diff --git a/apex/Android.bp b/apex/Android.bp
index f34ecbd791084..5ee8a638f5403 100644
--- a/apex/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/Android.bp
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ 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: [