diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 06e6c78..092868e 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 	pctx.HostBinToolVariable("zipalign", "zipalign")
 
 	android.RegisterModuleType("apex", ApexBundleFactory)
+	android.RegisterModuleType("apex_defaults", defaultsFactory)
 
 	android.PostDepsMutators(func(ctx android.RegisterMutatorsContext) {
 		ctx.TopDown("apex_deps", apexDepsMutator)
@@ -1103,3 +1104,31 @@
 	android.InitDefaultableModule(module)
 	return module
 }
+
+//
+// Defaults
+//
+type Defaults struct {
+	android.ModuleBase
+	android.DefaultsModuleBase
+}
+
+func (*Defaults) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
+}
+
+func defaultsFactory() android.Module {
+	return DefaultsFactory()
+}
+
+func DefaultsFactory(props ...interface{}) android.Module {
+	module := &Defaults{}
+
+	module.AddProperties(props...)
+	module.AddProperties(
+		&apexBundleProperties{},
+		&apexTargetBundleProperties{},
+	)
+
+	android.InitDefaultsModule(module)
+	return module
+}
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 56ddd5f..6163d0f 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 	ctx := android.NewTestArchContext()
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("apex", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(ApexBundleFactory))
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("apex_key", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(apexKeyFactory))
+	ctx.RegisterModuleType("apex_defaults", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(defaultsFactory))
+	ctx.PreArchMutators(android.RegisterDefaultsPreArchMutators)
 
 	ctx.PostDepsMutators(func(ctx android.RegisterMutatorsContext) {
 		ctx.TopDown("apex_deps", apexDepsMutator)
@@ -201,8 +203,8 @@
 // Minimal test
 func TestBasicApex(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testApex(t, `
-		apex {
-			name: "myapex",
+		apex_defaults {
+			name: "myapex-defaults",
 			key: "myapex.key",
 			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
 			multilib: {
@@ -212,6 +214,11 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			defaults: ["myapex-defaults"],
+		}
+
 		apex_key {
 			name: "myapex.key",
 			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",