: false,
@@ -3169,8 +3177,9 @@ func TestApexWithTests(t *testing.T) {
 	apexRule := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_myapex_image").Rule("apexRule")
 	copyCmds := apexRule.Args["copy_commands"]
 
-	// Ensure that test dep is copied into apex.
+	// Ensure that test dep (and their transitive dependencies) are copied into apex.
 	ensureContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/bin/test/mytest")
+	ensureContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/lib64/mylib.so")
 
 	// Ensure that test deps built with `test_per_src` are copied into apex.
 	ensureContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/bin/test/mytest1")