diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 6286be3..2feaaee 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -2230,6 +2230,10 @@
 			addAconfigFiles(vctx, ctx, child)
 			return true // track transitive dependencies
 		} else if rm, ok := child.(*rust.Module); ok {
+			if !android.IsDepInSameApex(ctx, am, am) {
+				return false
+			}
+
 			af := apexFileForRustLibrary(ctx, rm)
 			af.transitiveDep = true
 			vctx.filesInfo = append(vctx.filesInfo, af)
@@ -2249,6 +2253,10 @@
 		}
 	} else if rust.IsDylibDepTag(depTag) {
 		if rustm, ok := child.(*rust.Module); ok && rustm.IsInstallableToApex() {
+			if !android.IsDepInSameApex(ctx, am, am) {
+				return false
+			}
+
 			af := apexFileForRustLibrary(ctx, rustm)
 			af.transitiveDep = true
 			vctx.filesInfo = append(vctx.filesInfo, af)
diff --git a/rust/library.go b/rust/library.go
index 50d5a72..7db8f36 100644
--- a/rust/library.go
+++ b/rust/library.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
 
 	// Whether this library is part of the Rust toolchain sysroot.
 	Sysroot *bool
+
+	// Exclude this rust_ffi target from being included in APEXes.
+	// TODO(b/362509506): remove this once stubs are properly supported by rust_ffi targets.
+	Apex_exclude *bool
 }
 
 type LibraryMutatedProperties struct {
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@
 	shared() bool
 	sysroot() bool
 	source() bool
+	apexExclude() bool
 
 	// Returns true if the build options for the module have selected a particular build type
 	buildRlib() bool
@@ -186,6 +191,10 @@
 	return library.MutatedProperties.VariantIsSource
 }
 
+func (library *libraryDecorator) apexExclude() bool {
+	return Bool(library.Properties.Apex_exclude)
+}
+
 func (library *libraryDecorator) buildRlib() bool {
 	return library.MutatedProperties.BuildRlib && BoolDefault(library.Properties.Rlib.Enabled, true)
 }
diff --git a/rust/rust.go b/rust/rust.go
index 3402adc..5a973c4 100644
--- a/rust/rust.go
+++ b/rust/rust.go
@@ -294,6 +294,15 @@
 	return mod.StaticallyLinked()
 }
 
+func (mod *Module) ApexExclude() bool {
+	if mod.compiler != nil {
+		if library, ok := mod.compiler.(libraryInterface); ok {
+			return library.apexExclude()
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (mod *Module) Object() bool {
 	// Rust has no modules which produce only object files.
 	return false
@@ -1863,6 +1872,10 @@
 		return false
 	}
 
+	if rustDep, ok := dep.(*Module); ok && rustDep.ApexExclude() {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	return true
 }