diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index f6eca86ab..47d14cce1 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -253,6 +253,12 @@ type CopyDirectlyInAnyApexTag interface {
 	CopyDirectlyInAnyApex()
 }
 
+// Interface that identifies dependencies to skip Apex dependency check
+type SkipApexAllowedDependenciesCheck interface {
+	// Returns true to skip the Apex dependency check, which limits the allowed dependency in build.
+	SkipApexAllowedDependenciesCheck() bool
+}
+
 // ApexModuleBase provides the default implementation for the ApexModule interface. APEX-aware
 // modules are expected to include this struct and call InitApexModule().
 type ApexModuleBase struct {
diff --git a/apex/builder.go b/apex/builder.go
index 0e4ba1db3..106302beb 100644
--- a/apex/builder.go
+++ b/apex/builder.go
@@ -902,6 +902,12 @@ func (a *apexBundle) buildApexDependencyInfo(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 			return !externalDep
 		}
 
+		depTag := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(to)
+		if skipDepCheck, ok := depTag.(android.SkipApexAllowedDependenciesCheck); ok && skipDepCheck.SkipApexAllowedDependenciesCheck() {
+			// Check to see if dependency been marked to skip the dependency check
+			return !externalDep
+		}
+
 		if info, exists := depInfos[to.Name()]; exists {
 			if !android.InList(from.Name(), info.From) {
 				info.From = append(info.From, from.Name())
diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index ac6a2582c..b81526848 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ type libraryDependencyTag struct {
 
 	makeSuffix string
 
+	// Whether or not this dependency should skip the apex dependency check
+	skipApexAllowedDependenciesCheck bool
+
 	// Whether or not this dependency has to be followed for the apex variants
 	excludeInApex bool
 }
diff --git a/cc/sanitize.go b/cc/sanitize.go
index d7df5dc00..0e2d01a45 100644
--- a/cc/sanitize.go
+++ b/cc/sanitize.go
@@ -204,6 +204,13 @@ type sanitize struct {
 	Properties SanitizeProperties
 }
 
+// Mark this tag with a check to see if apex dependency check should be skipped
+func (t libraryDependencyTag) SkipApexAllowedDependenciesCheck() bool {
+	return t.skipApexAllowedDependenciesCheck
+}
+
+var _ android.SkipApexAllowedDependenciesCheck = (*libraryDependencyTag)(nil)
+
 func init() {
 	android.RegisterMakeVarsProvider(pctx, cfiMakeVarsProvider)
 	android.RegisterMakeVarsProvider(pctx, hwasanMakeVarsProvider)
@@ -1038,9 +1045,18 @@ func sanitizerRuntimeMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 						runtimeLibrary = lib
 					}
 				}
-
+				// Skip apex dependency check for sharedLibraryDependency
+				// when sanitizer diags are enabled. Skipping the check will allow
+				// building with diag libraries without having to list the
+				// dependency in Apex's allowed_deps file.
+				diagEnabled := len(diagSanitizers) > 0
 				// dynamic executable and shared libs get shared runtime libs
-				depTag := libraryDependencyTag{Kind: sharedLibraryDependency, Order: earlyLibraryDependency}
+				depTag := libraryDependencyTag{
+					Kind:  sharedLibraryDependency,
+					Order: earlyLibraryDependency,
+
+					skipApexAllowedDependenciesCheck: diagEnabled,
+				}
 				variations := append(mctx.Target().Variations(),
 					blueprint.Variation{Mutator: "link", Variation: "shared"})
 				if c.Device() {