diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index ef319a482..196b095dd 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ type Module interface {
 	InitRc() Paths
 	VintfFragments() Paths
 	NoticeFiles() Paths
+	EffectiveLicenseFiles() Paths
 
 	AddProperties(props ...interface{})
 	GetProperties() []interface{}
@@ -1515,6 +1516,10 @@ func (m *ModuleBase) ExportedToMake() bool {
 	return m.commonProperties.NamespaceExportedToMake
 }
 
+func (m *ModuleBase) EffectiveLicenseFiles() Paths {
+	return m.commonProperties.Effective_license_text
+}
+
 // computeInstallDeps finds the installed paths of all dependencies that have a dependency
 // tag that is annotated as needing installation via the IsInstallDepNeeded method.
 func (m *ModuleBase) computeInstallDeps(ctx ModuleContext) ([]*installPathsDepSet, []*packagingSpecsDepSet) {
diff --git a/cc/linkable.go b/cc/linkable.go
index c42c875b4..84141e298 100644
--- a/cc/linkable.go
+++ b/cc/linkable.go
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ type Snapshottable interface {
 	// SnapshotLibrary returns true if this module is a snapshot library.
 	IsSnapshotLibrary() bool
 
+	// EffectiveLicenseFiles returns the list of License files for this module.
+	EffectiveLicenseFiles() android.Paths
+
 	// SnapshotRuntimeLibs returns a list of libraries needed by this module at runtime but which aren't build dependencies.
 	SnapshotRuntimeLibs() []string
 
diff --git a/cc/vendor_snapshot.go b/cc/vendor_snapshot.go
index 7ba2363fc..003b7c98b 100644
--- a/cc/vendor_snapshot.go
+++ b/cc/vendor_snapshot.go
@@ -501,13 +501,13 @@ func (c *snapshotSingleton) GenerateBuildActions(ctx android.SingletonContext) {
 			headers = append(headers, m.SnapshotHeaders()...)
 		}
 
-		if len(m.NoticeFiles()) > 0 {
+		if len(m.EffectiveLicenseFiles()) > 0 {
 			noticeName := ctx.ModuleName(m) + ".txt"
 			noticeOut := filepath.Join(noticeDir, noticeName)
 			// skip already copied notice file
 			if !installedNotices[noticeOut] {
 				installedNotices[noticeOut] = true
-				snapshotOutputs = append(snapshotOutputs, combineNoticesRule(ctx, m.NoticeFiles(), noticeOut))
+				snapshotOutputs = append(snapshotOutputs, combineNoticesRule(ctx, m.EffectiveLicenseFiles(), noticeOut))
 			}
 		}
 	})