diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 67e7d7c56..f467c7339 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -1777,6 +1777,9 @@ func (c *Module) DepsMutator(actx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 
 	for _, lib := range deps.SharedLibs {
 		depTag := SharedDepTag
+		if c.static() {
+			depTag = SharedFromStaticDepTag
+		}
 		if inList(lib, deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders) {
 			depTag = sharedExportDepTag
 		}
@@ -2194,7 +2197,7 @@ func (c *Module) depsToPaths(ctx android.ModuleContext) PathDeps {
 		depFile := android.OptionalPath{}
 
 		switch depTag {
-		case ndkStubDepTag, SharedDepTag, sharedExportDepTag:
+		case ndkStubDepTag, SharedDepTag, SharedFromStaticDepTag, sharedExportDepTag:
 			ptr = &depPaths.SharedLibs
 			depPtr = &depPaths.SharedLibsDeps
 			depFile = ccDep.Toc()
@@ -2547,9 +2550,17 @@ func (c *Module) AndroidMkWriteAdditionalDependenciesForSourceAbiDiff(w io.Write
 
 func (c *Module) DepIsInSameApex(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, dep android.Module) bool {
 	if depTag, ok := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(dep).(DependencyTag); ok {
-		if cc, ok := dep.(*Module); ok && cc.HasStubsVariants() && depTag.Shared && depTag.Library {
-			// dynamic dep to a stubs lib crosses APEX boundary
-			return false
+		if cc, ok := dep.(*Module); ok {
+			if cc.HasStubsVariants() && depTag.Shared && depTag.Library {
+				// dynamic dep to a stubs lib crosses APEX boundary
+				return false
+			}
+			if depTag.FromStatic {
+				// shared_lib dependency from a static lib is considered as crossing
+				// the APEX boundary because the dependency doesn't actually is
+				// linked; the dependency is used only during the compilation phase.
+				return false
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return true
diff --git a/cc/linkable.go b/cc/linkable.go
index 3c46d9dd9..2abb11264 100644
--- a/cc/linkable.go
+++ b/cc/linkable.go
@@ -67,12 +67,17 @@ type DependencyTag struct {
 	ReexportFlags bool
 
 	ExplicitlyVersioned bool
+
+	FromStatic bool
 }
 
 var (
 	SharedDepTag = DependencyTag{Name: "shared", Library: true, Shared: true}
 	StaticDepTag = DependencyTag{Name: "static", Library: true}
 
+	// Same as SharedDepTag, but from a static lib
+	SharedFromStaticDepTag = DependencyTag{Name: "shared from static", Library: true, Shared: true, FromStatic: true}
+
 	CrtBeginDepTag = DependencyTag{Name: "crtbegin"}
 	CrtEndDepTag   = DependencyTag{Name: "crtend"}
 )