diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 306e483..c83ed71 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -1376,6 +1376,13 @@
 	return false
 }
 
+func (c *Module) IsStubsImplementationRequired() bool {
+	if lib := c.library; lib != nil {
+		return lib.isStubsImplementationRequired()
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // If this is a stubs library, ImplementationModuleName returns the name of the module that contains
 // the implementation.  If it is an implementation library it returns its own name.
 func (c *Module) ImplementationModuleName(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) string {
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index b639930..0729ff4 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@
 		// List versions to generate stubs libs for. The version name "current" is always
 		// implicitly added.
 		Versions []string
+
+		// Whether to not require the implementation of the library to be installed if a
+		// client of the stubs is installed. Defaults to true; set to false if the
+		// implementation is made available by some other means, e.g. in a Microdroid
+		// virtual machine.
+		Implementation_installable *bool
 	}
 
 	// set the name of the output
@@ -1339,6 +1345,7 @@
 	buildStubs() bool
 	setBuildStubs(isLatest bool)
 	hasStubsVariants() bool
+	isStubsImplementationRequired() bool
 	setStubsVersion(string)
 	stubsVersion() string
 
@@ -2298,6 +2305,10 @@
 		len(library.Properties.Stubs.Versions) > 0
 }
 
+func (library *libraryDecorator) isStubsImplementationRequired() bool {
+	return BoolDefault(library.Properties.Stubs.Implementation_installable, true)
+}
+
 func (library *libraryDecorator) stubsVersions(ctx android.BaseMutatorContext) []string {
 	if !library.hasStubsVariants() {
 		return nil