diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index 9f37836..f7f08a8 100644
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@
 	// list of native libraries that will be provided in or alongside the resulting jar
 	Jni_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
+	// STL library to use for JNI libraries.
+	Stl *string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
 	// Store native libraries uncompressed in the APK and set the android:extractNativeLibs="false" manifest
 	// flag so that they are used from inside the APK at runtime.  Defaults to true for android_test modules unless
 	// sdk_version or min_sdk_version is set to a version that doesn't support it (<23), defaults to false for other
@@ -149,10 +152,15 @@
 func (a *AndroidApp) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	a.Module.deps(ctx)
 
+	if String(a.appProperties.Stl) == "c++_shared" && a.sdkVersion() == "" {
+		ctx.PropertyErrorf("stl", "sdk_version must be set in order to use c++_shared")
+	}
+
 	if !Bool(a.properties.No_framework_libs) && !Bool(a.properties.No_standard_libs) {
 		a.aapt.deps(ctx, sdkContext(a))
 	}
 
+	embedJni := a.shouldEmbedJnis(ctx)
 	for _, jniTarget := range ctx.MultiTargets() {
 		variation := []blueprint.Variation{
 			{Mutator: "arch", Variation: jniTarget.String()},
@@ -162,6 +170,11 @@
 			target: jniTarget,
 		}
 		ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(variation, tag, a.appProperties.Jni_libs...)
+		if String(a.appProperties.Stl) == "c++_shared" {
+			if embedJni {
+				ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(variation, tag, "libc++")
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -217,6 +230,11 @@
 	return shouldUncompressDex(ctx, &a.dexpreopter)
 }
 
+func (a *AndroidApp) shouldEmbedJnis(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) bool {
+	return ctx.Config().UnbundledBuild() || Bool(a.appProperties.Use_embedded_native_libs) ||
+		a.appProperties.AlwaysPackageNativeLibs
+}
+
 func (a *AndroidApp) aaptBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	a.aapt.usesNonSdkApis = Bool(a.Module.deviceProperties.Platform_apis)
 
@@ -305,9 +323,7 @@
 func (a *AndroidApp) jniBuildActions(jniLibs []jniLib, ctx android.ModuleContext) android.WritablePath {
 	var jniJarFile android.WritablePath
 	if len(jniLibs) > 0 {
-		embedJni := ctx.Config().UnbundledBuild() || Bool(a.appProperties.Use_embedded_native_libs) ||
-			a.appProperties.AlwaysPackageNativeLibs
-		if embedJni {
+		if a.shouldEmbedJnis(ctx) {
 			jniJarFile = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "jnilibs.zip")
 			TransformJniLibsToJar(ctx, jniJarFile, jniLibs, a.useEmbeddedNativeLibs(ctx))
 		} else {