diff --git a/java/proto.go b/java/proto.go
index ab913d868..8d2380322 100644
--- a/java/proto.go
+++ b/java/proto.go
@@ -73,13 +73,15 @@ func genProto(ctx android.ModuleContext, protoFiles android.Paths, flags android
 }
 
 func protoDeps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, p *android.ProtoProperties) {
+	const unspecifiedProtobufPluginType = ""
 	if String(p.Proto.Plugin) == "" {
 		switch String(p.Proto.Type) {
+		case "stream": // does not require additional dependencies
 		case "micro":
 			ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, "libprotobuf-java-micro")
 		case "nano":
 			ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, "libprotobuf-java-nano")
-		case "lite", "":
+		case "lite", unspecifiedProtobufPluginType:
 			ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, "libprotobuf-java-lite")
 		case "full":
 			if ctx.Host() || ctx.BazelConversionMode() {
diff --git a/java/proto_test.go b/java/proto_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1cb71448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/proto_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package java
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"android/soong/android"
+)
+
+const protoModules = `
+java_library_static {
+    name: "libprotobuf-java-lite",
+}
+`
+
+func TestProtoStream(t *testing.T) {
+	bp := `
+		java_library {
+			name: "java-stream-protos",
+			proto: {
+				type: "stream",
+			},
+			srcs: [
+				"a.proto",
+				"b.proto",
+			],
+		}
+	`
+
+	ctx := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+		PrepareForIntegrationTestWithJava,
+	).RunTestWithBp(t, protoModules+bp)
+
+	proto0 := ctx.ModuleForTests("java-stream-protos", "android_common").Output("proto/proto0.srcjar")
+
+	if cmd := proto0.RuleParams.Command; !strings.Contains(cmd, "--javastream_out=") {
+		t.Errorf("expected '--javastream_out' in %q", cmd)
+	}
+}