diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 659f98a..a003162 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -1633,6 +1633,10 @@
 	// List of shared java libs that this module has dependencies to and
 	// should be passed as classpath in javac invocation
 	Libs []string
+
+	// List of java libs that this module has static dependencies to and will be
+	// passed in metalava invocation
+	Static_libs []string
 }
 
 func ApiLibraryFactory() android.Module {
@@ -1705,6 +1709,7 @@
 		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), javaApiContributionTag, apiContributionName)
 	}
 	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, al.properties.Libs...)
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, al.properties.Static_libs...)
 }
 
 func (al *ApiLibrary) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
@@ -1724,6 +1729,7 @@
 
 	var srcFiles android.Paths
 	var classPaths android.Paths
+	var staticLibs android.Paths
 	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(func(dep android.Module) {
 		tag := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(dep)
 		switch tag {
@@ -1737,6 +1743,9 @@
 		case libTag:
 			provider := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(dep, JavaInfoProvider).(JavaInfo)
 			classPaths = append(classPaths, provider.HeaderJars...)
+		case staticLibTag:
+			provider := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(dep, JavaInfoProvider).(JavaInfo)
+			staticLibs = append(staticLibs, provider.HeaderJars...)
 		}
 	})
 
@@ -1761,7 +1770,7 @@
 		FlagWithArg("-D ", stubsDir.String())
 
 	rule.Build("metalava", "metalava merged")
-
+	compiledStubs := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, ctx.ModuleName(), "stubs.jar")
 	al.stubsJar = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, ctx.ModuleName(), "android.jar")
 
 	var flags javaBuilderFlags
@@ -1769,9 +1778,17 @@
 	flags.javacFlags = strings.Join(al.properties.Javacflags, " ")
 	flags.classpath = classpath(classPaths)
 
-	TransformJavaToClasses(ctx, al.stubsJar, 0, android.Paths{},
+	TransformJavaToClasses(ctx, compiledStubs, 0, android.Paths{},
 		android.Paths{al.stubsSrcJar}, flags, android.Paths{})
 
+	builder := android.NewRuleBuilder(pctx, ctx)
+	builder.Command().
+		BuiltTool("merge_zips").
+		Output(al.stubsJar).
+		Inputs(android.Paths{compiledStubs}).
+		Inputs(staticLibs)
+	builder.Build("merge_zips", "merge jar files")
+
 	ctx.Phony(ctx.ModuleName(), al.stubsJar)
 
 	ctx.SetProvider(JavaInfoProvider, JavaInfo{
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index 21993ec..dc42e9e 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -2128,6 +2128,80 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func TestJavaApiLibraryStaticLibsLink(t *testing.T) {
+	provider_bp_a := `
+	java_api_contribution {
+		name: "foo1",
+		api_file: "foo1.txt",
+	}
+	`
+	provider_bp_b := `
+	java_api_contribution {
+		name: "foo2",
+		api_file: "foo2.txt",
+	}
+	`
+	lib_bp_a := `
+	java_library {
+		name: "lib1",
+		srcs: ["Lib.java"],
+	}
+	`
+	lib_bp_b := `
+	java_library {
+		name: "lib2",
+		srcs: ["Lib.java"],
+	}
+	`
+
+	ctx, _ := testJavaWithFS(t, `
+		java_api_library {
+			name: "bar1",
+			api_surface: "public",
+			api_contributions: ["foo1"],
+			static_libs: ["lib1"],
+		}
+
+		java_api_library {
+			name: "bar2",
+			api_surface: "system",
+			api_contributions: ["foo1", "foo2"],
+			static_libs: ["lib1", "lib2", "bar1"],
+		}
+		`,
+		map[string][]byte{
+			"a/Android.bp": []byte(provider_bp_a),
+			"b/Android.bp": []byte(provider_bp_b),
+			"c/Android.bp": []byte(lib_bp_a),
+			"c/Lib.java":   {},
+			"d/Android.bp": []byte(lib_bp_b),
+			"d/Lib.java":   {},
+		})
+
+	testcases := []struct {
+		moduleName        string
+		staticLibJarNames []string
+	}{
+		{
+			moduleName:        "bar1",
+			staticLibJarNames: []string{"lib1.jar"},
+		},
+		{
+			moduleName:        "bar2",
+			staticLibJarNames: []string{"lib1.jar", "lib2.jar", "bar1/android.jar"},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range testcases {
+		m := ctx.ModuleForTests(c.moduleName, "android_common")
+		mergeZipsCommand := m.Rule("merge_zips").RuleParams.Command
+		for _, jarName := range c.staticLibJarNames {
+			if !strings.Contains(mergeZipsCommand, jarName) {
+				t.Errorf("merge_zips command does not contain expected jar %s", jarName)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTradefedOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	result := PrepareForTestWithJavaBuildComponents.RunTestWithBp(t, `
 java_test_host {