diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index cab7459ed..cb845a42f 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -1363,6 +1363,19 @@ func (ctx *moduleContextImpl) minSdkVersion() string {
 	if ver == "apex_inherit" || ver == "" {
 		ver = ctx.sdkVersion()
 	}
+	// For crt objects, the meaning of min_sdk_version is very different from other types of
+	// module. For them, min_sdk_version defines the oldest version that the build system will
+	// create versioned variants for. For example, if min_sdk_version is 16, then sdk variant of
+	// the crt object has local variants of 16, 17, ..., up to the latest version. sdk_version
+	// and min_sdk_version properties of the variants are set to the corresponding version
+	// numbers. However, the platform (non-sdk) variant of the crt object is left untouched.
+	// min_sdk_version: 16 doesn't actually mean that the platform variant has to support such
+	// an old version. Since the variant is for the platform, it's preferred to target the
+	// latest version.
+	if ctx.mod.SplitPerApiLevel() && !ctx.isSdkVariant() {
+		ver = strconv.Itoa(android.FutureApiLevelInt)
+	}
+
 	// Also make sure that minSdkVersion is not greater than sdkVersion, if they are both numbers
 	sdkVersionInt, err := strconv.Atoi(ctx.sdkVersion())
 	minSdkVersionInt, err2 := strconv.Atoi(ver)
@@ -1933,9 +1946,14 @@ func GetCrtVariations(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext,
 		return nil
 	}
 	if m.UseSdk() {
+		// Choose the CRT that best satisfies the min_sdk_version requirement of this module
+		minSdkVersion := m.MinSdkVersion()
+		if minSdkVersion == "" || minSdkVersion == "apex_inherit" {
+			minSdkVersion = m.SdkVersion()
+		}
 		return []blueprint.Variation{
 			{Mutator: "sdk", Variation: "sdk"},
-			{Mutator: "version", Variation: m.SdkVersion()},
+			{Mutator: "version", Variation: minSdkVersion},
 		}
 	}
 	return []blueprint.Variation{
diff --git a/cc/cc_test.go b/cc/cc_test.go
index 781778714..7489163cc 100644
--- a/cc/cc_test.go
+++ b/cc/cc_test.go
@@ -3640,6 +3640,59 @@ func TestMinSdkVersionInClangTriple(t *testing.T) {
 	android.AssertStringDoesContain(t, "min sdk version", cFlags, "-target aarch64-linux-android29")
 }
 
+func TestMinSdkVersionsOfCrtObjects(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := testCc(t, `
+		cc_object {
+			name: "crt_foo",
+			srcs: ["foo.c"],
+			crt: true,
+			stl: "none",
+			min_sdk_version: "28",
+
+		}`)
+
+	arch := "android_arm64_armv8-a"
+	for _, v := range []string{"", "28", "29", "30", "current"} {
+		var variant string
+		if v == "" {
+			variant = arch
+		} else {
+			variant = arch + "_sdk_" + v
+		}
+		cflags := ctx.ModuleForTests("crt_foo", variant).Rule("cc").Args["cFlags"]
+		vNum := v
+		if v == "current" || v == "" {
+			vNum = "10000"
+		}
+		expected := "-target aarch64-linux-android" + vNum + " "
+		android.AssertStringDoesContain(t, "cflag", cflags, expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUseCrtObjectOfCorrectVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := testCc(t, `
+		cc_binary {
+			name: "bin",
+			srcs: ["foo.c"],
+			stl: "none",
+			min_sdk_version: "29",
+			sdk_version: "current",
+		}
+		`)
+
+	// Sdk variant uses the crt object of the matching min_sdk_version
+	variant := "android_arm64_armv8-a_sdk"
+	crt := ctx.ModuleForTests("bin", variant).Rule("ld").Args["crtBegin"]
+	android.AssertStringDoesContain(t, "crt dep of sdk variant", crt,
+		variant+"_29/crtbegin_dynamic.o")
+
+	// platform variant uses the crt object built for platform
+	variant = "android_arm64_armv8-a"
+	crt = ctx.ModuleForTests("bin", variant).Rule("ld").Args["crtBegin"]
+	android.AssertStringDoesContain(t, "crt dep of platform variant", crt,
+		variant+"/crtbegin_dynamic.o")
+}
+
 type MemtagNoteType int
 
 const (
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index 22a36c6b9..8efde1ec5 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -1914,6 +1914,7 @@ func createPerApiVersionVariations(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, minSdkVe
 
 	for i, module := range modules {
 		module.(*Module).Properties.Sdk_version = StringPtr(versionStrs[i])
+		module.(*Module).Properties.Min_sdk_version = StringPtr(versionStrs[i])
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cc/linkable.go b/cc/linkable.go
index 58919a060..13b732bf4 100644
--- a/cc/linkable.go
+++ b/cc/linkable.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ type LinkableInterface interface {
 	InProduct() bool
 
 	SdkVersion() string
+	MinSdkVersion() string
 	AlwaysSdk() bool
 	IsSdkVariant() bool
 
diff --git a/rust/rust.go b/rust/rust.go
index 8ebdb727c..17ff6252f 100644
--- a/rust/rust.go
+++ b/rust/rust.go
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ func (mod *Module) SdkVersion() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (mod *Module) MinSdkVersion() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
 func (mod *Module) AlwaysSdk() bool {
 	return false
 }