diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index 14a753629..99a3e1613 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -757,6 +757,13 @@ func (library *libraryDecorator) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 		deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders, library.baseLinker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_shared_libs)
 		deps.ReexportStaticLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportStaticLibHeaders, library.baseLinker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_static_libs)
 	}
+	if ctx.inRamdisk() {
+		deps.WholeStaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.WholeStaticLibs, library.baseLinker.Properties.Target.Ramdisk.Exclude_static_libs)
+		deps.SharedLibs = removeListFromList(deps.SharedLibs, library.baseLinker.Properties.Target.Ramdisk.Exclude_shared_libs)
+		deps.StaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.StaticLibs, library.baseLinker.Properties.Target.Ramdisk.Exclude_static_libs)
+		deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders, library.baseLinker.Properties.Target.Ramdisk.Exclude_shared_libs)
+		deps.ReexportStaticLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportStaticLibHeaders, library.baseLinker.Properties.Target.Ramdisk.Exclude_static_libs)
+	}
 
 	return deps
 }
diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index 6f2e5b7d0..c2b4a3a53 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -141,6 +141,19 @@ type BaseLinkerProperties struct {
 			// of the C/C++ module.
 			Exclude_header_libs []string
 		}
+		Ramdisk struct {
+			// list of static libs that only should be used to build the recovery
+			// variant of the C/C++ module.
+			Static_libs []string
+
+			// list of shared libs that should not be used to build
+			// the ramdisk variant of the C/C++ module.
+			Exclude_shared_libs []string
+
+			// list of static libs that should not be used to build
+			// the ramdisk variant of the C/C++ module.
+			Exclude_static_libs []string
+		}
 	}
 
 	// make android::build:GetBuildNumber() available containing the build ID.
@@ -223,6 +236,15 @@ func (linker *baseLinker) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 		deps.WholeStaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.WholeStaticLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_static_libs)
 	}
 
+	if ctx.inRamdisk() {
+		deps.SharedLibs = removeListFromList(deps.SharedLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_shared_libs)
+		deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_shared_libs)
+		deps.StaticLibs = append(deps.StaticLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Static_libs...)
+		deps.StaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.StaticLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_static_libs)
+		deps.ReexportStaticLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportStaticLibHeaders, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_static_libs)
+		deps.WholeStaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.WholeStaticLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_static_libs)
+	}
+
 	if ctx.toolchain().Bionic() {
 		// libclang_rt.builtins and libatomic have to be last on the command line
 		if !Bool(linker.Properties.No_libcrt) {