diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index 23e17b1..c0d0d54 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -1383,22 +1383,28 @@
 	if cc_prebuilt {
 		library := mctx.Module().(*Module).linker.(prebuiltLibraryInterface)
 
-		// Always create both the static and shared variants for prebuilt libraries, and then disable the one
-		// that is not being used.  This allows them to share the name of a cc_library module, which requires that
-		// all the variants of the cc_library also exist on the prebuilt.
-		modules := mctx.CreateLocalVariations("static", "shared")
-		static := modules[0].(*Module)
-		shared := modules[1].(*Module)
+		// Differentiate between header only and building an actual static/shared library
+		if library.buildStatic() || library.buildShared() {
+			// Always create both the static and shared variants for prebuilt libraries, and then disable the one
+			// that is not being used.  This allows them to share the name of a cc_library module, which requires that
+			// all the variants of the cc_library also exist on the prebuilt.
+			modules := mctx.CreateLocalVariations("static", "shared")
+			static := modules[0].(*Module)
+			shared := modules[1].(*Module)
 
-		static.linker.(prebuiltLibraryInterface).setStatic()
-		shared.linker.(prebuiltLibraryInterface).setShared()
+			static.linker.(prebuiltLibraryInterface).setStatic()
+			shared.linker.(prebuiltLibraryInterface).setShared()
 
-		if !library.buildStatic() {
-			static.linker.(prebuiltLibraryInterface).disablePrebuilt()
+			if !library.buildStatic() {
+				static.linker.(prebuiltLibraryInterface).disablePrebuilt()
+			}
+			if !library.buildShared() {
+				shared.linker.(prebuiltLibraryInterface).disablePrebuilt()
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Header only
 		}
-		if !library.buildShared() {
-			shared.linker.(prebuiltLibraryInterface).disablePrebuilt()
-		}
+
 	} else if library, ok := mctx.Module().(LinkableInterface); ok && library.CcLibraryInterface() {
 
 		// Non-cc.Modules may need an empty variant for their mutators.