diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index ba06be2..cfe748b 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
 		feature.begin(ctx)
 	}
 	if ctx.sdk() {
-		version, err := normalizeNdkApiLevel(ctx.sdkVersion(), ctx.Arch())
+		version, err := normalizeNdkApiLevel(ctx, ctx.sdkVersion(), ctx.Arch())
 		if err != nil {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("sdk_version", err.Error())
 		}
diff --git a/cc/ndk_library.go b/cc/ndk_library.go
index 8fbffcf..fc7cd91 100644
--- a/cc/ndk_library.go
+++ b/cc/ndk_library.go
@@ -110,18 +110,20 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func normalizeNdkApiLevel(apiLevel string, arch android.Arch) (string, error) {
+func normalizeNdkApiLevel(ctx android.BaseContext, apiLevel string,
+	arch android.Arch) (string, error) {
+
 	if apiLevel == "current" {
 		return apiLevel, nil
 	}
 
-	minVersion := 9 // Minimum version supported by the NDK.
+	minVersion := ctx.AConfig().MinSupportedSdkVersion()
 	firstArchVersions := map[android.ArchType]int{
-		android.Arm:    9,
+		android.Arm:    minVersion,
 		android.Arm64:  21,
-		android.Mips:   9,
+		android.Mips:   minVersion,
 		android.Mips64: 21,
-		android.X86:    9,
+		android.X86:    minVersion,
 		android.X86_64: 21,
 	}
 
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@
 func generateStubApiVariants(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, c *stubDecorator) {
 	platformVersion := mctx.AConfig().PlatformSdkVersionInt()
 
-	firstSupportedVersion, err := normalizeNdkApiLevel(c.properties.First_version,
+	firstSupportedVersion, err := normalizeNdkApiLevel(mctx, c.properties.First_version,
 		mctx.Arch())
 	if err != nil {
 		mctx.PropertyErrorf("first_version", err.Error())