diff --git a/apex/Android.bp b/apex/Android.bp
index de4b24aa274c7..c1715a002d6d1 100644
--- a/apex/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/Android.bp
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ java_defaults {
     // Configure framework module specific metalava options.
     droiddoc_options: [mainline_stubs_args],
 
+    annotations_enabled: true,
+
     // The stub libraries must be visible to frameworks/base so they can be combined
     // into API specific libraries.
     stubs_library_visibility: [