diff --git a/android/deptag.go b/android/deptag.go
index c7ba4d3..77b9d61 100644
--- a/android/deptag.go
+++ b/android/deptag.go
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@
 	return false
 }
 
+// Dependency tags can implement this interface and return true from SkipToTransitiveDeps to
+// annotate that this dependency isn't installed, but its transitive dependencies are. This is
+// useful when a module is built into another module (ex: static linking) but the module still has
+// runtime dependencies.
+type SkipToTransitiveDepsTag interface {
+	SkipToTransitiveDeps() bool
+}
+
+func IsSkipToTransitiveDepsTag(tag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
+	if i, ok := tag.(SkipToTransitiveDepsTag); ok {
+		return i.SkipToTransitiveDeps()
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 type PropagateAconfigValidationDependencyTag interface {
 	PropagateAconfigValidation() bool
 }
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 40a5910..1664f03 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1470,15 +1470,27 @@
 	var installDeps []*DepSet[InstallPath]
 	var packagingSpecs []*DepSet[PackagingSpec]
 	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(func(dep Module) {
-		if isInstallDepNeeded(dep, ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(dep)) {
+		depTag := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(dep)
+		// If this is true, the direct outputs from the module is not gathered, but its
+		// transitive deps are still gathered.
+		skipToTransitive := IsSkipToTransitiveDepsTag(depTag)
+		if isInstallDepNeeded(dep, depTag) || skipToTransitive {
 			// Installation is still handled by Make, so anything hidden from Make is not
 			// installable.
 			if !dep.IsHideFromMake() && !dep.IsSkipInstall() {
-				installDeps = append(installDeps, dep.base().installFilesDepSet)
+				if skipToTransitive {
+					installDeps = append(installDeps, dep.base().installFilesDepSet.transitive...)
+				} else {
+					installDeps = append(installDeps, dep.base().installFilesDepSet)
+				}
 			}
 			// Add packaging deps even when the dependency is not installed so that uninstallable
 			// modules can still be packaged.  Often the package will be installed instead.
-			packagingSpecs = append(packagingSpecs, dep.base().packagingSpecsDepSet)
+			if skipToTransitive {
+				packagingSpecs = append(packagingSpecs, dep.base().packagingSpecsDepSet.transitive...)
+			} else {
+				packagingSpecs = append(packagingSpecs, dep.base().packagingSpecsDepSet)
+			}
 		}
 	})
 
diff --git a/android/packaging_test.go b/android/packaging_test.go
index 3833437..4b72c24 100644
--- a/android/packaging_test.go
+++ b/android/packaging_test.go
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
 type componentTestModule struct {
 	ModuleBase
 	props struct {
-		Deps         []string
-		Skip_install *bool
+		Deps            []string
+		Build_only_deps []string
+		Skip_install    *bool
 	}
 }
 
@@ -36,6 +37,18 @@
 	InstallAlwaysNeededDependencyTag
 }
 
+// dep tag for build_only_deps
+type buildOnlyDepTag struct {
+	blueprint.BaseDependencyTag
+	InstallAlwaysNeededDependencyTag
+}
+
+var _ SkipToTransitiveDepsTag = (*buildOnlyDepTag)(nil)
+
+func (tag buildOnlyDepTag) SkipToTransitiveDeps() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 func componentTestModuleFactory() Module {
 	m := &componentTestModule{}
 	m.AddProperties(&m.props)
@@ -45,6 +58,7 @@
 
 func (m *componentTestModule) DepsMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), installDepTag{}, m.props.Deps...)
+	ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), buildOnlyDepTag{}, m.props.Build_only_deps...)
 }
 
 func (m *componentTestModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
@@ -398,3 +412,30 @@
 		}
 		`, []string{"lib64/foo", "lib64/bar", "lib64/baz"})
 }
+
+func TestPackagingWithSkipToTransitvDeps(t *testing.T) {
+	// packag -[deps]-> foo -[build_only_deps]-> bar -[deps]-> baz
+	// bar isn't installed, but it brings baz to its parent.
+	multiTarget := false
+	runPackagingTest(t, multiTarget,
+		`
+		component {
+			name: "foo",
+			build_only_deps: ["bar"],
+		}
+
+		component {
+			name: "bar",
+			deps: ["baz"],
+		}
+
+		component {
+			name: "baz",
+		}
+
+		package_module {
+			name: "package",
+			deps: ["foo"],
+		}
+		`, []string{"lib64/foo", "lib64/baz"})
+}