diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index 94b4f7e..c0a1aeb 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
         "android/neverallow.go",
         "android/onceper.go",
         "android/package_ctx.go",
+        "android/path_properties.go",
         "android/paths.go",
         "android/prebuilt.go",
         "android/prebuilt_etc.go",
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@
         "android/namespace_test.go",
         "android/neverallow_test.go",
         "android/onceper_test.go",
+        "android/path_properties_test.go",
         "android/paths_test.go",
         "android/prebuilt_test.go",
         "android/prebuilt_etc_test.go",
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 218df22..1e6cc83 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@
 		if m := SrcIsModule(e); m != "" {
 			module := ctx.GetDirectDepWithTag(m, SourceDepTag)
 			if module == nil {
-				// Error will have been handled by ExtractSourcesDeps
+				ctx.ModuleErrorf(`missing dependency on %q, is the property annotated with android:"path"?`, m)
 				continue
 			}
 			if srcProducer, ok := module.(SourceFileProducer); ok {
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@
 		if m := SrcIsModule(s); m != "" {
 			module := ctx.GetDirectDepWithTag(m, SourceDepTag)
 			if module == nil {
-				// Error will have been handled by ExtractSourcesDeps
+				ctx.ModuleErrorf(`missing dependency on %q, is the property annotated with android:"path"?`, m)
 				continue
 			}
 			if srcProducer, ok := module.(SourceFileProducer); ok {
diff --git a/android/mutator.go b/android/mutator.go
index 509b67f..cd1a2d5 100644
--- a/android/mutator.go
+++ b/android/mutator.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 }
 
 var postDeps = []RegisterMutatorFunc{
+	registerPathDepsMutator,
 	RegisterPrebuiltsPostDepsMutators,
 	registerNeverallowMutator,
 }
diff --git a/android/path_properties.go b/android/path_properties.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d89709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/path_properties.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+// Copyright 2019 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package android
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+
+	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
+)
+
+func registerPathDepsMutator(ctx RegisterMutatorsContext) {
+	ctx.BottomUp("pathdeps", pathDepsMutator).Parallel()
+}
+
+// The pathDepsMutator automatically adds dependencies on any module that is listed with ":module" syntax in a
+// property that is tagged with android:"path".
+func pathDepsMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	m := ctx.Module().(Module)
+	if m == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	props := m.base().customizableProperties
+
+	for _, ps := range props {
+		pathProperties := pathPropertiesForPropertyStruct(ctx, ps)
+		pathProperties = FirstUniqueStrings(pathProperties)
+
+		var deps []string
+		for _, s := range pathProperties {
+			if m := SrcIsModule(s); m != "" {
+				deps = append(deps, m)
+			}
+		}
+
+		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), SourceDepTag, deps...)
+	}
+}
+
+// pathPropertiesForPropertyStruct uses the indexes of properties that are tagged with android:"path" to extract
+// all their values from a property struct, returning them as a single slice of strings..
+func pathPropertiesForPropertyStruct(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext, ps interface{}) []string {
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(ps)
+	if v.Kind() != reflect.Ptr || v.Elem().Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("type %s is not a pointer to a struct", v.Type()))
+	}
+	if v.IsNil() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	v = v.Elem()
+
+	pathPropertyIndexes := pathPropertyIndexesForPropertyStruct(ps)
+
+	var ret []string
+
+	for _, i := range pathPropertyIndexes {
+		sv := fieldByIndex(v, i)
+		if !sv.IsValid() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if sv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+			if sv.IsNil() {
+				continue
+			}
+			sv = sv.Elem()
+		}
+		switch sv.Kind() {
+		case reflect.String:
+			ret = append(ret, sv.String())
+		case reflect.Slice:
+			ret = append(ret, sv.Interface().([]string)...)
+		default:
+			panic(fmt.Errorf(`field %s in type %s has tag android:"path" but is not a string or slice of strings, it is a %s`,
+				v.Type().FieldByIndex(i).Name, v.Type(), sv.Type()))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret
+}
+
+// fieldByIndex is like reflect.Value.FieldByIndex, but returns an invalid reflect.Value when traversing a nil pointer
+// to a struct.
