diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 7ffa6cc..80fb782 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@
 	// symlinking to the system libs. Default is true.
 	Updatable *bool
 
+	// Whether this APEX can use platform APIs or not. Can be set to true only when `updatable:
+	// false`. Default is false.
+	Platform_apis *bool
+
 	// Whether this APEX is installable to one of the partitions like system, vendor, etc.
 	// Default: true.
 	Installable *bool
@@ -919,6 +923,7 @@
 		MinSdkVersion:     minSdkVersion,
 		RequiredSdks:      a.RequiredSdks(),
 		Updatable:         a.Updatable(),
+		UsePlatformApis:   a.UsePlatformApis(),
 		InApexVariants:    []string{mctx.ModuleName()}, // could be com.android.foo
 		InApexModules:     []string{a.Name()},          // could be com.mycompany.android.foo
 		ApexContents:      []*android.ApexContents{apexContents},
@@ -1321,6 +1326,10 @@
 	return proptools.BoolDefault(a.properties.Updatable, true)
 }
 
+func (a *apexBundle) UsePlatformApis() bool {
+	return proptools.BoolDefault(a.properties.Platform_apis, false)
+}
+
 // getCertString returns the name of the cert that should be used to sign this APEX. This is
 // basically from the "certificate" property, but could be overridden by the device config.
 func (a *apexBundle) getCertString(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) string {
@@ -2374,6 +2383,9 @@
 		if String(a.properties.Min_sdk_version) == "" {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("updatable", "updatable APEXes should set min_sdk_version as well")
 		}
+		if a.UsePlatformApis() {
+			ctx.PropertyErrorf("updatable", "updatable APEXes can't use platform APIs")
+		}
 		a.checkJavaStableSdkVersion(ctx)
 		a.checkClasspathFragments(ctx)
 	}
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 624ad1b..f6ceab0 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -957,6 +957,79 @@
 	ensureNotContains(t, rustDeps, "libfoo.shared_from_rust/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared/libfoo.shared_from_rust.so")
 }
 
+func TestApexCanUsePrivateApis(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := testApex(t, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
+			binaries: ["foo.rust"],
+			updatable: false,
+			platform_apis: true,
+		}
+
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "mylib",
+			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
+			shared_libs: ["mylib2"],
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "mylib2",
+			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
+			cflags: ["-include mylib.h"],
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+			stubs: {
+				versions: ["1", "2", "3"],
+			},
+		}
+
+		rust_binary {
+			name: "foo.rust",
+			srcs: ["foo.rs"],
+			shared_libs: ["libfoo.shared_from_rust"],
+			prefer_rlib: true,
+			apex_available: ["myapex"],
+		}
+
+		cc_library_shared {
+			name: "libfoo.shared_from_rust",
+			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+			stubs: {
+				versions: ["10", "11", "12"],
+			},
+		}
+	`)
+
+	apexRule := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex", "android_common_myapex_image").Rule("apexRule")
+	copyCmds := apexRule.Args["copy_commands"]
+
+	// Ensure that indirect stubs dep is not included
+	ensureNotContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/lib64/mylib2.so")
+	ensureNotContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/lib64/libfoo.shared_from_rust.so")
+
+	// Ensure that we are using non-stub variants of mylib2 and libfoo.shared_from_rust (because
+	// of the platform_apis: true)
+	mylibLdFlags := ctx.ModuleForTests("mylib", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_apex10000_private").Rule("ld").Args["libFlags"]
+	ensureNotContains(t, mylibLdFlags, "mylib2/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_current/mylib2.so")
+	ensureContains(t, mylibLdFlags, "mylib2/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared/mylib2.so")
+	rustDeps := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo.rust", "android_arm64_armv8-a_apex10000_private").Rule("rustc").Args["linkFlags"]
+	ensureNotContains(t, rustDeps, "libfoo.shared_from_rust/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_current/libfoo.shared_from_rust.so")
+	ensureContains(t, rustDeps, "libfoo.shared_from_rust/android_arm64_armv8-a_shared/libfoo.shared_from_rust.so")
+}
+
 func TestApexWithStubsWithMinSdkVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	ctx := testApex(t, `