diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index e431adaf4..e7959e82f 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ type EarlyModuleContext interface {
 type BaseModuleContext interface {
 	EarlyModuleContext
 
+	blueprintBaseModuleContext() blueprint.BaseModuleContext
+
 	OtherModuleName(m blueprint.Module) string
 	OtherModuleDir(m blueprint.Module) string
 	OtherModuleErrorf(m blueprint.Module, fmt string, args ...interface{})
@@ -1442,6 +1444,10 @@ func (b *baseModuleContext) GetDirectDepWithTag(name string, tag blueprint.Depen
 	return b.bp.GetDirectDepWithTag(name, tag)
 }
 
+func (b *baseModuleContext) blueprintBaseModuleContext() blueprint.BaseModuleContext {
+	return b.bp
+}
+
 type moduleContext struct {
 	bp blueprint.ModuleContext
 	baseModuleContext
@@ -2364,3 +2370,8 @@ type IdeInfo struct {
 	Installed_paths   []string `json:"installed,omitempty"`
 	SrcJars           []string `json:"srcjars,omitempty"`
 }
+
+func CheckBlueprintSyntax(ctx BaseModuleContext, filename string, contents string) []error {
+	bpctx := ctx.blueprintBaseModuleContext()
+	return blueprint.CheckBlueprintSyntax(bpctx.ModuleFactories(), filename, contents)
+}
diff --git a/sdk/update.go b/sdk/update.go
index 476a4a5ea..1ba58064d 100644
--- a/sdk/update.go
+++ b/sdk/update.go
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ func (s *sdk) buildSnapshot(ctx android.ModuleContext, sdkVariants []*sdk) andro
 	bp = newGeneratedFile(ctx, "snapshot", "Android.bp")
 	generateBpContents(&bp.generatedContents, bpFile)
 
+	contents := bp.content.String()
+	syntaxCheckSnapshotBpFile(ctx, contents)
+
 	bp.build(pctx, ctx, nil)
 
 	filesToZip := builder.filesToZip
@@ -394,6 +397,36 @@ func (s *sdk) buildSnapshot(ctx android.ModuleContext, sdkVariants []*sdk) andro
 	return outputZipFile
 }
 
+// Check the syntax of the generated Android.bp file contents and if they are
+// invalid then log an error with the contents (tagged with line numbers) and the
+// errors that were found so that it is easy to see where the problem lies.
+func syntaxCheckSnapshotBpFile(ctx android.ModuleContext, contents string) {
+	errs := android.CheckBlueprintSyntax(ctx, "Android.bp", contents)
+	if len(errs) != 0 {
+		message := &strings.Builder{}
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprint(message, `errors in generated Android.bp snapshot:
+
+Generated Android.bp contents
+========================================================================
+`)
+		for i, line := range strings.Split(contents, "\n") {
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(message, "%6d:    %s\n", i+1, line)
+		}
+
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprint(message, `
+========================================================================
+
+Errors found:
+`)
+
+		for _, err := range errs {
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(message, "%s\n", err.Error())
+		}
+
+		ctx.ModuleErrorf("%s", message.String())
+	}
+}
+
 func extractCommonProperties(ctx android.ModuleContext, extractor *commonValueExtractor, commonProperties interface{}, inputPropertiesSlice interface{}) {
 	err := extractor.extractCommonProperties(commonProperties, inputPropertiesSlice)
 	if err != nil {