diff --git a/cc/linkable.go b/cc/linkable.go
index 17bafcc..571a3bb 100644
--- a/cc/linkable.go
+++ b/cc/linkable.go
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@
 	HasNonSystemVariants() bool
 	InProduct() bool
 
+	// SubName returns the modules SubName, used for image and NDK/SDK variations.
+	SubName() string
+
 	SdkVersion() string
 	MinSdkVersion() string
 	AlwaysSdk() bool
@@ -170,6 +173,15 @@
 	}
 }
 
+// DepTagMakeSuffix returns the makeSuffix value of a particular library dependency tag.
+// Returns an empty string if not a library dependency tag.
+func DepTagMakeSuffix(depTag blueprint.DependencyTag) string {
+	if libDepTag, ok := depTag.(libraryDependencyTag); ok {
+		return libDepTag.makeSuffix
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 // SharedDepTag returns the dependency tag for any C++ shared libraries.
 func SharedDepTag() blueprint.DependencyTag {
 	return libraryDependencyTag{Kind: sharedLibraryDependency}