diff --git a/android/filegroup.go b/android/filegroup.go
index 7d929bc4e..0f6e00e86 100644
--- a/android/filegroup.go
+++ b/android/filegroup.go
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ type bazelAidlLibraryAttributes struct {
 	Strip_import_prefix *string
 }
 
+// api srcs can be contained in filegroups.
+// this should be generated in api_bp2build workspace as well.
+func (fg *fileGroup) ConvertWithApiBp2build(ctx TopDownMutatorContext) {
+	fg.ConvertWithBp2build(ctx)
+}
+
 // ConvertWithBp2build performs bp2build conversion of filegroup
 func (fg *fileGroup) ConvertWithBp2build(ctx TopDownMutatorContext) {
 	srcs := bazel.MakeLabelListAttribute(