diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index c548095..d3c0710 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -140,14 +140,18 @@
 	availableToAnyApex  = "//apex_available:anyapex"
 )
 
-func (m *ApexModuleBase) AvailableFor(what string) bool {
-	if len(m.ApexProperties.Apex_available) == 0 {
+func CheckAvailableForApex(what string, apex_available []string) bool {
+	if len(apex_available) == 0 {
 		// apex_available defaults to ["//apex_available:platform", "//apex_available:anyapex"],
 		// which means 'available to everybody'.
 		return true
 	}
-	return InList(what, m.ApexProperties.Apex_available) ||
-		(what != availableToPlatform && InList(availableToAnyApex, m.ApexProperties.Apex_available))
+	return InList(what, apex_available) ||
+		(what != availableToPlatform && InList(availableToAnyApex, apex_available))
+}
+
+func (m *ApexModuleBase) AvailableFor(what string) bool {
+	return CheckAvailableForApex(what, m.ApexProperties.Apex_available)
 }
 
 func (m *ApexModuleBase) checkApexAvailableProperty(mctx BaseModuleContext) {
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@
 		m.checkApexAvailableProperty(mctx)
 		sort.Strings(m.apexVariations)
 		variations := []string{}
-		availableForPlatform := m.AvailableFor(availableToPlatform)
+		availableForPlatform := mctx.Module().(ApexModule).AvailableFor(availableToPlatform)
 		if availableForPlatform {
 			variations = append(variations, "") // Original variation for platform
 		}
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index ae0ea7d..d1cd969 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -2407,6 +2407,36 @@
 	// check that libfoo is created only for the platform
 	ensureListNotContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libfoo"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_core_shared_myapex")
 	ensureListContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libfoo"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_core_shared")
+
+	ctx, _ = testApex(t, `
+	apex {
+		name: "myapex",
+		key: "myapex.key",
+		native_shared_libs: ["libfoo"],
+	}
+
+	apex_key {
+		name: "myapex.key",
+		public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+		private_key: "testkey.pem",
+	}
+
+	cc_library {
+		name: "libfoo",
+		stl: "none",
+		system_shared_libs: [],
+		apex_available: ["myapex"],
+		static: {
+			apex_available: ["//apex_available:platform"],
+		},
+	}`)
+
+	// shared variant of libfoo is only available to myapex
+	ensureListContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libfoo"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_core_shared_myapex")
+	ensureListNotContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libfoo"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_core_shared")
+	// but the static variant is available to both myapex and the platform
+	ensureListContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libfoo"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_core_static_myapex")
+	ensureListContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libfoo"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_core_static")
 }
 
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 9031afe..32d160e 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -2152,6 +2152,16 @@
 	return false
 }
 
+func (c *Module) AvailableFor(what string) bool {
+	if linker, ok := c.linker.(interface {
+		availableFor(string) bool
+	}); ok {
+		return c.ApexModuleBase.AvailableFor(what) || linker.availableFor(what)
+	} else {
+		return c.ApexModuleBase.AvailableFor(what)
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *Module) installable() bool {
 	return c.installer != nil && !c.Properties.PreventInstall && c.IsForPlatform() && c.outputFile.Valid()
 }
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index 0fb3c78..80dc76c 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@
 
 	Export_shared_lib_headers []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 	Export_static_lib_headers []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
+	Apex_available []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 }
 
 type LibraryMutatedProperties struct {
@@ -573,6 +575,8 @@
 
 	// Write LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES for ABI diff
 	androidMkWriteAdditionalDependenciesForSourceAbiDiff(w io.Writer)
+
+	availableFor(string) bool
 }
 
 func (library *libraryDecorator) getLibName(ctx BaseModuleContext) string {
@@ -1134,6 +1138,19 @@
 	return library.MutatedProperties.StubsVersion
 }
 
+func (library *libraryDecorator) availableFor(what string) bool {
+	var list []string
+	if library.static() {
+		list = library.StaticProperties.Static.Apex_available
+	} else if library.shared() {
+		list = library.SharedProperties.Shared.Apex_available
+	}
+	if len(list) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	return android.CheckAvailableForApex(what, list)
+}
+
 var versioningMacroNamesListKey = android.NewOnceKey("versioningMacroNamesList")
 
 func versioningMacroNamesList(config android.Config) *map[string]string {