diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 4ab82c5..9101457 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@
 	Ravenizer struct {
 		Enabled *bool
 	}
+
+	// Contributing api surface of the stub module. Is not visible to bp modules, and should
+	// only be set for stub submodules generated by the java_sdk_library
+	Stub_contributing_api *string `blueprint:"mutated"`
 }
 
 // Properties that are specific to device modules. Host module factories should not add these when
@@ -1541,7 +1545,7 @@
 		// outputFile should be agnostic to the build configuration,
 		// thus "combine" the single static lib in order to prevent the static lib from being exposed
 		// to the copy rules.
-		stub, _ := moduleStubLinkType(ctx.ModuleName())
+		stub, _ := moduleStubLinkType(j)
 
 		if stub {
 			combinedJar := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "combined", jarName)
@@ -2169,6 +2173,25 @@
 	getSdkLinkType(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, name string) (ret sdkLinkType, stubs bool)
 }
 
+func sdkLinkTypeFromSdkKind(k android.SdkKind) sdkLinkType {
+	switch k {
+	case android.SdkCore:
+		return javaCore
+	case android.SdkSystem:
+		return javaSystem
+	case android.SdkPublic:
+		return javaSdk
+	case android.SdkModule:
+		return javaModule
+	case android.SdkSystemServer:
+		return javaSystemServer
+	case android.SdkPrivate, android.SdkNone, android.SdkCorePlatform, android.SdkTest:
+		return javaPlatform
+	default:
+		return javaSdk
+	}
+}
+
 func (m *Module) getSdkLinkType(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, name string) (ret sdkLinkType, stubs bool) {
 	switch name {
 	case android.SdkCore.DefaultJavaLibraryName(),
@@ -2190,30 +2213,16 @@
 		return javaSystem, true
 	}
 
-	if stub, linkType := moduleStubLinkType(name); stub {
+	if stub, linkType := moduleStubLinkType(m); stub {
 		return linkType, true
 	}
 
 	ver := m.SdkVersion(ctx)
-	switch ver.Kind {
-	case android.SdkCore:
-		return javaCore, false
-	case android.SdkSystem:
-		return javaSystem, false
-	case android.SdkPublic:
-		return javaSdk, false
-	case android.SdkModule:
-		return javaModule, false
-	case android.SdkSystemServer:
-		return javaSystemServer, false
-	case android.SdkPrivate, android.SdkNone, android.SdkCorePlatform, android.SdkTest:
-		return javaPlatform, false
-	}
-
 	if !ver.Valid() {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("sdk_version is invalid. got %q", ver.Raw))
 	}
-	return javaSdk, false
+
+	return sdkLinkTypeFromSdkKind(ver.Kind), false
 }
 
 // checkSdkLinkType make sures the given dependency doesn't have a lower SDK link type rank than