diff --git a/android/variable.go b/android/variable.go
index fc5ae237b..eac8d6937 100644
--- a/android/variable.go
+++ b/android/variable.go
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ type variableProperties struct {
 			Srcs         []string
 			Exclude_srcs []string
 			Cmd          *string
+
+			Deps []string
 		}
 
 		// eng is true for -eng builds, and can be used to turn on additional heavyweight debugging