diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParser.java b/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParser.java
index af42f709ea..b3834f3e8c 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParser.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParser.java
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
 import android.util.Log;
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -24,6 +26,15 @@ public ManifestParser(Context context) {
     this.context = context;
   }
 
+  // getApplicationInfo returns null in Compose previews, see #4977 and b/263613353.
+  @SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions")
+  @Nullable
+  private ApplicationInfo getOurApplicationInfo() throws NameNotFoundException {
+    return context
+        .getPackageManager()
+        .getApplicationInfo(context.getPackageName(), PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   public List<GlideModule> parse() {
     if (Log.isLoggable(TAG, Log.DEBUG)) {
@@ -31,11 +42,8 @@ public List<GlideModule> parse() {
     }
     List<GlideModule> modules = new ArrayList<>();
     try {
-      ApplicationInfo appInfo =
-          context
-              .getPackageManager()
-              .getApplicationInfo(context.getPackageName(), PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
-      if (appInfo.metaData == null) {
+      ApplicationInfo appInfo = getOurApplicationInfo();
+      if (appInfo == null || appInfo.metaData == null) {
         if (Log.isLoggable(TAG, Log.DEBUG)) {
           Log.d(TAG, "Got null app info metadata");
         }
diff --git a/library/test/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParserTest.java b/library/test/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParserTest.java
index 1ea69fb662..7dcdb06374 100644
--- a/library/test/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParserTest.java
+++ b/library/test/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/module/ManifestParserTest.java
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 package com.bumptech.glide.module;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import com.bumptech.glide.Glide;
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.function.ThrowingRunnable;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
@@ -27,6 +33,7 @@
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class ManifestParserTest {
   private static final String MODULE_VALUE = "GlideModule";
+  private static final String PACKAGE_NAME = "com.bumptech.test";
 
   @Mock private Context context;
   private ManifestParser parser;
@@ -38,17 +45,27 @@ public void setUp() throws PackageManager.NameNotFoundException {
     applicationInfo = new ApplicationInfo();
     applicationInfo.metaData = new Bundle();
 
-    String packageName = "com.bumptech.test";
-    when(context.getPackageName()).thenReturn(packageName);
+    when(context.getPackageName()).thenReturn(PACKAGE_NAME);
 
     PackageManager pm = mock(PackageManager.class);
-    when(pm.getApplicationInfo(eq(packageName), eq(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA)))
+    when(pm.getApplicationInfo(eq(PACKAGE_NAME), eq(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA)))
         .thenReturn(applicationInfo);
     when(context.getPackageManager()).thenReturn(pm);
 
     parser = new ManifestParser(context);
   }
 
+  // TODO(#4977): Remove this after the bug in Compose's previews is fixed.
+  @Test
+  public void parse_withNullApplicationInfo_doesNotThrow() throws NameNotFoundException {
+    PackageManager pm = mock(PackageManager.class);
+    when(pm.getApplicationInfo(anyString(), anyInt())).thenReturn(null);
+    when(context.getPackageManager()).thenReturn(pm);
+
+    parser = new ManifestParser(context);
+    parser.parse();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testParse_returnsEmptyListIfNoModulesListed() {
     assertThat(parser.parse()).isEmpty();
@@ -78,7 +95,6 @@ public void testParse_withMultipleValidModuleNames_returnsListContainingModules(
   @Test
   public void testParse_withValidModuleName_ignoresMetadataWithoutGlideModuleValue() {
     applicationInfo.metaData.putString(TestModule1.class.getName(), MODULE_VALUE + "test");
-
     assertThat(parser.parse()).isEmpty();
   }
 
@@ -96,13 +112,35 @@ public void testThrows_whenClassInManifestIsNotAModule() {
     parser.parse();
   }
 
-  @Test(expected = RuntimeException.class)
-  public void testThrows_whenPackageNameNotFound() {
-    when(context.getPackageName()).thenReturn("fakePackageName");
+  @Test
+  public void parse_withNullMetadata_doesNotThrow() throws NameNotFoundException {
+    PackageManager pm = mock(PackageManager.class);
+    ApplicationInfo applicationInfo = new ApplicationInfo();
+    applicationInfo.metaData = null;
+    when(pm.getApplicationInfo(eq(PACKAGE_NAME), eq(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA)))
+        .thenReturn(applicationInfo);
+    when(context.getPackageManager()).thenReturn(pm);
 
     parser.parse();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void parse_withMissingName_throwsRuntimeException() throws NameNotFoundException {
+    PackageManager pm = mock(PackageManager.class);
+    doThrow(new NameNotFoundException("name")).when(pm).getApplicationInfo(anyString(), anyInt());
+    when(context.getPackageManager()).thenReturn(pm);
+
+    assertThrows(
+        "Unable to find metadata to parse GlideModules",
+        RuntimeException.class,
+        new ThrowingRunnable() {
+          @Override
+          public void run() {
+            parser.parse();
+          }
+        });
+  }
+
   private void addModuleToManifest(Class<?> moduleClass) {
     addToManifest(moduleClass.getName());
   }