diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 0ac6eaa..d12a786 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -888,9 +888,18 @@
 	// APEX, but shared across APEXes via the VNDK APEX.
 	useVndk := a.SocSpecific() || a.DeviceSpecific() || (a.ProductSpecific() && mctx.Config().EnforceProductPartitionInterface())
 	excludeVndkLibs := useVndk && proptools.Bool(a.properties.Use_vndk_as_stable)
-	if !useVndk && proptools.Bool(a.properties.Use_vndk_as_stable) {
-		mctx.PropertyErrorf("use_vndk_as_stable", "not supported for system/system_ext APEXes")
-		return
+	if proptools.Bool(a.properties.Use_vndk_as_stable) {
+		if !useVndk {
+			mctx.PropertyErrorf("use_vndk_as_stable", "not supported for system/system_ext APEXes")
+		}
+		mctx.VisitDirectDepsWithTag(sharedLibTag, func(dep android.Module) {
+			if c, ok := dep.(*cc.Module); ok && c.IsVndk() {
+				mctx.PropertyErrorf("use_vndk_as_stable", "Trying to include a VNDK library(%s) while use_vndk_as_stable is true.", dep.Name())
+			}
+		})
+		if mctx.Failed() {
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	continueApexDepsWalk := func(child, parent android.Module) bool {
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index c546fa1..067501e 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -2713,6 +2713,23 @@
 	ensureListNotContains(t, requireNativeLibs, ":vndk")
 }
 
+func TestVendorApex_use_vndk_as_stable_TryingToIncludeVNDKLib(t *testing.T) {
+	testApexError(t, `Trying to include a VNDK library`, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			native_shared_libs: ["libc++"], // libc++ is a VNDK lib
+			vendor: true,
+			use_vndk_as_stable: true,
+			updatable: false,
+		}
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}`)
+}
+
 func TestVendorApex_use_vndk_as_stable(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testApex(t, `
 		apex {