diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 56f3367..5d67c7a 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -2067,8 +2067,15 @@
 		switch depTag {
 		case sharedLibTag, jniLibTag:
 			isJniLib := depTag == jniLibTag
+			propertyName := "native_shared_libs"
+			if isJniLib {
+				propertyName = "jni_libs"
+			}
 			switch ch := child.(type) {
 			case *cc.Module:
+				if ch.IsStubs() {
+					ctx.PropertyErrorf(propertyName, "%q is a stub. Remove it from the list.", depName)
+				}
 				fi := apexFileForNativeLibrary(ctx, ch, vctx.handleSpecialLibs)
 				fi.isJniLib = isJniLib
 				vctx.filesInfo = append(vctx.filesInfo, fi)
@@ -2086,10 +2093,6 @@
 				vctx.filesInfo = append(vctx.filesInfo, fi)
 				return true // track transitive dependencies
 			default:
-				propertyName := "native_shared_libs"
-				if isJniLib {
-					propertyName = "jni_libs"
-				}
 				ctx.PropertyErrorf(propertyName, "%q is not a cc_library or cc_library_shared module", depName)
 			}
 		case executableTag:
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index f14ab8a..2f6acff 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 	"testing"
 
 	"android/soong/aconfig/codegen"
+
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 
@@ -960,6 +961,32 @@
 	ensureListContains(t, names(apexManifestRule.Args["requireNativeLibs"]), "libfoo.shared_from_rust.so")
 }
 
+func TestApexShouldNotEmbedStubVariant(t *testing.T) {
+	testApexError(t, `module "myapex" .*: native_shared_libs: "libbar" is a stub`, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			vendor: true,
+			updatable: false,
+			native_shared_libs: ["libbar"], // should not add an LLNDK stub in a vendor apex
+		}
+
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libbar",
+			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
+			llndk: {
+				symbol_file: "libbar.map.txt",
+			}
+		}
+	`)
+}
+
 func TestApexCanUsePrivateApis(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testApex(t, `
 		apex {