diff --git a/cc/prebuilt_test.go b/cc/prebuilt_test.go
index f6b5ed5..7dfe642 100644
--- a/cc/prebuilt_test.go
+++ b/cc/prebuilt_test.go
@@ -610,3 +610,95 @@
 		android.AssertStringEquals(t, "unexpected LOCAL_MODULE", "libbar", entries.EntryMap["LOCAL_MODULE"][0])
 	}
 }
+
+// Setting prefer on multiple prebuilts is an error, unless one of them is also listed in apex_contributions
+func TestMultiplePrebuiltsPreferredUsingLegacyFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	bp := `
+		// an rdep
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libfoo",
+			shared_libs: ["libbar"],
+		}
+
+		// multiple variations of dep
+		// source
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libbar",
+		}
+		// prebuilt "v1"
+		cc_prebuilt_library_shared {
+			name: "libbar",
+			srcs: ["libbar.so"],
+			prefer: true,
+		}
+		// prebuilt "v2"
+		cc_prebuilt_library_shared {
+			name: "libbar.v2",
+			stem: "libbar",
+			source_module_name: "libbar",
+			srcs: ["libbar.so"],
+			prefer: true,
+		}
+
+		// selectors
+		apex_contributions {
+			name: "myapex_contributions",
+			contents: [%v],
+		}
+		all_apex_contributions {name: "all_apex_contributions"}
+	`
+	hasDep := func(ctx *android.TestContext, m android.Module, wantDep android.Module) bool {
+		t.Helper()
+		var found bool
+		ctx.VisitDirectDeps(m, func(dep blueprint.Module) {
+			if dep == wantDep {
+				found = true
+			}
+		})
+		return found
+	}
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		desc                   string
+		selectedDependencyName string
+		expectedDependencyName string
+		expectedErr            string
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:        "Multiple prebuilts have prefer: true",
+			expectedErr: "Multiple prebuilt modules prebuilt_libbar and prebuilt_libbar.v2 have been marked as preferred for this source module",
+		},
+		{
+			desc:                   "Multiple prebuilts have prefer: true. The prebuilt listed in apex_contributions wins.",
+			selectedDependencyName: `"prebuilt_libbar"`,
+			expectedDependencyName: "prebuilt_libbar",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		preparer := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+			android.FixtureRegisterWithContext(func(ctx android.RegistrationContext) {
+				android.RegisterApexContributionsBuildComponents(ctx)
+			}),
+			android.FixtureModifyProductVariables(func(variables android.FixtureProductVariables) {
+				variables.BuildFlags = map[string]string{
+					"RELEASE_APEX_CONTRIBUTIONS_ADSERVICES": "myapex_contributions",
+				}
+			}),
+		)
+		if tc.expectedErr != "" {
+			preparer = preparer.ExtendWithErrorHandler(android.FixtureExpectsAtLeastOneErrorMatchingPattern(tc.expectedErr))
+		}
+
+		ctx := testPrebuilt(t, fmt.Sprintf(bp, tc.selectedDependencyName), map[string][]byte{
+			"libbar.so": nil,
+			"crtx.o":    nil,
+		}, preparer)
+		if tc.expectedErr != "" {
+			return // the fixture will assert that the excepted err has been raised
+		}
+		libfoo := ctx.ModuleForTests("libfoo", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared").Module()
+		expectedDependency := ctx.ModuleForTests(tc.expectedDependencyName, "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared").Module()
+		android.AssertBoolEquals(t, fmt.Sprintf("expected dependency from %s to %s\n", libfoo.Name(), tc.expectedDependencyName), true, hasDep(ctx, libfoo, expectedDependency))
+	}
+}