diff --git a/core/java_common.mk b/core/java_common.mk
index 99fa6d20f..9fd6bfed5 100644
--- a/core/java_common.mk
+++ b/core/java_common.mk
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ my_system_modules :=
 ifndef LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
   sdk_libs :=
 
+  # When an sdk lib name is listed in LOCAL_JAVA_LIBRARIES, move it to LOCAL_SDK_LIBRARIES, so that
+  # it is correctly redirected to the stubs library.
+  LOCAL_SDK_LIBRARIES += $(filter $(JAVA_SDK_LIBRARIES),$(LOCAL_JAVA_LIBRARIES))
+  LOCAL_JAVA_LIBRARIES := $(filter-out $(JAVA_SDK_LIBRARIES),$(LOCAL_JAVA_LIBRARIES))
+
   ifeq ($(LOCAL_SDK_VERSION),)
     ifeq ($(LOCAL_NO_STANDARD_LIBRARIES),true)
       # No bootclasspath. But we still need "" to prevent javac from using default host bootclasspath.
@@ -245,6 +250,9 @@ ifndef LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
       LOCAL_JAVA_LIBRARIES := $(filter-out $(TARGET_DEFAULT_BOOTCLASSPATH_LIBRARIES) $(TARGET_DEFAULT_JAVA_LIBRARIES),$(LOCAL_JAVA_LIBRARIES))
       my_system_modules := $(DEFAULT_SYSTEM_MODULES)
     endif  # LOCAL_NO_STANDARD_LIBRARIES
+    # When SDK libraries are referenced from modules built without SDK, provide the system stub to them
+    # because it has the largest API surface.
+    sdk_libs := $(foreach lib_name,$(LOCAL_SDK_LIBRARIES),$(lib_name).stubs.system)
   else
     ifeq ($(LOCAL_NO_STANDARD_LIBRARIES),true)
       $(call pretty-error,Must not define both LOCAL_NO_STANDARD_LIBRARIES and LOCAL_SDK_VERSION)