diff --git a/java/app_test.go b/java/app_test.go
index 92fe2244f..d6ba0f1dd 100644
--- a/java/app_test.go
+++ b/java/app_test.go
@@ -2043,6 +2043,44 @@ func TestJNIPackaging(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestJNITranstiveDepsInstallation(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, _ := testJava(t, cc.GatherRequiredDepsForTest(android.Android)+`
+		android_app {
+			name: "app",
+			jni_libs: ["libjni"],
+			platform_apis: true,
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libjni",
+			shared_libs: ["libplatform"],
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+			required: ["librequired"],
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libplatform",
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "librequired",
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+		}
+
+		`)
+
+	app := ctx.ModuleForTests("app", "android_common")
+	jniLibZip := app.Output("jnilibs.zip")
+	android.AssertPathsEndWith(t, "embedd jni lib mismatch", []string{"libjni.so"}, jniLibZip.Implicits)
+
+	install := app.Rule("Cp")
+	android.AssertPathsEndWith(t, "install dep mismatch", []string{"libplatform.so", "librequired.so"}, install.OrderOnly)
+}
+
 func TestJNISDK(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, _ := testJava(t, cc.GatherRequiredDepsForTest(android.Android)+`
 		cc_library {
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 0df96a3a5..fc7e5c5a3 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -368,6 +368,17 @@ type dependencyTag struct {
 	static bool
 }
 
+var _ android.SkipToTransitiveDepsTag = (*dependencyTag)(nil)
+
+func (depTag dependencyTag) SkipToTransitiveDeps() bool {
+	// jni_libs are not installed because they are always embedded into the app. However,
+	// transitive deps of jni_libs themselves should be installed along with the app.
+	if IsJniDepTag(depTag) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // installDependencyTag is a dependency tag that is annotated to cause the installed files of the
 // dependency to be installed when the parent module is installed.
 type installDependencyTag struct {