diff --git a/cc/compiler.go b/cc/compiler.go
index 69ead3089..c4e967fbf 100644
--- a/cc/compiler.go
+++ b/cc/compiler.go
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ type BaseCompilerProperties struct {
 			// variant of the C/C++ module.
 			Cflags []string
 		}
+		Platform struct {
+			// List of additional cflags that should be used to build the platform
+			// variant of the C/C++ module.
+			Cflags []string
+		}
 	}
 
 	Proto struct {
@@ -310,6 +315,7 @@ func (compiler *baseCompiler) compilerFlags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags, deps
 	CheckBadCompilerFlags(ctx, "product.cflags", compiler.Properties.Target.Product.Cflags)
 	CheckBadCompilerFlags(ctx, "recovery.cflags", compiler.Properties.Target.Recovery.Cflags)
 	CheckBadCompilerFlags(ctx, "vendor_ramdisk.cflags", compiler.Properties.Target.Vendor_ramdisk.Cflags)
+	CheckBadCompilerFlags(ctx, "platform.cflags", compiler.Properties.Target.Platform.Cflags)
 
 	esc := proptools.NinjaAndShellEscapeList
 
@@ -502,6 +508,9 @@ func (compiler *baseCompiler) compilerFlags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags, deps
 	if ctx.inVendorRamdisk() {
 		flags.Local.CFlags = append(flags.Local.CFlags, esc(compiler.Properties.Target.Vendor_ramdisk.Cflags)...)
 	}
+	if !ctx.useSdk() {
+		flags.Local.CFlags = append(flags.Local.CFlags, esc(compiler.Properties.Target.Platform.Cflags)...)
+	}
 
 	// We can enforce some rules more strictly in the code we own. strict
 	// indicates if this is code that we can be stricter with. If we have
diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index 13df23296..49e754a32 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ type BaseLinkerProperties struct {
 			// product variant of the C/C++ module.
 			Static_libs []string
 
+			// list of ehader libs that only should be used to build vendor or product
+			// variant of the C/C++ module.
+			Header_libs []string
+
 			// list of shared libs that should not be used to build vendor or
 			// product variant of the C/C++ module.
 			Exclude_shared_libs []string
@@ -179,6 +183,14 @@ type BaseLinkerProperties struct {
 			// in most cases the same libraries are available for the SDK and platform
 			// variants.
 			Shared_libs []string
+
+			// list of ehader libs that only should be used to build platform variant of
+			// the C/C++ module.
+			Header_libs []string
+
+			// list of shared libs that should not be used to build the platform variant
+			// of the C/C++ module.
+			Exclude_shared_libs []string
 		}
 		Apex struct {
 			// list of shared libs that should not be used to build the apex variant of
@@ -300,6 +312,7 @@ func (linker *baseLinker) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 		deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders, linker.Properties.Target.Vendor.Exclude_shared_libs)
 		deps.StaticLibs = append(deps.StaticLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Vendor.Static_libs...)
 		deps.StaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.StaticLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Vendor.Exclude_static_libs)
+		deps.HeaderLibs = append(deps.HeaderLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Vendor.Header_libs...)
 		deps.HeaderLibs = removeListFromList(deps.HeaderLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Vendor.Exclude_header_libs)
 		deps.ReexportStaticLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportStaticLibHeaders, linker.Properties.Target.Vendor.Exclude_static_libs)
 		deps.WholeStaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.WholeStaticLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Vendor.Exclude_static_libs)
@@ -349,6 +362,8 @@ func (linker *baseLinker) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 
 	if !ctx.useSdk() {
 		deps.SharedLibs = append(deps.SharedLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Platform.Shared_libs...)
+		deps.SharedLibs = removeListFromList(deps.SharedLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Platform.Exclude_shared_libs)
+		deps.HeaderLibs = append(deps.HeaderLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Platform.Header_libs...)
 	}
 
 	deps.SystemSharedLibs = linker.overrideDefaultSharedLibraries(ctx)