diff --git a/android/sdk_version.go b/android/sdk_version.go
index 01b55d0..a9b88fb 100644
--- a/android/sdk_version.go
+++ b/android/sdk_version.go
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func ToSdkKind(s string) SdkKind {
+	for kind := SdkNone; kind <= SdkPrivate; kind++ {
+		if s == kind.String() {
+			return kind
+		}
+	}
+	return SdkInvalid
+}
+
 func (k SdkKind) DefaultJavaLibraryName() string {
 	switch k {
 	case SdkPublic:
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
diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index 4f95a99..765e963 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -1794,7 +1794,8 @@
 		Dir     *string
 		Tag     *string
 	}
-	Is_stubs_module *bool
+	Is_stubs_module       *bool
+	Stub_contributing_api *string
 }
 
 func (module *SdkLibrary) stubsLibraryProps(mctx android.DefaultableHookContext, apiScope *apiScope) libraryProperties {
@@ -1820,6 +1821,7 @@
 	// interop with older developer tools that don't support 1.9.
 	props.Java_version = proptools.StringPtr("1.8")
 	props.Is_stubs_module = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
+	props.Stub_contributing_api = proptools.StringPtr(apiScope.kind.String())
 
 	return props
 }
@@ -2087,6 +2089,8 @@
 	}
 	props.Compile_dex = compileDex
 
+	props.Stub_contributing_api = proptools.StringPtr(apiScope.kind.String())
+
 	if !Bool(module.sdkLibraryProperties.No_dist) && doDist {
 		props.Dist.Targets = []string{"sdk", "win_sdk"}
 		props.Dist.Dest = proptools.StringPtr(fmt.Sprintf("%v.jar", module.distStem()))
@@ -2423,36 +2427,25 @@
 
 var _ sdkLibraryComponentNamingScheme = (*defaultNamingScheme)(nil)
 
-func hasStubsLibrarySuffix(name string, apiScope *apiScope) bool {
-	return strings.HasSuffix(name, apiScope.stubsLibraryModuleNameSuffix()) ||
-		strings.HasSuffix(name, apiScope.exportableStubsLibraryModuleNameSuffix())
-}
-
-func moduleStubLinkType(name string) (stub bool, ret sdkLinkType) {
-	name = strings.TrimSuffix(name, ".from-source")
-
-	// This suffix-based approach is fragile and could potentially mis-trigger.
-	// TODO(b/155164730): Clean this up when modules no longer reference sdk_lib stubs directly.
-	if hasStubsLibrarySuffix(name, apiScopePublic) {
-		if name == "hwbinder.stubs" || name == "libcore_private.stubs" {
-			// Due to a previous bug, these modules were not considered stubs, so we retain that.
-			return false, javaPlatform
-		}
+func moduleStubLinkType(j *Module) (stub bool, ret sdkLinkType) {
+	kind := android.ToSdkKind(proptools.String(j.properties.Stub_contributing_api))
+	switch kind {
+	case android.SdkPublic:
 		return true, javaSdk
-	}
-	if hasStubsLibrarySuffix(name, apiScopeSystem) {
+	case android.SdkSystem:
 		return true, javaSystem
-	}
-	if hasStubsLibrarySuffix(name, apiScopeModuleLib) {
+	case android.SdkModule:
 		return true, javaModule
-	}
-	if hasStubsLibrarySuffix(name, apiScopeTest) {
+	case android.SdkTest:
 		return true, javaSystem
-	}
-	if hasStubsLibrarySuffix(name, apiScopeSystemServer) {
+	case android.SdkSystemServer:
 		return true, javaSystemServer
+	// Default value for all modules other than java_sdk_library-generated stub submodules
+	case android.SdkInvalid:
+		return false, javaPlatform
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("stub_contributing_api set as an unsupported sdk kind %s", kind.String()))
 	}
-	return false, javaPlatform
 }
 
 // java_sdk_library is a special Java library that provides optional platform APIs to apps.
diff --git a/java/sdk_library_test.go b/java/sdk_library_test.go
index 52d4af0..485776b 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library_test.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library_test.go
@@ -1858,3 +1858,39 @@
 		android.AssertStringListContains(t, "Could not find the expected stub on classpath", inputs, tc.expectedStubPath)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStubLinkType(t *testing.T) {
+	android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+		prepareForJavaTest,
+		PrepareForTestWithJavaSdkLibraryFiles,
+		FixtureWithLastReleaseApis("foo"),
+	).ExtendWithErrorHandler(android.FixtureExpectsOneErrorPattern(
+		`module "baz" variant "android_common": compiles against system API, but dependency `+
+			`"bar.stubs.system" is compiling against module API. In order to fix this, `+
+			`consider adjusting sdk_version: OR platform_apis: property of the source or `+
+			`target module so that target module is built with the same or smaller API set `+
+			`when compared to the source.`),
+	).RunTestWithBp(t, `
+		java_sdk_library {
+			name: "foo",
+			srcs: ["a.java"],
+			sdk_version: "current",
+		}
+		java_library {
+			name: "bar.stubs.system",
+			srcs: ["a.java"],
+			sdk_version: "module_current",
+			is_stubs_module: false,
+		}
+
+		java_library {
+			name: "baz",
+			srcs: ["b.java"],
+			libs: [
+				"foo.stubs.system",
+				"bar.stubs.system",
+			],
+			sdk_version: "system_current",
+		}
+		`)
+}