diff --git a/cc/bp2build.go b/cc/bp2build.go
index c42a7e8ba..33eafe3e7 100644
--- a/cc/bp2build.go
+++ b/cc/bp2build.go
@@ -1357,6 +1357,9 @@ func setStubsForDynamicDeps(ctx android.BazelConversionPathContext, axis bazel.C
 				// that tests of an apex library gets its implementation and not stubs.
 				// TODO (b/280343104): Discuss if we can drop this special handling for platform variants.
 				sameApiDomain = availableToSameApexes(apexAvailable, dep.(*Module).ApexAvailable())
+				if linkable, ok := ctx.Module().(LinkableInterface); ok && linkable.Bootstrap() {
+					sameApiDomain = true
+				}
 			} else {
 				sameApiDomain = android.InList(apiDomain, dep.(*Module).ApexAvailable())
 			}