diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 0479f1049..d85f3e16e 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -1618,6 +1618,10 @@ type JavaApiLibraryProperties struct {
 
 	// List of flags to be passed to the javac compiler to generate jar file
 	Javacflags []string
+
+	// List of shared java libs that this module has dependencies to and
+	// should be passed as classpath in javac invocation
+	Libs []string
 }
 
 func ApiLibraryFactory() android.Module {
@@ -1689,6 +1693,7 @@ func (al *ApiLibrary) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	for _, apiContributionName := range apiContributions {
 		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), javaApiContributionTag, apiContributionName)
 	}
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, al.properties.Libs...)
 }
 
 func (al *ApiLibrary) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
@@ -1706,10 +1711,18 @@ func (al *ApiLibrary) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 
 	homeDir := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "metalava", "home")
 
-	var srcFiles []android.Path
-	ctx.VisitDirectDepsWithTag(javaApiContributionTag, func(dep android.Module) {
-		provider := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(dep, JavaApiImportProvider).(JavaApiImportInfo)
-		srcFiles = append(srcFiles, android.PathForSource(ctx, provider.ApiFile.String()))
+	var srcFiles android.Paths
+	var classPaths android.Paths
+	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(func(dep android.Module) {
+		tag := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(dep)
+		switch tag {
+		case javaApiContributionTag:
+			provider := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(dep, JavaApiImportProvider).(JavaApiImportInfo)
+			srcFiles = append(srcFiles, android.PathForSource(ctx, provider.ApiFile.String()))
+		case libTag:
+			provider := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(dep, JavaInfoProvider).(JavaInfo)
+			classPaths = append(classPaths, provider.HeaderJars...)
+		}
 	})
 
 	// Add the api_files inputs
@@ -1739,11 +1752,16 @@ func (al *ApiLibrary) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	var flags javaBuilderFlags
 	flags.javaVersion = getStubsJavaVersion()
 	flags.javacFlags = strings.Join(al.properties.Javacflags, " ")
+	flags.classpath = classpath(classPaths)
 
 	TransformJavaToClasses(ctx, al.stubsJar, 0, android.Paths{},
 		android.Paths{al.stubsSrcJar}, flags, android.Paths{})
 
 	ctx.Phony(ctx.ModuleName(), al.stubsJar)
+
+	ctx.SetProvider(JavaInfoProvider, JavaInfo{
+		HeaderJars: android.PathsIfNonNil(al.stubsJar),
+	})
 }
 
 //
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index 49adefbde..ae77842a5 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -1895,22 +1895,26 @@ func TestJavaApiLibraryAndProviderLink(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestJavaApiLibraryAndDefaultsLink(t *testing.T) {
-	provider_bp_a := `java_api_contribution {
+	provider_bp_a := `
+	java_api_contribution {
 		name: "foo1",
 		api_file: "foo1.txt",
 	}
 	`
-	provider_bp_b := `java_api_contribution {
+	provider_bp_b := `
+	java_api_contribution {
 		name: "foo2",
 		api_file: "foo2.txt",
 	}
 	`
-	provider_bp_c := `java_api_contribution {
+	provider_bp_c := `
+	java_api_contribution {
 		name: "foo3",
 		api_file: "foo3.txt",
 	}
 	`
-	provider_bp_d := `java_api_contribution {
+	provider_bp_d := `
+	java_api_contribution {
 		name: "foo4",
 		api_file: "foo4.txt",
 	}
@@ -1989,7 +1993,8 @@ func TestJavaApiLibraryJarGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 		api_file: "foo1.txt",
 	}
 	`
-	provider_bp_b := `java_api_contribution {
+	provider_bp_b := `
+	java_api_contribution {
 		name: "foo2",
 		api_file: "foo2.txt",
 	}
@@ -2034,6 +2039,81 @@ func TestJavaApiLibraryJarGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestJavaApiLibraryLibsLink(t *testing.T) {
+	provider_bp_a := `
+	java_api_contribution {
+		name: "foo1",
+		api_file: "foo1.txt",
+	}
+	`
+	provider_bp_b := `
+	java_api_contribution {
+		name: "foo2",
+		api_file: "foo2.txt",
+	}
+	`
+	lib_bp_a := `
+	java_library {
+		name: "lib1",
+		srcs: ["Lib.java"],
+	}
+	`
+	lib_bp_b := `
+	java_library {
+		name: "lib2",
+		srcs: ["Lib.java"],
+	}
+	`
+
+	ctx, _ := testJavaWithFS(t, `
+		java_api_library {
+			name: "bar1",
+			api_surface: "public",
+			api_contributions: ["foo1"],
+			libs: ["lib1"],
+		}
+
+		java_api_library {
+			name: "bar2",
+			api_surface: "system",
+			api_contributions: ["foo1", "foo2"],
+			libs: ["lib1", "lib2", "bar1"],
+		}
+		`,
+		map[string][]byte{
+			"a/Android.bp": []byte(provider_bp_a),
+			"b/Android.bp": []byte(provider_bp_b),
+			"c/Android.bp": []byte(lib_bp_a),
+			"c/Lib.java":   {},
+			"d/Android.bp": []byte(lib_bp_b),
+			"d/Lib.java":   {},
+		})
+
+	testcases := []struct {
+		moduleName        string
+		classPathJarNames []string
+	}{
+		{
+			moduleName:        "bar1",
+			classPathJarNames: []string{"lib1.jar"},
+		},
+		{
+			moduleName:        "bar2",
+			classPathJarNames: []string{"lib1.jar", "lib2.jar", "bar1/android.jar"},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range testcases {
+		m := ctx.ModuleForTests(c.moduleName, "android_common")
+		javacRules := m.Rule("javac")
+		classPathArgs := javacRules.Args["classpath"]
+		for _, jarName := range c.classPathJarNames {
+			if !strings.Contains(classPathArgs, jarName) {
+				t.Errorf("Module output does not contain expected jar %s", jarName)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTradefedOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	result := PrepareForTestWithJavaBuildComponents.RunTestWithBp(t, `
 java_test_host {