diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 4472036da..afc138b1f 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -658,6 +658,10 @@ func (c *config) IsEnvFalse(key string) bool {
 	return value == "0" || value == "n" || value == "no" || value == "off" || value == "false"
 }
 
+func (c *config) TargetsJava11() bool {
+	return c.IsEnvTrue("EXPERIMENTAL_TARGET_JAVA_VERSION_11")
+}
+
 // EnvDeps returns the environment variables this build depends on. The first
 // call to this function blocks future reads from the environment.
 func (c *config) EnvDeps() map[string]string {
diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index a3eb8de21..63328c89d 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ type CommonProperties struct {
 		Javacflags []string
 	}
 
+	Openjdk11 struct {
+		// List of source files that should only be used when passing -source 1.9 or higher
+		Srcs []string `android:"path"`
+
+		// List of javac flags that should only be used when passing -source 1.9 or higher
+		Javacflags []string
+	}
+
 	// When compiling language level 9+ .java code in packages that are part of
 	// a system module, patch_module names the module that your sources and
 	// dependencies should be patched into. The Android runtime currently
@@ -968,6 +976,9 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, aaptSrcJar android.Path) {
 	if flags.javaVersion.usesJavaModules() {
 		j.properties.Srcs = append(j.properties.Srcs, j.properties.Openjdk9.Srcs...)
 	}
+	if ctx.Config().TargetsJava11() {
+		j.properties.Srcs = append(j.properties.Srcs, j.properties.Openjdk11.Srcs...)
+	}
 
 	srcFiles := android.PathsForModuleSrcExcludes(ctx, j.properties.Srcs, j.properties.Exclude_srcs)
 	if hasSrcExt(srcFiles.Strings(), ".proto") {
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index e3e972153..bb7c32be8 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -450,8 +450,14 @@ func getJavaVersion(ctx android.ModuleContext, javaVersion string, sdkContext an
 		return normalizeJavaVersion(ctx, javaVersion)
 	} else if ctx.Device() {
 		return defaultJavaLanguageVersion(ctx, sdkContext.SdkVersion(ctx))
-	} else {
+	} else if ctx.Config().TargetsJava11() {
+		// Temporary experimental flag to be able to try and build with
+		// java version 11 options.  The flag, if used, just sets Java
+		// 11 as the default version, leaving any components that
+		// target an older version intact.
 		return JAVA_VERSION_11
+	} else {
+		return JAVA_VERSION_9
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/java/sdk.go b/java/sdk.go
index 0dddd40aa..756a24deb 100644
--- a/java/sdk.go
+++ b/java/sdk.go
@@ -55,10 +55,14 @@ func defaultJavaLanguageVersion(ctx android.EarlyModuleContext, s android.SdkSpe
 		return JAVA_VERSION_7
 	} else if sdk.FinalOrFutureInt() <= 29 {
 		return JAVA_VERSION_8
-	} else if sdk.FinalOrFutureInt() <= 31 {
-		return JAVA_VERSION_9
-	} else {
+	} else if ctx.Config().TargetsJava11() {
+		// Temporary experimental flag to be able to try and build with
+		// java version 11 options. The flag, if used, just sets Java
+		// 11 as the default version, leaving any components that
+		// target an older version intact.
 		return JAVA_VERSION_11
+	} else {
+		return JAVA_VERSION_9
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index 57ab2686f..7849f96f5 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -1392,6 +1392,10 @@ func (module *SdkLibrary) createStubsLibrary(mctx android.DefaultableHookContext
 			Srcs       []string
 			Javacflags []string
 		}
+		Openjdk11 struct {
+			Srcs       []string
+			Javacflags []string
+		}
 		Dist struct {
 			Targets []string
 			Dest    *string
@@ -1418,6 +1422,8 @@ func (module *SdkLibrary) createStubsLibrary(mctx android.DefaultableHookContext
 	}
 	props.Openjdk9.Srcs = module.properties.Openjdk9.Srcs
 	props.Openjdk9.Javacflags = module.properties.Openjdk9.Javacflags
+	props.Openjdk11.Srcs = module.properties.Openjdk11.Srcs
+	props.Openjdk11.Javacflags = module.properties.Openjdk11.Javacflags
 	// We compile the stubs for 1.8 in line with the main android.jar stubs, and potential
 	// interop with older developer tools that don't support 1.9.
 	props.Java_version = proptools.StringPtr("1.8")