diff --git a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
index ed6a356bd..ded9efa47 100644
--- a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
+++ b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ func init() {
 			"LOCAL_DEX_PREOPT":                  "dex_preopt.enabled",
 			"LOCAL_DEX_PREOPT_APP_IMAGE":        "dex_preopt.app_image",
 			"LOCAL_DEX_PREOPT_GENERATE_PROFILE": "dex_preopt.profile_guided",
+
+			"LOCAL_PRIVATE_PLATFORM_APIS": "platform_apis",
 		})
 }
 
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 8c2312476..a4cb65b51 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ type CompilerDeviceProperties struct {
 	// if not blank, set to the version of the sdk to compile against
 	Sdk_version *string
 
+	// if true, compile against the platform APIs instead of an SDK.
+	Platform_apis *bool
+
 	Aidl struct {
 		// Top level directories to pass to aidl tool
 		Include_dirs []string