diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 24b9b8a..1ea0d94 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -1849,6 +1849,10 @@
 	return InList(name, c.config.productVariables.BuildBrokenInputDirModules)
 }
 
+func (c *deviceConfig) BuildBrokenDontCheckSystemSdk() bool {
+	return c.config.productVariables.BuildBrokenDontCheckSystemSdk
+}
+
 func (c *config) BuildWarningBadOptionalUsesLibsAllowlist() []string {
 	return c.productVariables.BuildWarningBadOptionalUsesLibsAllowlist
 }
diff --git a/android/sdk_version.go b/android/sdk_version.go
index 9c84a27..73568af 100644
--- a/android/sdk_version.go
+++ b/android/sdk_version.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 func (s SdkSpec) ValidateSystemSdk(ctx EarlyModuleContext) bool {
 	// Do some early checks. This check is currently only for Java modules. And our only concern
 	// is the use of "system" SDKs.
-	if !isJava(ctx.Module()) || s.Kind != SdkSystem {
+	if !isJava(ctx.Module()) || s.Kind != SdkSystem || ctx.DeviceConfig().BuildBrokenDontCheckSystemSdk() {
 		return true
 	}
 
diff --git a/android/variable.go b/android/variable.go
index fa4cfc1..9844080 100644
--- a/android/variable.go
+++ b/android/variable.go
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@
 	BuildBrokenVendorPropertyNamespace  bool     `json:",omitempty"`
 	BuildBrokenIncorrectPartitionImages bool     `json:",omitempty"`
 	BuildBrokenInputDirModules          []string `json:",omitempty"`
+	BuildBrokenDontCheckSystemSdk       bool     `json:",omitempty"`
 
 	BuildWarningBadOptionalUsesLibsAllowlist []string `json:",omitempty"`