diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index e215438..a2cbb36 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
 
 	// List of libs that need to be excluded for APEX variant
 	ExcludeLibsForApex []string
+	// List of libs that need to be excluded for non-APEX variant
+	ExcludeLibsForNonApex []string
 }
 
 // PathDeps is a struct containing file paths to dependencies of a module.
@@ -728,6 +730,8 @@
 
 	// Whether or not this dependency has to be followed for the apex variants
 	excludeInApex bool
+	// Whether or not this dependency has to be followed for the non-apex variants
+	excludeInNonApex bool
 
 	// If true, don't automatically export symbols from the static library into a shared library.
 	unexportedSymbols bool
@@ -2819,6 +2823,9 @@
 		if inList(lib, deps.ExcludeLibsForApex) {
 			depTag.excludeInApex = true
 		}
+		if inList(lib, deps.ExcludeLibsForNonApex) {
+			depTag.excludeInNonApex = true
+		}
 
 		name, version := StubsLibNameAndVersion(lib)
 		if apiLibraryName, ok := apiImportInfo.SharedLibs[name]; ok && !ctx.OtherModuleExists(name) {
@@ -3335,6 +3342,9 @@
 			if !apexInfo.IsForPlatform() && libDepTag.excludeInApex {
 				return
 			}
+			if apexInfo.IsForPlatform() && libDepTag.excludeInNonApex {
+				return
+			}
 
 			depExporterInfo := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(dep, FlagExporterInfoProvider).(FlagExporterInfo)
 
diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index 257fe86..357d1ce 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@
 			// variant of the C/C++ module.
 			Exclude_static_libs []string
 		}
+		Non_apex struct {
+			// list of shared libs that should not be used to build the non-apex
+			// variant of the C/C++ module.
+			Exclude_shared_libs []string
+		}
 	} `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 	// make android::build:GetBuildNumber() available containing the build ID.
@@ -300,6 +305,10 @@
 	// variants.
 	deps.ExcludeLibsForApex = append(deps.ExcludeLibsForApex, linker.Properties.Target.Apex.Exclude_shared_libs...)
 	deps.ExcludeLibsForApex = append(deps.ExcludeLibsForApex, linker.Properties.Target.Apex.Exclude_static_libs...)
+	// Record the libraries that need to be excluded when building for non-APEX variants
+	// for the same reason above. This is used for marking deps and marked deps are
+	// ignored for non-apex variants.
+	deps.ExcludeLibsForNonApex = append(deps.ExcludeLibsForNonApex, linker.Properties.Target.Non_apex.Exclude_shared_libs...)
 
 	if Bool(linker.Properties.Use_version_lib) {
 		deps.WholeStaticLibs = append(deps.WholeStaticLibs, "libbuildversion")