diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index 5d458cbb1..fb751175e 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -287,6 +287,17 @@ func (p OptionalPath) Path() Path {
 	return p.path
 }
 
+// AsPaths converts the OptionalPath into Paths.
+//
+// It returns nil if this is not valid, or a single length slice containing the Path embedded in
+// this OptionalPath.
+func (p OptionalPath) AsPaths() Paths {
+	if !p.valid {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return Paths{p.path}
+}
+
 // RelativeToTop returns an OptionalPath with the path that was embedded having been replaced by the
 // result of calling Path.RelativeToTop on it.
 func (p OptionalPath) RelativeToTop() OptionalPath {
diff --git a/android/paths_test.go b/android/paths_test.go
index f8ccc7789..6f5d79e7e 100644
--- a/android/paths_test.go
+++ b/android/paths_test.go
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ func TestOptionalPath(t *testing.T) {
 
 	path = OptionalPathForPath(nil)
 	checkInvalidOptionalPath(t, path)
+
+	path = OptionalPathForPath(PathForTesting("path"))
+	checkValidOptionalPath(t, path, "path")
 }
 
 func checkInvalidOptionalPath(t *testing.T, path OptionalPath) {
@@ -151,6 +154,10 @@ func checkInvalidOptionalPath(t *testing.T, path OptionalPath) {
 	if path.String() != "" {
 		t.Errorf("Uninitialized OptionalPath String() should return \"\", not %q", path.String())
 	}
+	paths := path.AsPaths()
+	if len(paths) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Uninitialized OptionalPath AsPaths() should return empty Paths, not %q", paths)
+	}
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r == nil {
 			t.Errorf("Expected a panic when calling Path() on an uninitialized OptionalPath")
@@ -159,6 +166,21 @@ func checkInvalidOptionalPath(t *testing.T, path OptionalPath) {
 	path.Path()
 }
 
+func checkValidOptionalPath(t *testing.T, path OptionalPath, expectedString string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if !path.Valid() {
+		t.Errorf("Initialized OptionalPath should not be invalid")
+	}
+	if path.String() != expectedString {
+		t.Errorf("Initialized OptionalPath String() should return %q, not %q", expectedString, path.String())
+	}
+	paths := path.AsPaths()
+	if len(paths) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Initialized OptionalPath AsPaths() should return Paths with length 1, not %q", paths)
+	}
+	path.Path()
+}
+
 func check(t *testing.T, testType, testString string,
 	got interface{}, err []error,
 	expected interface{}, expectedErr []error) {