diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index dd02ef8..78c8d60 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
 	// list of java libraries that will be compiled into the resulting jar
 	Static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
+	// list of java libraries that should not be used to build this module
+	Exclude_static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
 	// manifest file to be included in resulting jar
 	Manifest *string `android:"path"`
 
@@ -724,6 +727,8 @@
 	}
 
 	libDeps := ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, j.properties.Libs...)
+
+	j.properties.Static_libs = android.RemoveListFromList(j.properties.Static_libs, j.properties.Exclude_static_libs)
 	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, j.properties.Static_libs...)
 
 	// Add dependency on libraries that provide additional hidden api annotations.
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index cd5c343..561b187 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -2322,3 +2322,34 @@
 		t.Errorf("Expected args[\"extraTestRunnerConfigs\"] to equal %q, was %q", expected, args["extraTestRunnerConfigs"])
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJavaExcludeStaticLib(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, _ := testJava(t, `
+	java_library {
+		name: "bar",
+	}
+	java_library {
+		name: "foo",
+	}
+	java_library {
+		name: "baz",
+		static_libs: [
+			"foo",
+			"bar",
+		],
+		exclude_static_libs: [
+			"bar",
+		],
+	}
+	`)
+
+	// "bar" not included as dependency of "baz"
+	CheckModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "baz", "android_common", []string{
+		`core-lambda-stubs`,
+		`ext`,
+		`foo`,
+		`framework`,
+		`stable-core-platform-api-stubs-system-modules`,
+		`stable.core.platform.api.stubs`,
+	})
+}