diff --git a/java/aar.go b/java/aar.go
index d5996ba02..a4324e0b5 100644
--- a/java/aar.go
+++ b/java/aar.go
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func aaptLibs(ctx android.ModuleContext, sdkContext android.SdkContext, classLoa
 		switch depTag {
 		case instrumentationForTag:
 			// Nothing, instrumentationForTag is treated as libTag for javac but not for aapt2.
-		case libTag:
+		case sdkLibTag, libTag:
 			if exportPackage != nil {
 				sharedLibs = append(sharedLibs, exportPackage)
 			}
diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 23b4d46b3..656a08010 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ func (j *Module) checkSdkVersions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 		// TODO(satayev): cover other types as well, e.g. imports
 		case *Library, *AndroidLibrary:
 			switch tag {
-			case bootClasspathTag, libTag, staticLibTag, java9LibTag:
+			case bootClasspathTag, sdkLibTag, libTag, staticLibTag, java9LibTag:
 				j.checkSdkLinkType(ctx, module.(moduleWithSdkDep), tag.(dependencyTag))
 			}
 		}
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@ func (j *Module) collectDeps(ctx android.ModuleContext) deps {
 
 		if dep, ok := module.(SdkLibraryDependency); ok {
 			switch tag {
-			case libTag:
+			case sdkLibTag, libTag:
 				depHeaderJars := dep.SdkHeaderJars(ctx, j.SdkVersion(ctx))
 				deps.classpath = append(deps.classpath, depHeaderJars...)
 				deps.dexClasspath = append(deps.dexClasspath, depHeaderJars...)
@@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@ func (j *Module) collectDeps(ctx android.ModuleContext) deps {
 			switch tag {
 			case bootClasspathTag:
 				deps.bootClasspath = append(deps.bootClasspath, dep.HeaderJars...)
-			case libTag, instrumentationForTag:
+			case sdkLibTag, libTag, instrumentationForTag:
 				if _, ok := module.(*Plugin); ok {
 					ctx.ModuleErrorf("a java_plugin (%s) cannot be used as a libs dependency", otherName)
 				}
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ func (j *Module) collectDeps(ctx android.ModuleContext) deps {
 			}
 		} else if dep, ok := module.(android.SourceFileProducer); ok {
 			switch tag {
-			case libTag:
+			case sdkLibTag, libTag:
 				checkProducesJars(ctx, dep)
 				deps.classpath = append(deps.classpath, dep.Srcs()...)
 				deps.dexClasspath = append(deps.classpath, dep.Srcs()...)
diff --git a/java/droiddoc.go b/java/droiddoc.go
index 15585f16a..2173dae30 100644
--- a/java/droiddoc.go
+++ b/java/droiddoc.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func (j *Javadoc) addDeps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 			ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, bootClasspathTag, sdkDep.bootclasspath...)
 			ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, systemModulesTag, sdkDep.systemModules)
 			ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, java9LibTag, sdkDep.java9Classpath...)
-			ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, sdkDep.classpath...)
+			ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, sdkLibTag, sdkDep.classpath...)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func (j *Javadoc) collectDeps(ctx android.ModuleContext) deps {
 			} else {
 				panic(fmt.Errorf("unknown dependency %q for %q", otherName, ctx.ModuleName()))
 			}
-		case libTag:
+		case libTag, sdkLibTag:
 			if dep, ok := module.(SdkLibraryDependency); ok {
 				deps.classpath = append(deps.classpath, dep.SdkHeaderJars(ctx, j.SdkVersion(ctx))...)
 			} else if ctx.OtherModuleHasProvider(module, JavaInfoProvider) {
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index d04e52a2c..fc2af3b17 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ var (
 	dataDeviceBinsTag       = dependencyTag{name: "dataDeviceBins"}
 	staticLibTag            = dependencyTag{name: "staticlib"}
 	libTag                  = dependencyTag{name: "javalib", runtimeLinked: true}
+	sdkLibTag               = dependencyTag{name: "sdklib", runtimeLinked: true}
 	java9LibTag             = dependencyTag{name: "java9lib", runtimeLinked: true}
 	pluginTag               = dependencyTag{name: "plugin", toolchain: true}
 	errorpronePluginTag     = dependencyTag{name: "errorprone-plugin", toolchain: true}
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func IsLibDepTag(depTag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
-	return depTag == libTag
+	return depTag == libTag || depTag == sdkLibTag
 }
 