+func fieldByIndex(v reflect.Value, index []int) reflect.Value {
+	if len(index) == 1 {
+		return v.Field(index[0])
+	}
+	for _, x := range index {
+		if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+			if v.IsNil() {
+				return reflect.Value{}
+			}
+			v = v.Elem()
+		}
+		v = v.Field(x)
+	}
+	return v
+}
+
+var pathPropertyIndexesCache OncePer
+
+// pathPropertyIndexesForPropertyStruct returns a list of all of the indexes of properties in property struct type that
+// are tagged with android:"path".  Each index is a []int suitable for passing to reflect.Value.FieldByIndex.  The value
+// is cached in a global cache by type.
+func pathPropertyIndexesForPropertyStruct(ps interface{}) [][]int {
+	key := NewCustomOnceKey(reflect.TypeOf(ps))
+	return pathPropertyIndexesCache.Once(key, func() interface{} {
+		return proptools.PropertyIndexesWithTag(ps, "android", "path")
+	}).([][]int)
+}
diff --git a/android/path_properties_test.go b/android/path_properties_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6471a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/path_properties_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// Copyright 2019 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package android
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type pathDepsMutatorTestModule struct {
+	ModuleBase
+	props struct {
+		Foo string   `android:"path"`
+		Bar []string `android:"path"`
+		Baz *string  `android:"path"`
+		Qux string
+	}
+
+	sourceDeps []string
+}
+
+func pathDepsMutatorTestModuleFactory() Module {
+	module := &pathDepsMutatorTestModule{}
+	module.AddProperties(&module.props)
+	InitAndroidModule(module)
+	return module
+}
+
+func (p *pathDepsMutatorTestModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
+	ctx.VisitDirectDepsWithTag(SourceDepTag, func(dep Module) {
+		p.sourceDeps = append(p.sourceDeps, ctx.OtherModuleName(dep))
+	})
+}
+
+func TestPathDepsMutator(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		bp   string
+		deps []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "all",
+			bp: `
+			test {
+				name: "foo",
+				foo: ":a",
+				bar: [":b"],
+				baz: ":c",
+				qux: ":d",
+			}`,
+			deps: []string{"a", "b", "c"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	buildDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "soong_path_properties_test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(buildDir)
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			config := TestConfig(buildDir, nil)
+			ctx := NewTestContext()
+
+			ctx.RegisterModuleType("test", ModuleFactoryAdaptor(pathDepsMutatorTestModuleFactory))
+			ctx.RegisterModuleType("filegroup", ModuleFactoryAdaptor(FileGroupFactory))
+
+			bp := test.bp + `
+				filegroup {
+					name: "a",
+				}
+				
+				filegroup {
+					name: "b",
+				}
+    	
+				filegroup {
+					name: "c",
+				}
+    	
+				filegroup {
+					name: "d",
+				}
+			`
+
+			mockFS := map[string][]byte{
+				"Android.bp": []byte(bp),
+			}
+
+			ctx.MockFileSystem(mockFS)
+
+			ctx.Register()
+			_, errs := ctx.ParseFileList(".", []string{"Android.bp"})
+			FailIfErrored(t, errs)
+			_, errs = ctx.PrepareBuildActions(config)
+			FailIfErrored(t, errs)
+
+			m := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "").Module().(*pathDepsMutatorTestModule)
+
+			if g, w := m.sourceDeps, test.deps; !reflect.DeepEqual(g, w) {
+				t.Errorf("want deps %q, got %q", w, g)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/android/testing.go b/android/testing.go
index b4008af..7f443a3 100644
--- a/android/testing.go
+++ b/android/testing.go
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
 	ctx.SetNameInterface(nameResolver)
 
+	ctx.postDeps = append(ctx.postDeps, registerPathDepsMutator)
+
 	return ctx
 }