diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 996b0072a..dd32fcbd3 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ var (
 	fsTag           = &dependencyTag{name: "filesystem", payload: true}
 	bcpfTag         = &dependencyTag{name: "bootclasspathFragment", payload: true, sourceOnly: true, memberType: java.BootclasspathFragmentSdkMemberType}
 	sscpfTag        = &dependencyTag{name: "systemserverclasspathFragment", payload: true, sourceOnly: true, memberType: java.SystemServerClasspathFragmentSdkMemberType}
-	compatConfigTag = &dependencyTag{name: "compatConfig", payload: true, sourceOnly: true}
+	compatConfigTag = &dependencyTag{name: "compatConfig", payload: true, sourceOnly: true, memberType: java.CompatConfigSdkMemberType}
 	javaLibTag      = &dependencyTag{name: "javaLib", payload: true}
 	jniLibTag       = &dependencyTag{name: "jniLib", payload: true}
 	keyTag          = &dependencyTag{name: "key"}
diff --git a/java/platform_compat_config.go b/java/platform_compat_config.go
index f442ddfd4..1c4249507 100644
--- a/java/platform_compat_config.go
+++ b/java/platform_compat_config.go
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ import (
 func init() {
 	registerPlatformCompatConfigBuildComponents(android.InitRegistrationContext)
 
-	android.RegisterSdkMemberType(&compatConfigMemberType{
-		SdkMemberTypeBase: android.SdkMemberTypeBase{
-			PropertyName: "compat_configs",
-			SupportsSdk:  true,
-		},
-	})
+	android.RegisterSdkMemberType(CompatConfigSdkMemberType)
+}
+
+var CompatConfigSdkMemberType = &compatConfigMemberType{
+	SdkMemberTypeBase: android.SdkMemberTypeBase{
+		PropertyName: "compat_configs",
+		SupportsSdk:  true,
+	},
 }
 
 func registerPlatformCompatConfigBuildComponents(ctx android.RegistrationContext) {
diff --git a/sdk/compat_config_sdk_test.go b/sdk/compat_config_sdk_test.go
index d166add00..45e8e0ed6 100644
--- a/sdk/compat_config_sdk_test.go
+++ b/sdk/compat_config_sdk_test.go
@@ -21,16 +21,12 @@ import (
 	"android/soong/java"
 )
 
-func TestSnapshotWithCompatConfig(t *testing.T) {
+func testSnapshotWithCompatConfig(t *testing.T, sdk string) {
 	result := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
 		prepareForSdkTestWithJava,
 		java.PrepareForTestWithPlatformCompatConfig,
-	).RunTestWithBp(t, `
-		sdk {
-			name: "mysdk",
-			compat_configs: ["myconfig"],
-		}
-
+		prepareForSdkTestWithApex,
+	).RunTestWithBp(t, sdk+`
 		platform_compat_config {
 			name: "myconfig",
 		}
@@ -73,3 +69,28 @@ prebuilt_platform_compat_config {
 			}),
 	)
 }
+
+func TestSnapshotWithCompatConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	testSnapshotWithCompatConfig(t, `
+		sdk {
+			name: "mysdk",
+			compat_configs: ["myconfig"],
+		}
+`)
+}
+
+func TestSnapshotWithCompatConfig_Apex(t *testing.T) {
+	testSnapshotWithCompatConfig(t, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			min_sdk_version: "2",
+			compat_configs: ["myconfig"],
+		}
+
+		sdk {
+			name: "mysdk",
+			apexes: ["myapex"],
+		}
+`)
+}