diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index d4f2be1..de514e0 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -83,9 +83,13 @@
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("droiddoc", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(DroiddocFactory))
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("droiddoc_host", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(DroiddocHostFactory))
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("droiddoc_template", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(DroiddocTemplateFactory))
+	ctx.RegisterModuleType("java_sdk_library", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(sdkLibraryFactory))
 	ctx.PreArchMutators(android.RegisterPrebuiltsPreArchMutators)
 	ctx.PreArchMutators(android.RegisterPrebuiltsPostDepsMutators)
 	ctx.PreArchMutators(android.RegisterDefaultsPreArchMutators)
+	ctx.PreArchMutators(func(ctx android.RegisterMutatorsContext) {
+		ctx.TopDown("java_sdk_library", sdkLibraryMutator).Parallel()
+	})
 	ctx.RegisterPreSingletonType("overlay", android.SingletonFactoryAdaptor(OverlaySingletonFactory))
 	ctx.Register()
 
@@ -998,3 +1002,60 @@
 		t.Errorf(`foo inputs %v != ["java-fg/c.java"]`, javac.Inputs)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJavaSdkLibrary(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := testJava(t, `
+		droiddoc_template {
+			name: "droiddoc-templates-sdk",
+			path: ".",
+		}
+		java_library {
+			name: "conscrypt",
+		}
+		java_library {
+			name: "bouncycastle",
+		}
+		java_sdk_library {
+			name: "foo",
+			srcs: ["a.java", "b.java"],
+			api_packages: ["foo"],
+		}
+		java_sdk_library {
+			name: "bar",
+			srcs: ["a.java", "b.java"],
+			api_packages: ["bar"],
+		}
+		java_library {
+			name: "baz",
+			srcs: ["c.java"],
+			libs: ["foo", "bar"],
+			sdk_version: "system_current",
+		}
+		`)
+
+	// check the existence of the internal modules
+	ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common")
+	ctx.ModuleForTests("foo"+sdkStubsLibrarySuffix, "android_common")
+	ctx.ModuleForTests("foo"+sdkStubsLibrarySuffix+sdkSystemApiSuffix, "android_common")
+	ctx.ModuleForTests("foo"+sdkDocsSuffix, "android_common")
+	ctx.ModuleForTests("foo"+sdkDocsSuffix+sdkSystemApiSuffix, "android_common")
+	ctx.ModuleForTests("foo"+sdkImplLibrarySuffix, "android_common")
+	ctx.ModuleForTests("foo"+sdkXmlFileSuffix, "")
+
+	bazJavac := ctx.ModuleForTests("baz", "android_common").Rule("javac")
+	// tests if baz is actually linked to the stubs lib
+	if !strings.Contains(bazJavac.Args["classpath"], "foo.stubs.system.jar") {
+		t.Errorf("baz javac classpath %v does not contain %q", bazJavac.Args["classpath"],
+			"foo.stubs.system.jar")
+	}
+	// ... and not to the impl lib
+	if strings.Contains(bazJavac.Args["classpath"], "foo.impl.jar") {
+		t.Errorf("baz javac classpath %v should not contain %q", bazJavac.Args["classpath"],
+			"foo.impl.jar")
+	}
+	// test if baz is not linked to the system variant of foo
+	if strings.Contains(bazJavac.Args["classpath"], "foo.stubs.jar") {
+		t.Errorf("baz javac classpath %v should not contain %q", bazJavac.Args["classpath"],
+			"foo.stubs.jar")
+	}
+}