diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index c2b4a3a..3e44269 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@
 
 	// local file name to pass to the linker as --version_script
 	Version_script *string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
+
+	// list of static libs that should not be used to build this module
+	Exclude_static_libs []string
 }
 
 func NewBaseLinker(sanitize *sanitize) *baseLinker {
@@ -209,6 +212,8 @@
 	deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders = append(deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders, linker.Properties.Export_shared_lib_headers...)
 	deps.ReexportGeneratedHeaders = append(deps.ReexportGeneratedHeaders, linker.Properties.Export_generated_headers...)
 
+	deps.WholeStaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.WholeStaticLibs, linker.Properties.Exclude_static_libs)
+
 	if Bool(linker.Properties.Use_version_lib) {
 		deps.WholeStaticLibs = append(deps.WholeStaticLibs, "libbuildversion")
 	}