diff --git a/java/bootclasspath.go b/java/bootclasspath.go
index 52ce77d46..f4cef7fa6 100644
--- a/java/bootclasspath.go
+++ b/java/bootclasspath.go
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ func addDependencyOntoApexModulePair(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, apex st
 		}
 	}
 
+	target := ctx.Module().Target()
+	variations = append(variations, target.Variations()...)
+
 	addedDep := false
 	if ctx.OtherModuleDependencyVariantExists(variations, name) {
 		ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(variations, tag, name)
diff --git a/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go b/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
index 96009351f..88ecac51f 100644
--- a/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
+++ b/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func bootclasspathFragmentFactory() android.Module {
 	android.InitApexModule(m)
 	android.InitSdkAwareModule(m)
 	initClasspathFragment(m, BOOTCLASSPATH)
-	android.InitAndroidArchModule(m, android.HostAndDeviceSupported, android.MultilibCommon)
+	android.InitAndroidArchModule(m, android.DeviceSupported, android.MultilibCommon)
 
 	android.AddLoadHook(m, func(ctx android.LoadHookContext) {
 		// If code coverage has been enabled for the framework then append the properties with
diff --git a/java/platform_bootclasspath_test.go b/java/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
index 1c2a3aee5..6257e49e1 100644
--- a/java/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
+++ b/java/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func TestPlatformBootclasspath(t *testing.T) {
 	var addSourceBootclassPathModule = android.FixtureAddTextFile("source/Android.bp", `
 		java_library {
 			name: "foo",
+			host_supported: true, // verify that b/232106778 is fixed
 			srcs: ["a.java"],
 			system_modules: "none",
 			sdk_version: "none",