diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index 08c82eb..c2f73a9 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@
 // thus wouldn't be merged.
 func (i ApexInfo) mergedName() string {
 	name := "apex" + strconv.Itoa(i.MinSdkVersion.FinalOrFutureInt())
+	if i.UsePlatformApis {
+		name += "_p"
+	}
 	return name
 }
 
diff --git a/android/apex_test.go b/android/apex_test.go
index 78597b2..acc195d 100644
--- a/android/apex_test.go
+++ b/android/apex_test.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "merge different UsePlatformApis but don't allow using platform api",
+			name: "don't merge different UsePlatformApis",
 			in: []ApexInfo{
 				{
 					ApexVariationName: "foo",
@@ -213,13 +213,20 @@
 				{
 					ApexVariationName: "apex10000",
 					MinSdkVersion:     FutureApiLevel,
-					InApexVariants:    []string{"foo", "bar"},
+					InApexVariants:    []string{"foo"},
+					ForPrebuiltApex:   NotForPrebuiltApex,
+				},
+				{
+					ApexVariationName: "apex10000_p",
+					MinSdkVersion:     FutureApiLevel,
+					UsePlatformApis:   true,
+					InApexVariants:    []string{"bar"},
 					ForPrebuiltApex:   NotForPrebuiltApex,
 				},
 			},
 			wantAliases: [][2]string{
 				{"foo", "apex10000"},
-				{"bar", "apex10000"},
+				{"bar", "apex10000_p"},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -242,7 +249,7 @@
 			},
 			wantMerged: []ApexInfo{
 				{
-					ApexVariationName: "apex10000",
+					ApexVariationName: "apex10000_p",
 					MinSdkVersion:     FutureApiLevel,
 					UsePlatformApis:   true,
 					InApexVariants:    []string{"foo", "bar"},
@@ -250,8 +257,8 @@
 				},
 			},
 			wantAliases: [][2]string{
-				{"foo", "apex10000"},
-				{"bar", "apex10000"},
+				{"foo", "apex10000_p"},
+				{"bar", "apex10000_p"},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 78f2463..d6cb79a 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -1249,12 +1249,12 @@
 
 	// Ensure that we are using non-stub variants of mylib2 and libfoo.shared_from_rust (because
 	// of the platform_apis: true)
-	mylibLdFlags := ctx.ModuleForTests("mylib", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_apex10000").Rule("ld").Args["libFlags"]
+	mylibLdFlags := ctx.ModuleForTests("mylib", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_apex10000_p").Rule("ld").Args["libFlags"]
 	ensureNotContains(t, mylibLdFlags, "mylib2/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_current/mylib2.so")
 	ensureContains(t, mylibLdFlags, "mylib2/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared/mylib2.so")
 	ensureNotContains(t, mylibLdFlags, "libmylib2_rust/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_current/unstripped/libmylib2_rust.so")
 	ensureContains(t, mylibLdFlags, "libmylib2_rust/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared/unstripped/libmylib2_rust.so")
-	rustDeps := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo.rust", "android_arm64_armv8-a_apex10000").Rule("rustc").Args["linkFlags"]
+	rustDeps := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo.rust", "android_arm64_armv8-a_apex10000_p").Rule("rustc").Args["linkFlags"]
 	ensureNotContains(t, rustDeps, "libfoo.shared_from_rust/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_current/libfoo.shared_from_rust.so")
 	ensureContains(t, rustDeps, "libfoo.shared_from_rust/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared/libfoo.shared_from_rust.so")
 	ensureNotContains(t, rustDeps, "libmylib_rust.shared_from_rust/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_current/unstripped/libmylib_rust.shared_from_rust.so")