diff --git a/cc/cc_test.go b/cc/cc_test.go
index 5c5275e..321bd38 100644
--- a/cc/cc_test.go
+++ b/cc/cc_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 	"android/soong/aidl_library"
 	"android/soong/android"
+
+	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -45,6 +47,14 @@
 	}),
 )
 
+// TODO(b/316829758) Update prepareForCcTest with this configuration and remove prepareForCcTestWithoutVndk
+var prepareForCcTestWithoutVndk = android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+	PrepareForIntegrationTestWithCc,
+	android.FixtureModifyProductVariables(func(variables android.FixtureProductVariables) {
+		variables.VendorApiLevel = StringPtr("202404")
+	}),
+)
+
 var apexVariationName = "apex28"
 var apexVersion = "28"
 
@@ -2640,6 +2650,7 @@
 		name: "libexternal_headers",
 		export_include_dirs: ["include"],
 		vendor_available: true,
+		product_available: true,
 	}
 	cc_library_headers {
 		name: "libexternal_llndk_headers",
@@ -4784,3 +4795,51 @@
 		return
 	}
 }
+
+// TODO(b/316829758) Remove this test and do not set VNDK version from other tests
+func TestImageVariantsWithoutVndk(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	bp := `
+	cc_binary {
+		name: "binfoo",
+		srcs: ["binfoo.cc"],
+		vendor_available: true,
+		product_available: true,
+		shared_libs: ["libbar"]
+	}
+	cc_library {
+		name: "libbar",
+		srcs: ["libbar.cc"],
+		vendor_available: true,
+		product_available: true,
+	}
+	`
+
+	ctx := prepareForCcTestWithoutVndk.RunTestWithBp(t, bp)
+
+	hasDep := func(m android.Module, wantDep android.Module) bool {
+		t.Helper()
+		var found bool
+		ctx.VisitDirectDeps(m, func(dep blueprint.Module) {
+			if dep == wantDep {
+				found = true
+			}
+		})
+		return found
+	}
+
+	testDepWithVariant := func(imageVariant string) {
+		imageVariantStr := ""
+		if imageVariant != "core" {
+			imageVariantStr = "_" + imageVariant
+		}
+		binFooModule := ctx.ModuleForTests("binfoo", "android"+imageVariantStr+"_arm64_armv8-a").Module()
+		libBarModule := ctx.ModuleForTests("libbar", "android"+imageVariantStr+"_arm64_armv8-a_shared").Module()
+		android.AssertBoolEquals(t, "binfoo should have dependency on libbar with image variant "+imageVariant, true, hasDep(binFooModule, libBarModule))
+	}
+
+	testDepWithVariant("core")
+	testDepWithVariant("vendor")
+	testDepWithVariant("product")
+}