diff --git a/src/Android.bp b/src/Android.bp
index e3b3132..d916fb0 100644
--- a/src/Android.bp
+++ b/src/Android.bp
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 cc_binary_host {
-    name: "flex",
+    // Not named "flex" because we need the flex module to build scan.l below,
+    // and we don't support dependency loops. The stem renames this back to
+    // 'flex' in the installed path
+    name: "flex_bin",
+    stem: "flex",
 
     stl: "none",
     srcs: [