diff --git a/android/neverallow.go b/android/neverallow.go
index 5b5e61328..f2e8c8534 100644
--- a/android/neverallow.go
+++ b/android/neverallow.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func init() {
 	AddNeverAllowRules(createProhibitFrameworkAccessRules()...)
 	AddNeverAllowRules(createBp2BuildRule())
 	AddNeverAllowRules(createCcStubsRule())
+	AddNeverAllowRules(createJavaExcludeStaticLibsRule())
 }
 
 // Add a NeverAllow rule to the set of rules to apply.
@@ -253,6 +254,14 @@ func createProhibitFrameworkAccessRules() []Rule {
 	}
 }
 
+func createJavaExcludeStaticLibsRule() Rule {
+	return NeverAllow().
+		NotIn("build/soong").
+		ModuleType("java_library").
+		WithMatcher("exclude_static_libs", isSetMatcherInstance).
+		Because("exclude_static_libs property is only allowed for java modules defined in build/soong")
+}
+
 func neverallowMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	m, ok := ctx.Module().(Module)
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/android/neverallow_test.go b/android/neverallow_test.go
index ddd982d15..1639bbf40 100644
--- a/android/neverallow_test.go
+++ b/android/neverallow_test.go
@@ -344,6 +344,23 @@ var neverallowTests = []struct {
 			`module "outside_allowed_list": violates neverallow`,
 		},
 	},
+	// Test for the rule restricting use of exclude_static_libs
+	{
+		name: `"exclude_static_libs" outside allowed directory`,
+		fs: map[string][]byte{
+			"a/b/Android.bp": []byte(`
+				java_library {
+					name: "baz",
+					exclude_static_libs: [
+						"bar",
+					],
+				}
+			`),
+		},
+		expectedErrors: []string{
+			`exclude_static_libs property is only allowed for java modules defined in build/soong`,
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 var prepareForNeverAllowTest = GroupFixturePreparers(
@@ -430,9 +447,10 @@ func (p *mockCcLibraryModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ModuleContext) {
 }
 
 type mockJavaLibraryProperties struct {
-	Libs           []string
-	Sdk_version    *string
-	Uncompress_dex *bool
+	Libs                []string
+	Sdk_version         *string
+	Uncompress_dex      *bool
+	Exclude_static_libs []string
 }
 
 type mockJavaLibraryModule struct {
diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index dd02ef8af..78c8d6011 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ type CommonProperties struct {
 	// list of java libraries that will be compiled into the resulting jar
 	Static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
+	// list of java libraries that should not be used to build this module
+	Exclude_static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
 	// manifest file to be included in resulting jar
 	Manifest *string `android:"path"`
 
@@ -724,6 +727,8 @@ func (j *Module) deps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	}
 
 	libDeps := ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, j.properties.Libs...)
+
+	j.properties.Static_libs = android.RemoveListFromList(j.properties.Static_libs, j.properties.Exclude_static_libs)
 	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, j.properties.Static_libs...)
 
 	// Add dependency on libraries that provide additional hidden api annotations.
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index cd5c343ce..561b187d0 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -2322,3 +2322,34 @@ java_test_host {
 		t.Errorf("Expected args[\"extraTestRunnerConfigs\"] to equal %q, was %q", expected, args["extraTestRunnerConfigs"])
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJavaExcludeStaticLib(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, _ := testJava(t, `
+	java_library {
+		name: "bar",
+	}
+	java_library {
+		name: "foo",
+	}
+	java_library {
+		name: "baz",
+		static_libs: [
+			"foo",
+			"bar",
+		],
+		exclude_static_libs: [
+			"bar",
+		],
+	}
+	`)
+
+	// "bar" not included as dependency of "baz"
+	CheckModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "baz", "android_common", []string{
+		`core-lambda-stubs`,
+		`ext`,
+		`foo`,
+		`framework`,
+		`stable-core-platform-api-stubs-system-modules`,
+		`stable.core.platform.api.stubs`,
+	})
+}