 func IsStaticLibDepTag(depTag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ func sdkDeps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, sdkContext android.SdkContext,
 	if sdkDep.useModule {
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, bootClasspathTag, sdkDep.bootclasspath...)
 		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, java9LibTag, sdkDep.java9Classpath...)
-		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, sdkDep.classpath...)
+		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, sdkLibTag, sdkDep.classpath...)
 		if d.effectiveOptimizeEnabled() && sdkDep.hasStandardLibs() {
 			ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, proguardRaiseTag, config.LegacyCorePlatformBootclasspathLibraries...)
 		}
@@ -1654,7 +1655,7 @@ func (j *Import) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 		if ctx.OtherModuleHasProvider(module, JavaInfoProvider) {
 			dep := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(module, JavaInfoProvider).(JavaInfo)
 			switch tag {
-			case libTag:
+			case libTag, sdkLibTag:
 				flags.classpath = append(flags.classpath, dep.HeaderJars...)
 				flags.dexClasspath = append(flags.dexClasspath, dep.HeaderJars...)
 			case staticLibTag:
@@ -1664,7 +1665,7 @@ func (j *Import) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 			}
 		} else if dep, ok := module.(SdkLibraryDependency); ok {
 			switch tag {
-			case libTag:
+			case libTag, sdkLibTag:
 				flags.classpath = append(flags.classpath, dep.SdkHeaderJars(ctx, j.SdkVersion(ctx))...)
 			}
 		}
@@ -2178,7 +2179,7 @@ func addCLCFromDep(ctx android.ModuleContext, depModule android.Module,
 	}
 
 	depTag := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(depModule)
-	if depTag == libTag {
+	if IsLibDepTag(depTag) {
 		// Ok, propagate <uses-library> through non-static library dependencies.
 	} else if tag, ok := depTag.(usesLibraryDependencyTag); ok && tag.sdkVersion == dexpreopt.AnySdkVersion {
 		// Ok, propagate <uses-library> through non-compatibility <uses-library> dependencies.
diff --git a/java/robolectric.go b/java/robolectric.go
index 71ffdb175..7f2981fa8 100644
--- a/java/robolectric.go
+++ b/java/robolectric.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"android/soong/android"
 	"android/soong/java/config"
 	"android/soong/tradefed"
+
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 )
 
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ func (r *robolectricTest) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext)
 		instrumentedApp.implementationAndResourcesJar,
 	}
 
-	for _, dep := range ctx.GetDirectDepsWithTag(libTag) {
+	handleLibDeps := func(dep android.Module) {
 		m := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(dep, JavaInfoProvider).(JavaInfo)
 		r.libs = append(r.libs, ctx.OtherModuleName(dep))
 		if !android.InList(ctx.OtherModuleName(dep), config.FrameworkLibraries) {
@@ -174,6 +175,13 @@ func (r *robolectricTest) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext)
 		}
 	}
 
+	for _, dep := range ctx.GetDirectDepsWithTag(libTag) {
+		handleLibDeps(dep)
+	}
+	for _, dep := range ctx.GetDirectDepsWithTag(sdkLibTag) {
+		handleLibDeps(dep)
+	}
+
 	r.combinedJar = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "robolectric_combined", r.outputFile.Base())
 	TransformJarsToJar(ctx, r.combinedJar, "combine jars", combinedJarJars, android.OptionalPath{},
 		false, nil, nil)