diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index ca4b3cf..867045a 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -2005,7 +2005,7 @@
 	Javacopts bazel.StringListAttribute
 }
 
-func javaLibraryBp2Build(ctx android.TopDownMutatorContext, m *Library) {
+func (m *Library) convertLibraryAttrsBp2Build(ctx android.TopDownMutatorContext) *javaLibraryAttributes {
 	srcs := bazel.MakeLabelListAttribute(android.BazelLabelForModuleSrcExcludes(ctx, m.properties.Srcs, m.properties.Exclude_srcs))
 	attrs := &javaLibraryAttributes{
 		Srcs: srcs,
@@ -2015,9 +2015,21 @@
 		attrs.Javacopts = bazel.MakeStringListAttribute(m.properties.Javacflags)
 	}
 
+	var deps bazel.LabelList
 	if m.properties.Libs != nil {
-		attrs.Deps = bazel.MakeLabelListAttribute(android.BazelLabelForModuleDeps(ctx, m.properties.Libs))
+		deps.Append(android.BazelLabelForModuleDeps(ctx, m.properties.Libs))
 	}
+	if m.properties.Static_libs != nil {
+		//TODO(b/217236083) handle static libs similarly to Soong
+		deps.Append(android.BazelLabelForModuleDeps(ctx, m.properties.Static_libs))
+	}
+	attrs.Deps = bazel.MakeLabelListAttribute(deps)
+
+	return attrs
+}
+
+func javaLibraryBp2Build(ctx android.TopDownMutatorContext, m *Library) {
+	attrs := m.convertLibraryAttrsBp2Build(ctx)
 
 	props := bazel.BazelTargetModuleProperties{
 		Rule_class:        "java_library",