diff --git a/sdk/update.go b/sdk/update.go
index bed7f52..5fb6f2d 100644
--- a/sdk/update.go
+++ b/sdk/update.go
@@ -357,6 +357,12 @@
 		// If the minApiLevel of the member is greater than the target API level then exclude it from
 		// this snapshot.
 		exclude := memberVariantDep.minApiLevel.GreaterThan(targetApiLevel)
+		// Always include host variants (e.g. host tools) in the snapshot.
+		// Host variants should not be guarded by a min_sdk_version check. In fact, host variants
+		// do not have a `min_sdk_version`.
+		if memberVariantDep.Host() {
+			exclude = false
+		}
 
 		addMember(name, export, exclude)
 
@@ -1263,6 +1269,11 @@
 	minApiLevel android.ApiLevel
 }
 
+// Host returns true if the sdk member is a host variant (e.g. host tool)
+func (s *sdkMemberVariantDep) Host() bool {
+	return s.variant.Target().Os.Class == android.Host
+}
+
 var _ android.SdkMember = (*sdkMember)(nil)
 
 // sdkMember groups all the variants of a specific member module together along with the name of the