diff --git a/apex/androidmk.go b/apex/androidmk.go
index a231a90..7d1a301 100644
--- a/apex/androidmk.go
+++ b/apex/androidmk.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 	"android/soong/android"
 	"android/soong/cc"
-	"android/soong/java"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 )
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 		if fi.class == javaSharedLib {
-			javaModule := fi.module.(*java.Library)
+			javaModule := fi.module.(javaLibrary)
 			// soong_java_prebuilt.mk sets LOCAL_MODULE_SUFFIX := .jar  Therefore
 			// we need to remove the suffix from LOCAL_MODULE_STEM, otherwise
 			// we will have foo.jar.jar
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 8a336ba..f6997bf 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -872,10 +872,16 @@
 	return af
 }
 
-func apexFileForJavaLibrary(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, java *java.Library) apexFile {
+// TODO(b/146586360): replace javaLibrary(in apex/apex.go) with java.Dependency
+type javaLibrary interface {
+	android.Module
+	java.Dependency
+}
+
+func apexFileForJavaLibrary(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, lib javaLibrary) apexFile {
 	dirInApex := "javalib"
-	fileToCopy := java.DexJarFile()
-	return newApexFile(ctx, fileToCopy, java.Name(), dirInApex, javaSharedLib, java)
+	fileToCopy := lib.DexJar()
+	return newApexFile(ctx, fileToCopy, lib.Name(), dirInApex, javaSharedLib, lib)
 }
 
 func apexFileForPrebuiltJavaLibrary(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, java *java.Import) apexFile {
@@ -1022,6 +1028,21 @@
 						filesInfo = append(filesInfo, af)
 						return true // track transitive dependencies
 					}
+				} else if sdkLib, ok := child.(*java.SdkLibrary); ok {
+					af := apexFileForJavaLibrary(ctx, sdkLib)
+					if !af.Ok() {
+						ctx.PropertyErrorf("java_libs", "%q is not configured to be compiled into dex", depName)
+						return false
+					}
+					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, af)
+
+					pf := sdkLib.PermissionFile()
+					if pf == nil {
+						ctx.PropertyErrorf("java_libs", "%q failed to generate permission XML", depName)
+						return false
+					}
+					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, newApexFile(ctx, pf, pf.Base(), "etc/permissions", etc, nil))
+					return true // track transitive dependencies
 				} else if javaLib, ok := child.(*java.Import); ok {
 					af := apexFileForPrebuiltJavaLibrary(ctx, javaLib)
 					if !af.Ok() {
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 035a553..bb64f80 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@
 	java.RegisterJavaBuildComponents(ctx)
 	java.RegisterSystemModulesBuildComponents(ctx)
 	java.RegisterAppBuildComponents(ctx)
+	ctx.RegisterModuleType("java_sdk_library", java.SdkLibraryFactory)
 
 	ctx.PreArchMutators(android.RegisterDefaultsPreArchMutators)
 	ctx.PreArchMutators(func(ctx android.RegisterMutatorsContext) {
@@ -3252,6 +3253,44 @@
 	ensureContains(t, args["opt_flags"], "--manifest_json "+module.Output("apex_manifest.json").Output.String())
 }
 
+func TestJavaSDKLibrary(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, _ := testApex(t, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			java_libs: ["foo"],
+		}
+
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+
+		java_sdk_library {
+			name: "foo",
+			srcs: ["a.java"],
+			api_packages: ["foo"],
+		}
+	`, withFiles(map[string][]byte{
+		"api/current.txt":        nil,
+		"api/removed.txt":        nil,
+		"api/system-current.txt": nil,
+		"api/system-removed.txt": nil,
+		"api/test-current.txt":   nil,
+		"api/test-removed.txt":   nil,
+	}))
+
+	// java_sdk_library installs both impl jar and permission XML
+	ensureExactContents(t, ctx, "myapex", []string{
+		"javalib/foo.jar",
+		"etc/permissions/foo.xml",
+	})
+	// Permission XML should point to the activated path of impl jar of java_sdk_library
+	genXMLCommand := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common_myapex").Output("foo.xml").RuleParams.Command
+	ensureContains(t, genXMLCommand, `<library name="foo" file="/apex/myapex/javalib/foo.jar"`)
+}
+
 func TestRejectNonInstallableJavaLibrary(t *testing.T) {
 	testApexError(t, `"myjar" is not configured to be compiled into dex`, `
 		apex {