diff --git a/android/defaults.go b/android/defaults.go
index ff7900232..ba26e00c3 100644
--- a/android/defaults.go
+++ b/android/defaults.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type defaultsDependencyTag struct {
 var DefaultsDepTag defaultsDependencyTag
 
 type defaultsProperties struct {
-	Defaults []string
+	Defaults proptools.Configurable[[]string]
 }
 
 type DefaultableModuleBase struct {
@@ -278,13 +278,14 @@ func RegisterDefaultsPreArchMutators(ctx RegisterMutatorsContext) {
 
 func defaultsDepsMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if defaultable, ok := ctx.Module().(Defaultable); ok {
-		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), DefaultsDepTag, defaultable.defaults().Defaults...)
+		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), DefaultsDepTag, defaultable.defaults().Defaults.GetOrDefault(ctx.Module().ConfigurableEvaluator(ctx), nil)...)
 	}
 }
 
 func defaultsMutator(ctx TopDownMutatorContext) {
 	if defaultable, ok := ctx.Module().(Defaultable); ok {
-		if len(defaultable.defaults().Defaults) > 0 {
+		defaults := defaultable.defaults().Defaults.GetOrDefault(ctx.Module().ConfigurableEvaluator(ctx), nil)
+		if len(defaults) > 0 {
 			var defaultsList []Defaults
 			seen := make(map[Defaults]bool)
 
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ func defaultsMutator(ctx TopDownMutatorContext) {
 						if !seen[defaults] {
 							seen[defaults] = true
 							defaultsList = append(defaultsList, defaults)
-							return len(defaults.defaults().Defaults) > 0
+							return len(defaults.defaults().Defaults.GetOrDefault(ctx.Module().ConfigurableEvaluator(ctx), nil)) > 0
 						}
 					} else {
 						ctx.PropertyErrorf("defaults", "module %s is not an defaults module",
diff --git a/android/module_test.go b/android/module_test.go
index 922ea21fe..829c07987 100644
--- a/android/module_test.go
+++ b/android/module_test.go
@@ -722,7 +722,6 @@ test {
 				propInfo{Name: "Arch.X86_64.A", Type: "string", Value: "x86_64 a"},
 				propInfo{Name: "B", Type: "bool", Value: "true"},
 				propInfo{Name: "C", Type: "string slice", Values: []string{"default_c", "c"}},
-				propInfo{Name: "Defaults", Type: "string slice", Values: []string{"foo_defaults"}},
 				propInfo{Name: "Embedded_prop", Type: "string", Value: "a"},
 				propInfo{Name: "Name", Type: "string", Value: "foo"},
 				propInfo{Name: "Nested.E", Type: "string", Value: "nested e"},
@@ -746,7 +745,6 @@ test {
 			foo := result.ModuleForTests("foo", "").Module().base()
 
 			AssertDeepEquals(t, "foo ", tc.expectedProps, foo.propertiesWithValues())
-
 		})
 	}
 }