diff --git a/java/droidstubs.go b/java/droidstubs.go
index 7fd88fceb..0c66ccf40 100644
--- a/java/droidstubs.go
+++ b/java/droidstubs.go
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ import (
 	"android/soong/remoteexec"
 )
 
+// The values allowed for Droidstubs' Api_levels_sdk_type
+var allowedApiLevelSdkTypes = []string{"public", "system", "module-lib"}
+
 func init() {
 	RegisterStubsBuildComponents(android.InitRegistrationContext)
 }
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ type DroidstubsProperties struct {
 	// the dirs which Metalava extracts API levels annotations from.
 	Api_levels_annotations_dirs []string
 
-	// the sdk kind which Metalava extracts API levels annotations from. Supports 'public' and 'system' for now; defaults to public.
+	// the sdk kind which Metalava extracts API levels annotations from. Supports 'public', 'system' and 'module-lib' for now; defaults to public.
 	Api_levels_sdk_type *string
 
 	// the filename which Metalava extracts API levels annotations from. Defaults to android.jar.
@@ -404,19 +407,24 @@ func (d *Droidstubs) apiLevelsAnnotationsFlags(ctx android.ModuleContext, cmd *a
 	// When parsing a stub jar for a specific version, Metalava picks the first pattern that defines
 	// an actual file present on disk (in the order the patterns were passed). For system APIs for
 	// privileged apps that are only defined since API level 21 (Lollipop), fallback to public stubs
-	// for older releases.
-	if sdkType := proptools.StringDefault(d.properties.Api_levels_sdk_type, "public"); sdkType != "public" {
-		if sdkType != "system" {
-			ctx.PropertyErrorf("api_levels_sdk_type", "only 'public' and 'system' are supported")
-		}
-		// If building non public stubs, add all sdkType patterns first...
-		for _, dir := range dirs {
-			cmd.FlagWithArg("--android-jar-pattern ", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%%/%s/%s", dir, sdkType, filename))
-		}
+	// for older releases. Similarly, module-lib falls back to system API.
+	var sdkDirs []string
+	switch proptools.StringDefault(d.properties.Api_levels_sdk_type, "public") {
+	case "module-lib":
+		sdkDirs = []string{"module-lib", "system", "public"}
+	case "system":
+		sdkDirs = []string{"system", "public"}
+	case "public":
+		sdkDirs = []string{"public"}
+	default:
+		ctx.PropertyErrorf("api_levels_sdk_type", "needs to be one of %v", allowedApiLevelSdkTypes)
+		return
 	}
-	for _, dir := range dirs {
-		// ... and fallback to public ones, for Metalava to use if needed.
-		cmd.FlagWithArg("--android-jar-pattern ", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%%/%s/%s", dir, "public", filename))
+
+	for _, sdkDir := range sdkDirs {
+		for _, dir := range dirs {
+			cmd.FlagWithArg("--android-jar-pattern ", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%%/%s/%s", dir, sdkDir, filename))
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/java/droidstubs_test.go b/java/droidstubs_test.go
index 60d0bea5d..10d99f3a5 100644
--- a/java/droidstubs_test.go
+++ b/java/droidstubs_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package java
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -82,8 +83,10 @@ func TestDroidstubs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSystemDroidstubs(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, _ := testJavaWithFS(t, `
+// runs a test for droidstubs with a customizable sdkType argument and returns
+// the list of jar patterns that is passed as `--android-jar-pattern`
+func getAndroidJarPatternsForDroidstubs(t *testing.T, sdkType string) []string {
+	ctx, _ := testJavaWithFS(t, fmt.Sprintf(`
 		droiddoc_exported_dir {
 			name: "some-exported-dir",
 			path: "somedir",
@@ -102,9 +105,9 @@ func TestSystemDroidstubs(t *testing.T) {
 				"some-other-exported-dir",
 			],
 			api_levels_annotations_enabled: true,
-            api_levels_sdk_type: "system",
+      api_levels_sdk_type: "%s",
 		}
-		`,
+		`, sdkType),
 		map[string][]byte{
 			"foo-doc/a.java": nil,
 		})
@@ -113,13 +116,40 @@ func TestSystemDroidstubs(t *testing.T) {
 	manifest := m.Output("metalava.sbox.textproto")
 	cmd := String(android.RuleBuilderSboxProtoForTests(t, manifest).Commands[0].Command)
 	r := regexp.MustCompile(`--android-jar-pattern [^ ]+/android.jar`)
-	matches := r.FindAllString(cmd, -1)
+	return r.FindAllString(cmd, -1)
+}
+
+func TestPublicDroidstubs(t *testing.T) {
+	patterns := getAndroidJarPatternsForDroidstubs(t, "public")
+
+	android.AssertArrayString(t, "order of patterns", []string{
+		"--android-jar-pattern somedir/%/public/android.jar",
+		"--android-jar-pattern someotherdir/%/public/android.jar",
+	}, patterns)
+}
+
+func TestSystemDroidstubs(t *testing.T) {
+	patterns := getAndroidJarPatternsForDroidstubs(t, "system")
+
 	android.AssertArrayString(t, "order of patterns", []string{
 		"--android-jar-pattern somedir/%/system/android.jar",
 		"--android-jar-pattern someotherdir/%/system/android.jar",
 		"--android-jar-pattern somedir/%/public/android.jar",
 		"--android-jar-pattern someotherdir/%/public/android.jar",
-	}, matches)
+	}, patterns)
+}
+
+func TestModuleLibDroidstubs(t *testing.T) {
+	patterns := getAndroidJarPatternsForDroidstubs(t, "module-lib")
+
+	android.AssertArrayString(t, "order of patterns", []string{
+		"--android-jar-pattern somedir/%/module-lib/android.jar",
+		"--android-jar-pattern someotherdir/%/module-lib/android.jar",
+		"--android-jar-pattern somedir/%/system/android.jar",
+		"--android-jar-pattern someotherdir/%/system/android.jar",
+		"--android-jar-pattern somedir/%/public/android.jar",
+		"--android-jar-pattern someotherdir/%/public/android.jar",
+	}, patterns)
 }
 
 func TestDroidstubsSandbox(t *testing.T) {