diff --git a/android/arch.go b/android/arch.go
index f4b0d66..f505ec6 100644
--- a/android/arch.go
+++ b/android/arch.go
@@ -811,10 +811,16 @@
 	}
 }
 
-// Identifies the dependency from CommonOS variant to the os specific variants.
-type commonOSTag struct{ blueprint.BaseDependencyTag }
+type archDepTag struct {
+	blueprint.BaseDependencyTag
+	name string
+}
 
-var commonOsToOsSpecificVariantTag = commonOSTag{}
+// Identifies the dependency from CommonOS variant to the os specific variants.
+var commonOsToOsSpecificVariantTag = archDepTag{name: "common os to os specific"}
+
+// Identifies the dependency from arch variant to the common variant for a "common_first" multilib.
+var firstArchToCommonArchDepTag = archDepTag{name: "first arch to common arch"}
 
 // Get the OsType specific variants for the current CommonOS variant.
 //
@@ -831,7 +837,6 @@
 			}
 		}
 	})
-
 	return variants
 }
 
@@ -955,6 +960,12 @@
 		addTargetProperties(m, targets[i], multiTargets, i == 0)
 		m.base().setArchProperties(mctx)
 	}
+
+	if multilib == "common_first" && len(modules) >= 2 {
+		for i := range modules[1:] {
+			mctx.AddInterVariantDependency(firstArchToCommonArchDepTag, modules[i+1], modules[0])
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func addTargetProperties(m Module, target Target, multiTargets []Target, primaryTarget bool) {
diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index e788ca9..46ca969 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@
 			"can only be set for modules that set sdk_version")
 	}
 
-	tag := &jniDependencyTag{}
 	for _, jniTarget := range ctx.MultiTargets() {
 		variation := append(jniTarget.Variations(),
 			blueprint.Variation{Mutator: "link", Variation: "shared"})
@@ -393,7 +392,7 @@
 			Bool(a.appProperties.Jni_uses_sdk_apis) {
 			variation = append(variation, blueprint.Variation{Mutator: "sdk", Variation: "sdk"})
 		}
-		ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(variation, tag, a.appProperties.Jni_libs...)
+		ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(variation, jniLibTag, a.appProperties.Jni_libs...)
 	}
 
 	a.usesLibrary.deps(ctx, sdkDep.hasFrameworkLibs())
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 2553a30..3ce1885 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -547,13 +547,8 @@
 	name string
 }
 
-type jniDependencyTag struct {
-	blueprint.BaseDependencyTag
-}
-
 func IsJniDepTag(depTag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
-	_, ok := depTag.(*jniDependencyTag)
-	return ok
+	return depTag == jniLibTag
 }
 
 var (
@@ -573,6 +568,7 @@
 	instrumentationForTag = dependencyTag{name: "instrumentation_for"}
 	usesLibTag            = dependencyTag{name: "uses-library"}
 	extraLintCheckTag     = dependencyTag{name: "extra-lint-check"}
+	jniLibTag             = dependencyTag{name: "jnilib"}
 )
 
 func IsLibDepTag(depTag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
@@ -1001,7 +997,7 @@
 		otherName := ctx.OtherModuleName(module)
 		tag := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(module)
 
-		if _, ok := tag.(*jniDependencyTag); ok {
+		if IsJniDepTag(tag) {
 			// Handled by AndroidApp.collectAppDeps
 			return
 		}
@@ -2436,6 +2432,10 @@
 
 	// Name of the class containing main to be inserted into the manifest as Main-Class.
 	Main_class *string
+
+	// Names of modules containing JNI libraries that should be installed alongside the host
+	// variant of the binary.
+	Jni_libs []string
 }
 
 type Binary struct {
@@ -2476,18 +2476,21 @@
 			j.wrapperFile = android.PathForSource(ctx, "build/soong/scripts/jar-wrapper.sh")
 		}
 
-		// Depend on the installed jar so that the wrapper doesn't get executed by
-		// another build rule before the jar has been installed.
-		jarFile := ctx.PrimaryModule().(*Binary).installFile
-
+		// The host installation rules make the installed wrapper depend on all the dependencies
+		// of the wrapper variant, which will include the common variant's jar file and any JNI
+		// libraries.  This is verified by TestBinary.
 		j.binaryFile = ctx.InstallExecutable(android.PathForModuleInstall(ctx, "bin"),
-			ctx.ModuleName(), j.wrapperFile, jarFile)
+			ctx.ModuleName(), j.wrapperFile)
 	}
 }
 
 func (j *Binary) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if ctx.Arch().ArchType == android.Common {
 		j.deps(ctx)
+	} else {
+		// This dependency ensures the host installation rules will install the jni libraries
+		// when the wrapper is installed.
+		ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, jniLibTag, j.binaryProperties.Jni_libs...)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index 53053df..c751ea4 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -460,6 +460,14 @@
 			name: "bar",
 			srcs: ["b.java"],
 			static_libs: ["foo"],
+			jni_libs: ["libjni"],
+		}
+
+		cc_library_shared {
+			name: "libjni",
+			host_supported: true,
+			device_supported: false,
+			stl: "none",
 		}
 	`)
 
@@ -470,10 +478,17 @@
 	barWrapper := ctx.ModuleForTests("bar", buildOS+"_x86_64")
 	barWrapperDeps := barWrapper.Output("bar").Implicits.Strings()
 
+	libjni := ctx.ModuleForTests("libjni", buildOS+"_x86_64_shared")
+	libjniSO := libjni.Rule("Cp").Output.String()
+
 	// Test that the install binary wrapper depends on the installed jar file
-	if len(barWrapperDeps) != 1 || barWrapperDeps[0] != barJar {
-		t.Errorf("expected binary wrapper implicits [%q], got %v",
-			barJar, barWrapperDeps)
+	if g, w := barWrapperDeps, barJar; !android.InList(w, g) {
+		t.Errorf("expected binary wrapper implicits to contain %q, got %q", w, g)
+	}
+
+	// Test that the install binary wrapper depends on the installed JNI libraries
+	if g, w := barWrapperDeps, libjniSO; !android.InList(w, g) {
+		t.Errorf("expected binary wrapper implicits to contain %q, got %q", w, g)
 	}
 }