diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index a0ab2558a..e38400a5a 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ type Flags struct {
 }
 
 type ObjectLinkerProperties struct {
+	// list of modules that should only provide headers for this module.
+	Header_libs []string `android:"arch_variant,variant_prepend"`
+
 	// names of other cc_object modules to link into this module using partial linking
 	Objs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
@@ -2083,6 +2086,7 @@ func DefaultsFactory(props ...interface{}) android.Module {
 		&VendorProperties{},
 		&BaseCompilerProperties{},
 		&BaseLinkerProperties{},
+		&ObjectLinkerProperties{},
 		&LibraryProperties{},
 		&FlagExporterProperties{},
 		&BinaryLinkerProperties{},
diff --git a/cc/object.go b/cc/object.go
index 50ecc38e7..9fa0ac90f 100644
--- a/cc/object.go
+++ b/cc/object.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func (object *objectLinker) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 		deps.LateSharedLibs = append(deps.LateSharedLibs, "libc")
 	}
 
+	deps.HeaderLibs = append(deps.HeaderLibs, object.Properties.Header_libs...)
 	deps.ObjFiles = append(deps.ObjFiles, object.Properties.Objs...)
 	return deps
 }