diff --git a/java/platform_bootclasspath.go b/java/platform_bootclasspath.go
index 4cb02e3c6..3a5982279 100644
--- a/java/platform_bootclasspath.go
+++ b/java/platform_bootclasspath.go
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ func (b *platformBootclasspathModule) generateHiddenAPIBuildActions(ctx android.
 			}
 
 			hiddenAPISupportingModules = append(hiddenAPISupportingModules, hiddenAPISupportingModule)
+		} else if _, ok := module.(*DexImport); ok {
+			// Ignore this for the purposes of hidden API processing
 		} else {
 			ctx.ModuleErrorf("module %s of type %s does not support hidden API processing", module, ctx.OtherModuleType(module))
 		}
diff --git a/java/platform_bootclasspath_test.go b/java/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
index 2216b111c..98d46143c 100644
--- a/java/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
+++ b/java/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
@@ -133,6 +133,23 @@ func TestPlatformBootclasspath(t *testing.T) {
 			"platform:bar",
 		})
 	})
+
+	t.Run("dex import", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+			preparer,
+			android.FixtureAddTextFile("deximport/Android.bp", `
+				dex_import {
+					name: "foo",
+					jars: ["a.jar"],
+				}
+			`),
+		).RunTest(t)
+
+		CheckPlatformBootclasspathModules(t, result, "platform-bootclasspath", []string{
+			"platform:prebuilt_foo",
+			"platform:bar",
+		})
+	})
 }
 
 func TestPlatformBootclasspath_Fragments(t *testing.T) {