diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 54b0ccc1c..3b3cafd00 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -4979,6 +4979,12 @@ func TestBootDexJarsFromSourcesAndPrebuilts(t *testing.T) {
 		// find the dex boot jar in it. We either need to disable the source libfoo
 		// or make the prebuilt libfoo preferred.
 		testDexpreoptWithApexes(t, bp, "module libfoo does not provide a dex boot jar", preparer, fragment)
+		// dexbootjar check is skipped if AllowMissingDependencies is true
+		preparerAllowMissingDeps := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+			preparer,
+			android.PrepareForTestWithAllowMissingDependencies,
+		)
+		testDexpreoptWithApexes(t, bp, "", preparerAllowMissingDeps, fragment)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("prebuilt library preferred with source", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go b/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
index 1019b4c85..946092cdb 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
@@ -500,7 +500,11 @@ func copyBootJarsToPredefinedLocations(ctx android.ModuleContext, srcBootDexJars
 		dst := dstBootJarsByModule[name]
 
 		if src == nil {
-			ctx.ModuleErrorf("module %s does not provide a dex boot jar", name)
+			if !ctx.Config().AllowMissingDependencies() {
+				ctx.ModuleErrorf("module %s does not provide a dex boot jar", name)
+			} else {
+				ctx.AddMissingDependencies([]string{name})
+			}
 		} else if dst == nil {
 			ctx.ModuleErrorf("module %s is not part of the boot configuration", name)
 		} else {