diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index d8db5f8..2d97b7f 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -585,8 +585,36 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, j.properties.Libs...)
-	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, j.properties.Static_libs...)
+	syspropPublicStubs := syspropPublicStubs(ctx.Config())
+
+	// rewriteSyspropLibs validates if a java module can link against platform's sysprop_library,
+	// and redirects dependency to public stub depending on the link type.
+	rewriteSyspropLibs := func(libs []string, prop string) []string {
+		// make a copy
+		ret := android.CopyOf(libs)
+
+		for idx, lib := range libs {
+			stub, ok := syspropPublicStubs[lib]
+
+			if !ok {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			linkType, _ := j.getLinkType(ctx.ModuleName())
+			if linkType == javaSystem {
+				ret[idx] = stub
+			} else if linkType != javaPlatform {
+				ctx.PropertyErrorf("sdk_version",
+					"can't link against sysprop_library %q from a module using public or core API",
+					lib)
+			}
+		}
+
+		return ret
+	}
+
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, rewriteSyspropLibs(j.properties.Libs, "libs")...)
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, rewriteSyspropLibs(j.properties.Static_libs, "static_libs")...)
 
 	ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(ctx.Config().BuildOSCommonTarget.Variations(), pluginTag, j.properties.Plugins...)
 	ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(ctx.Config().BuildOSCommonTarget.Variations(), exportedPluginTag, j.properties.Exported_plugins...)
diff --git a/java/sysprop.go b/java/sysprop.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a70499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/sysprop.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package java
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+
+	"android/soong/android"
+)
+
+type syspropLibraryInterface interface {
+	BaseModuleName() string
+	Owner() string
+	HasPublicStub() bool
+	JavaPublicStubName() string
+}
+
+var (
+	syspropPublicStubsKey  = android.NewOnceKey("syspropPublicStubsJava")
+	syspropPublicStubsLock sync.Mutex
+)
+
+func init() {
+	android.PreDepsMutators(func(ctx android.RegisterMutatorsContext) {
+		ctx.BottomUp("sysprop_java", SyspropMutator).Parallel()
+	})
+}
+
+func syspropPublicStubs(config android.Config) map[string]string {
+	return config.Once(syspropPublicStubsKey, func() interface{} {
+		return make(map[string]string)
+	}).(map[string]string)
+}
+
+// gather list of sysprop libraries owned by platform.
+func SyspropMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	if m, ok := mctx.Module().(syspropLibraryInterface); ok {
+		if m.Owner() != "Platform" || !m.HasPublicStub() {
+			return
+		}
+
+		syspropPublicStubs := syspropPublicStubs(mctx.Config())
+		syspropPublicStubsLock.Lock()
+		defer syspropPublicStubsLock.Unlock()
+
+		syspropPublicStubs[m.BaseModuleName()] = m.JavaPublicStubName()
+	}
+}