diff --git a/android/androidmk.go b/android/androidmk.go
index 557e7bac8..f032f1bd4 100644
--- a/android/androidmk.go
+++ b/android/androidmk.go
@@ -486,9 +486,9 @@ func (a *AndroidMkEntries) fillInEntries(ctx fillInEntriesContext, mod blueprint
 	if a.Include == "" {
 		a.Include = "$(BUILD_PREBUILT)"
 	}
-	a.Required = append(a.Required, amod.commonProperties.Required...)
-	a.Host_required = append(a.Host_required, amod.commonProperties.Host_required...)
-	a.Target_required = append(a.Target_required, amod.commonProperties.Target_required...)
+	a.Required = append(a.Required, mod.(Module).RequiredModuleNames()...)
+	a.Host_required = append(a.Host_required, mod.(Module).HostRequiredModuleNames()...)
+	a.Target_required = append(a.Target_required, mod.(Module).TargetRequiredModuleNames()...)
 
 	for _, distString := range a.GetDistForGoals(mod) {
 		fmt.Fprintf(&a.header, distString)
diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 7aec7f21a..1ee113765 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -354,6 +354,24 @@ type BaseProperties struct {
 	// can depend on libraries that are not exported by the APEXes and use private symbols
 	// from the exported libraries.
 	Test_for []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
+	Target struct {
+		Platform struct {
+			// List of modules required by the core variant.
+			Required []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
+			// List of modules not required by the core variant.
+			Exclude_required []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+		} `android:"arch_variant"`
+
+		Recovery struct {
+			// List of modules required by the recovery variant.
+			Required []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
+			// List of modules not required by the recovery variant.
+			Exclude_required []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+		} `android:"arch_variant"`
+	} `android:"arch_variant"`
 }
 
 type VendorProperties struct {
@@ -865,6 +883,18 @@ func (c *Module) HiddenFromMake() bool {
 	return c.Properties.HideFromMake
 }
 
+func (c *Module) RequiredModuleNames() []string {
+	required := android.CopyOf(c.ModuleBase.RequiredModuleNames())
+	if c.ImageVariation().Variation == android.CoreVariation {
+		required = append(required, c.Properties.Target.Platform.Required...)
+		required = removeListFromList(required, c.Properties.Target.Platform.Exclude_required)
+	} else if c.InRecovery() {
+		required = append(required, c.Properties.Target.Recovery.Required...)
+		required = removeListFromList(required, c.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_required)
+	}
+	return android.FirstUniqueStrings(required)
+}
+
 func (c *Module) Toc() android.OptionalPath {
 	if c.linker != nil {
 		if library, ok := c.linker.(libraryInterface); ok {