diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 98df545a7..260fcf1d5 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -2070,8 +2070,6 @@ func (c *Module) DepsMutator(actx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 					nonvariantLibs = append(nonvariantLibs, rewriteSnapshotLib(entry, getSnapshot().SharedLibs))
 				} else if ctx.useSdk() && inList(name, *getNDKKnownLibs(ctx.Config())) {
 					variantLibs = append(variantLibs, name+ndkLibrarySuffix)
-				} else if ctx.useVndk() {
-					nonvariantLibs = append(nonvariantLibs, rewriteSnapshotLib(entry, getSnapshot().SharedLibs))
 				} else if (ctx.Platform() || ctx.ProductSpecific()) && inList(name, *vendorPublicLibraries) {
 					vendorPublicLib := name + vendorPublicLibrarySuffix
 					if actx.OtherModuleExists(vendorPublicLib) {
@@ -2082,6 +2080,8 @@ func (c *Module) DepsMutator(actx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 						// link to the original library.
 						nonvariantLibs = append(nonvariantLibs, name)
 					}
+				} else if ctx.useVndk() {
+					nonvariantLibs = append(nonvariantLibs, rewriteSnapshotLib(entry, getSnapshot().SharedLibs))
 				} else {
 					// put name#version back
 					nonvariantLibs = append(nonvariantLibs, entry)
diff --git a/cc/vendor_public_library.go b/cc/vendor_public_library.go
index 85f514c83..394e32229 100644
--- a/cc/vendor_public_library.go
+++ b/cc/vendor_public_library.go
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ func vendorPublicLibraryFactory() android.Module {
 
 	module.AddProperties(
 		&stub.Properties,
+		&module.VendorProperties,
 		&library.MutatedProperties,
 		&library.flagExporter.Properties)
 
diff --git a/cc/vendor_public_library_test.go b/cc/vendor_public_library_test.go
index ee9dc0079..9f2accf4b 100644
--- a/cc/vendor_public_library_test.go
+++ b/cc/vendor_public_library_test.go
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ func TestVendorPublicLibraries(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testCc(t, `
 	cc_library_headers {
 		name: "libvendorpublic_headers",
+		product_available: true,
 		export_include_dirs: ["my_include"],
 	}
 	vendor_public_library {
 		name: "libvendorpublic",
+		product_available: true,
 		symbol_file: "",
 		export_public_headers: ["libvendorpublic_headers"],
 	}
@@ -46,6 +48,14 @@ func TestVendorPublicLibraries(t *testing.T) {
 		no_libcrt: true,
 		nocrt: true,
 	}
+	cc_library {
+		name: "libproduct",
+		shared_libs: ["libvendorpublic"],
+		product_specific: true,
+		srcs: ["foo.c"],
+		no_libcrt: true,
+		nocrt: true,
+	}
 	cc_library {
 		name: "libvendor",
 		shared_libs: ["libvendorpublic"],
@@ -58,6 +68,7 @@ func TestVendorPublicLibraries(t *testing.T) {
 
 	coreVariant := "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
 	vendorVariant := "android_vendor.29_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
+	productVariant := "android_product.29_arm64_armv8-a_shared"
 
 	// test if header search paths are correctly added
 	// _static variant is used since _shared reuses *.o from the static variant
@@ -75,6 +86,14 @@ func TestVendorPublicLibraries(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("libflags for libsystem must contain %#v, but was %#v", stubPaths[0], libflags)
 	}
 
+	// test if libsystem is linked to the stub
+	ld = ctx.ModuleForTests("libproduct", productVariant).Rule("ld")
+	libflags = ld.Args["libFlags"]
+	stubPaths = getOutputPaths(ctx, productVariant, []string{"libvendorpublic" + vendorPublicLibrarySuffix})
+	if !strings.Contains(libflags, stubPaths[0].String()) {
+		t.Errorf("libflags for libproduct must contain %#v, but was %#v", stubPaths[0], libflags)
+	}
+
 	// test if libvendor is linked to the real shared lib
 	ld = ctx.ModuleForTests("libvendor", vendorVariant).Rule("ld")
 	libflags = ld.Args["libFlags"]
@@ -82,5 +101,4 @@ func TestVendorPublicLibraries(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(libflags, stubPaths[0].String()) {
 		t.Errorf("libflags for libvendor must contain %#v, but was %#v", stubPaths[0], libflags)
 	}
-
 }