diff --git a/android/neverallow.go b/android/neverallow.go
index abe25e6f2..9cfa0ebbc 100644
--- a/android/neverallow.go
+++ b/android/neverallow.go
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ func createLibcoreRules() []*rule {
 		"external/icu",
 		"external/okhttp",
 		"external/wycheproof",
+
+		// Not really a core library but still needs access to same capabilities.
+		"development",
 	}
 
 	// Core library constraints. The no_standard_libs can only be used in core
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ func createLibcoreRules() []*rule {
 	// visibility rules.
 	rules := []*rule{
 		neverallow().
-			notIn(append(coreLibraryProjects, "development")...).
+			notIn(coreLibraryProjects...).
 			with("no_standard_libs", "true"),
 	}
 
diff --git a/android/neverallow_test.go b/android/neverallow_test.go
index ab47808d2..d063e2488 100644
--- a/android/neverallow_test.go
+++ b/android/neverallow_test.go
@@ -159,6 +159,38 @@ var neverallowTests = []struct {
 		},
 		expectedError: "java_device_for_host can only be used in whitelisted projects",
 	},
+	// Libcore rule tests
+	{
+		name: "no_standard_libs: true inside core libraries",
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"libcore/Blueprints": []byte(`
+				java_library {
+					name: "inside_core_libraries",
+					no_standard_libs: true,
+				}`),
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		name: "no_standard_libs: true outside core libraries",
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"Blueprints": []byte(`
+				java_library {
+					name: "outside_core_libraries",
+					no_standard_libs: true,
+				}`),
+		},
+		expectedError: "module \"outside_core_libraries\": violates neverallow",
+	},
+	{
+		name: "no_standard_libs: false",
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"Blueprints": []byte(`
+				java_library {
+					name: "outside_core_libraries",
+					no_standard_libs: false,
+				}`),
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 func TestNeverallow(t *testing.T) {
@@ -238,7 +270,8 @@ func (p *mockCcLibraryModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ModuleContext) {
 }
 
 type mockJavaLibraryProperties struct {
-	Libs []string
+	Libs             []string
+	No_standard_libs *bool
 }
 
 type mockJavaLibraryModule struct {