diff --git a/android/bazel.go b/android/bazel.go
index dd1de7b..7b227bd 100644
--- a/android/bazel.go
+++ b/android/bazel.go
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@
 	SetBaseModuleType(baseModuleType string)
 }
 
+// ApiProvider is implemented by modules that contribute to an API surface
+type ApiProvider interface {
+	ConvertWithApiBp2build(ctx TopDownMutatorContext)
+}
+
 // MixedBuildBuildable is an interface that module types should implement in order
 // to be "handled by Bazel" in a mixed build.
 type MixedBuildBuildable interface {
@@ -415,6 +420,13 @@
 		return false
 	}
 
+	// In api_bp2build mode, all soong modules that can provide API contributions should be converted
+	// This is irrespective of its presence/absence in bp2build allowlists
+	if ctx.Config().BuildMode == ApiBp2build {
+		_, providesApis := module.(ApiProvider)
+		return providesApis
+	}
+
 	propValue := b.bazelProperties.Bazel_module.Bp2build_available
 	packagePath := ctx.OtherModuleDir(module)
 
@@ -510,6 +522,17 @@
 	bModule.ConvertWithBp2build(ctx)
 }
 
+func registerApiBp2buildConversionMutator(ctx RegisterMutatorsContext) {
+	ctx.TopDown("apiBp2build_conversion", convertWithApiBp2build).Parallel()
+}
+
+// Generate API contribution targets if the Soong module provides APIs
+func convertWithApiBp2build(ctx TopDownMutatorContext) {
+	if m, ok := ctx.Module().(ApiProvider); ok {
+		m.ConvertWithApiBp2build(ctx)
+	}
+}
+
 // GetMainClassInManifest scans the manifest file specified in filepath and returns
 // the value of attribute Main-Class in the manifest file if it exists, or returns error.
 // WARNING: this is for bp2build converters of java_* modules only.
diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index ee432a2..e86fc27 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
 	// express build semantics.
 	GenerateQueryView
 
+	// Generate BUILD files for API contributions to API surfaces
+	ApiBp2build
+
 	// Create a JSON representation of the module graph and exit.
 	GenerateModuleGraph
 
diff --git a/android/mutator.go b/android/mutator.go
index 9e4aa59..83d4e66 100644
--- a/android/mutator.go
+++ b/android/mutator.go
@@ -31,22 +31,33 @@
 
 // RegisterMutatorsForBazelConversion is a alternate registration pipeline for bp2build. Exported for testing.
 func RegisterMutatorsForBazelConversion(ctx *Context, preArchMutators []RegisterMutatorFunc) {
+	bp2buildMutators := append(preArchMutators, registerBp2buildConversionMutator)
+	registerMutatorsForBazelConversion(ctx, bp2buildMutators)
+}
+
+// RegisterMutatorsForApiBazelConversion is an alternate registration pipeline for api_bp2build
+// This pipeline restricts generation of Bazel targets to Soong modules that contribute APIs
+func RegisterMutatorsForApiBazelConversion(ctx *Context, preArchMutators []RegisterMutatorFunc) {
+	bp2buildMutators := append(preArchMutators, registerApiBp2buildConversionMutator)
+	registerMutatorsForBazelConversion(ctx, bp2buildMutators)
+}
+
+func registerMutatorsForBazelConversion(ctx *Context, bp2buildMutators []RegisterMutatorFunc) {
 	mctx := &registerMutatorsContext{
 		bazelConversionMode: true,
 	}
 
-	bp2buildMutators := append([]RegisterMutatorFunc{
+	allMutators := append([]RegisterMutatorFunc{
 		RegisterNamespaceMutator,
 		RegisterDefaultsPreArchMutators,
 		// TODO(b/165114590): this is required to resolve deps that are only prebuilts, but we should
 		// evaluate the impact on conversion.
 		RegisterPrebuiltsPreArchMutators,
 	},
-		preArchMutators...)
-	bp2buildMutators = append(bp2buildMutators, registerBp2buildConversionMutator)
+		bp2buildMutators...)
 
 	// Register bp2build mutators
-	for _, f := range bp2buildMutators {
+	for _, f := range allMutators {
 		f(mctx)
 	}
 
diff --git a/android/register.go b/android/register.go
index d4ce5f1..6c69cc5 100644
--- a/android/register.go
+++ b/android/register.go
@@ -180,6 +180,16 @@
 	RegisterMutatorsForBazelConversion(ctx, bp2buildPreArchMutators)
 }
 
+// RegisterForApiBazelConversion is similar to RegisterForBazelConversion except that
+// it only generates API targets in the generated  workspace
+func (ctx *Context) RegisterForApiBazelConversion() {
+	for _, t := range moduleTypes {
+		t.register(ctx)
+	}
+
+	RegisterMutatorsForApiBazelConversion(ctx, bp2buildPreArchMutators)
+}
+
 // Register the pipeline of singletons, module types, and mutators for
 // generating build.ninja and other files for Kati, from Android.bp files.
 func (ctx *Context) Register() {
diff --git a/android/testing.go b/android/testing.go
index 7b74c89..4018659 100644
--- a/android/testing.go
+++ b/android/testing.go
@@ -461,6 +461,12 @@
 	RegisterMutatorsForBazelConversion(ctx.Context, ctx.bp2buildPreArch)
 }
 
+// RegisterForApiBazelConversion prepares a test context for API bp2build conversion.
+func (ctx *TestContext) RegisterForApiBazelConversion() {
+	ctx.config.BuildMode = ApiBp2build
+	RegisterMutatorsForApiBazelConversion(ctx.Context, ctx.bp2buildPreArch)
+}
+
 func (ctx *TestContext) ParseFileList(rootDir string, filePaths []string) (deps []string, errs []error) {
 	// This function adapts the old style ParseFileList calls that are spread throughout the tests
 	// to the new style that takes a config.