diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 883c3c847..876a052b2 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -4130,6 +4130,41 @@ func TestApexName(t *testing.T) {
 	ensureNotContains(t, androidMk, "LOCAL_MODULE := mylib.com.android.myapex\n")
 }
 
+func TestOverrideApexManifestDefaultVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := testApex(t, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			apex_name: "com.android.myapex",
+			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
+			updatable: false,
+		}
+
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "mylib",
+			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+			apex_available: [
+				"//apex_available:platform",
+				"myapex",
+			],
+		}
+	`, android.FixtureMergeEnv(map[string]string{
+		"OVERRIDE_APEX_MANIFEST_DEFAULT_VERSION": "1234",
+	}))
+
+	module := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_com.android.myapex_image")
+	apexManifestRule := module.Rule("apexManifestRule")
+	ensureContains(t, apexManifestRule.Args["default_version"], "1234")
+}
+
 func TestCompileMultilibProp(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		compileMultiLibProp string
diff --git a/apex/builder.go b/apex/builder.go
index 9e368b604..4be34d22b 100644
--- a/apex/builder.go
+++ b/apex/builder.go
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ func (a *apexBundle) buildManifest(ctx android.ModuleContext, provideNativeLibs,
 	}
 
 	manifestJsonFullOut := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "apex_manifest_full.json")
+	defaultVersion := android.DefaultUpdatableModuleVersion
+	if override := ctx.Config().Getenv("OVERRIDE_APEX_MANIFEST_DEFAULT_VERSION"); override != "" {
+		defaultVersion = override
+	}
 	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
 		Rule:   apexManifestRule,
 		Input:  src,
@@ -243,7 +247,7 @@ func (a *apexBundle) buildManifest(ctx android.ModuleContext, provideNativeLibs,
 		Args: map[string]string{
 			"provideNativeLibs": strings.Join(provideNativeLibs, " "),
 			"requireNativeLibs": strings.Join(requireNativeLibs, " "),
-			"default_version":   android.DefaultUpdatableModuleVersion,
+			"default_version":   defaultVersion,
 			"opt":               strings.Join(optCommands, " "),
 		},
 	})