diff --git a/core/java_common.mk b/core/java_common.mk
index bdf9828bbc..432c96fc22 100644
--- a/core/java_common.mk
+++ b/core/java_common.mk
@@ -372,3 +372,42 @@ $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_JACK_SHARED_LIBRARIES:= $(full_shared_jac
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_JARJAR_RULES := $(LOCAL_JARJAR_RULES)
 
 endif  # need_compile_java
+
+
+###########################################################
+# Verify that all libraries are safe to use
+###########################################################
+ifndef LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
+my_link_type := $(intermediates.COMMON)/link_type
+my_link_type_deps := $(strip \
+  $(foreach lib,$(LOCAL_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARIES),\
+    $(call intermediates-dir-for, \
+      JAVA_LIBRARIES,$(lib),,COMMON)/link_type) \
+  $(foreach lib,$(apk_libraries), \
+    $(call intermediates-dir-for, \
+      APPS,$(lib),,COMMON)/link_type))
+ifeq ($(LOCAL_SDK_VERSION),system_current)
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_LINK_TYPE := system
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_ALLOWED_TYPES := (sdk|system)
+else ifneq ($(LOCAL_SDK_VERSION),)
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_LINK_TYPE := sdk
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_ALLOWED_TYPES := sdk
+else
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_LINK_TYPE := platform
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_ALLOWED_TYPES := (sdk|system|platform)
+endif
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_DEPS := $(my_link_type_deps)
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_MODULE := $(LOCAL_MODULE)
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_MAKEFILE := $(LOCAL_MODULE_MAKEFILE)
+$(my_link_type): $(my_link_type_deps)
+	@echo Check Java library module types: $@
+	$(hide) mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	$(hide) rm -f $@
+	$(hide) for f in $(PRIVATE_DEPS); do \
+	  grep -qE '^$(PRIVATE_ALLOWED_TYPES)$$' $$f || \
+	    $(call echo-warning,"$(PRIVATE_MAKEFILE): $(PRIVATE_MODULE) ($(PRIVATE_LINK_TYPE)) should not link to $$(basename $${f%_intermediates/link_type}) ($$(cat $$f))"); \
+	done
+	$(hide) echo $(PRIVATE_LINK_TYPE) >$@
+
+$(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(my_link_type)
+endif  # !LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
diff --git a/core/prebuilt_internal.mk b/core/prebuilt_internal.mk
index fc458a076f..6a72d5bf65 100644
--- a/core/prebuilt_internal.mk
+++ b/core/prebuilt_internal.mk
@@ -370,6 +370,20 @@ common_javalib_jar := $(intermediates.COMMON)/javalib.jar
 
 $(common_classes_jar) $(common_javalib_jar): PRIVATE_MODULE := $(LOCAL_MODULE)
 
+my_link_type := $(intermediates.COMMON)/link_type
+ifeq ($(LOCAL_SDK_VERSION),system_current)
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_LINK_TYPE := system
+else ifneq ($(LOCAL_SDK_VERSION),)
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_LINK_TYPE := sdk
+else
+$(my_link_type): PRIVATE_LINK_TYPE := platform
+endif
+$(my_link_type):
+	@echo Check module type: $@
+	$(hide) mkdir -p $(dir $@) && rm -f $@
+	$(hide) echo $(PRIVATE_LINK_TYPE) >$@
+$(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(my_link_type)
+
 ifeq ($(prebuilt_module_is_dex_javalib),true)
 # For prebuilt shared Java library we don't have classes.jar.
 $(common_javalib_jar) : $(my_src_jar)