diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index a7570dc..cd84f8a 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 	//
 	// "//apex_available:anyapex" is a pseudo APEX name that matches to any APEX.
 	// "//apex_available:platform" refers to non-APEX partitions like "system.img".
+	// "com.android.gki.*" matches any APEX module name with the prefix "com.android.gki.".
 	// Default is ["//apex_available:platform"].
 	Apex_available []string
 
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@
 const (
 	AvailableToPlatform = "//apex_available:platform"
 	AvailableToAnyApex  = "//apex_available:anyapex"
+	AvailableToGkiApex  = "com.android.gki.*"
 )
 
 func CheckAvailableForApex(what string, apex_available []string) bool {
@@ -222,7 +224,8 @@
 		return what == AvailableToPlatform
 	}
 	return InList(what, apex_available) ||
-		(what != AvailableToPlatform && InList(AvailableToAnyApex, apex_available))
+		(what != AvailableToPlatform && InList(AvailableToAnyApex, apex_available)) ||
+		(strings.HasPrefix(what, "com.android.gki.") && InList(AvailableToGkiApex, apex_available))
 }
 
 func (m *ApexModuleBase) AvailableFor(what string) bool {
@@ -256,7 +259,7 @@
 
 func (m *ApexModuleBase) checkApexAvailableProperty(mctx BaseModuleContext) {
 	for _, n := range m.ApexProperties.Apex_available {
-		if n == AvailableToPlatform || n == AvailableToAnyApex {
+		if n == AvailableToPlatform || n == AvailableToAnyApex || n == AvailableToGkiApex {
 			continue
 		}
 		if !mctx.OtherModuleExists(n) && !mctx.Config().AllowMissingDependencies() {
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 7db61d5..690c2f5 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -412,7 +412,14 @@
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			static_executable: true,
 			stl: "none",
-			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
+			apex_available: [ "myapex", "com.android.gki.*" ],
+		}
+
+		apex {
+			name: "com.android.gki.fake",
+			binaries: ["foo"],
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			file_contexts: ":myapex-file_contexts",
 		}
 
 		cc_library_shared {