diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 70ad879..26e5091 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -1074,8 +1074,14 @@
 type ImportProperties struct {
 	Jars []string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
 
+	// The version of the SDK that the source prebuilt file was built against. Defaults to the
+	// current version if not specified.
 	Sdk_version *string
 
+	// The minimum version of the SDK that this module supports. Defaults to sdk_version if not
+	// specified.
+	Min_sdk_version *string
+
 	Installable *bool
 
 	// List of shared java libs that this module has dependencies to
@@ -1139,6 +1145,9 @@
 }
 
 func (j *Import) minSdkVersion() sdkSpec {
+	if j.properties.Min_sdk_version != nil {
+		return sdkSpecFrom(*j.properties.Min_sdk_version)
+	}
 	return j.sdkVersion()
 }
 
@@ -1350,7 +1359,20 @@
 // Implements android.ApexModule
 func (j *Import) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
 	sdkVersion android.ApiLevel) error {
-	// Do not check for prebuilts against the min_sdk_version of enclosing APEX
+	sdkSpec := j.minSdkVersion()
+	if !sdkSpec.specified() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("min_sdk_version is not specified")
+	}
+	if sdkSpec.kind == sdkCore {
+		return nil
+	}
+	ver, err := sdkSpec.effectiveVersion(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if ver.ApiLevel(ctx).GreaterThan(sdkVersion) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("newer SDK(%v)", ver)
+	}
 	return nil
 }