diff --git a/cc/androidmk.go b/cc/androidmk.go
index ff88091d5..c9cd01c79 100644
--- a/cc/androidmk.go
+++ b/cc/androidmk.go
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ func (library *libraryDecorator) AndroidMk(ctx AndroidMkContext, ret *android.An
 			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_NO_NOTICE_FILE := true")
 			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_VNDK_DEPEND_ON_CORE_VARIANT := true")
 		}
+		if library.checkSameCoreVariant {
+			fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_CHECK_SAME_VNDK_VARIANTS := true")
+		}
 	})
 
 	if library.shared() && !library.buildStubs() {
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index ae95bc5c6..f29c4d0ce 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ type libraryDecorator struct {
 
 	// If useCoreVariant is true, the vendor variant of a VNDK library is
 	// not installed.
-	useCoreVariant bool
+	useCoreVariant       bool
+	checkSameCoreVariant bool
 
 	// Decorated interafaces
 	*baseCompiler
@@ -1096,8 +1097,11 @@ func (library *libraryDecorator) install(ctx ModuleContext, file android.Path) {
 			if ctx.isVndkSp() {
 				library.baseInstaller.subDir = "vndk-sp"
 			} else if ctx.isVndk() {
-				if ctx.DeviceConfig().VndkUseCoreVariant() && !ctx.mustUseVendorVariant() {
-					library.useCoreVariant = true
+				if !ctx.mustUseVendorVariant() {
+					library.checkSameCoreVariant = true
+					if ctx.DeviceConfig().VndkUseCoreVariant() {
+						library.useCoreVariant = true
+					}
 				}
 				library.baseInstaller.subDir = "vndk"
 			}