diff --git a/android/util.go b/android/util.go
index 4d30a74..29bb9b1 100644
--- a/android/util.go
+++ b/android/util.go
@@ -157,3 +157,10 @@
 	ok = true
 	return
 }
+
+func GetNumericSdkVersion(v string) string {
+	if strings.Contains(v, "system_") {
+		return strings.Replace(v, "system_", "", 1)
+	}
+	return v
+}
diff --git a/cc/rs.go b/cc/rs.go
index c2335dd..68ba54b 100644
--- a/cc/rs.go
+++ b/cc/rs.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 		case "current", "system_current", "test_current":
 			// Nothing
 		default:
-			targetApi = ctx.sdkVersion()
+			targetApi = android.GetNumericSdkVersion(ctx.sdkVersion())
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index f875c79..4355200 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 	case "", "current", "system_current", "test_current":
 		return 10000
 	default:
-		if i, err := strconv.Atoi(v); err != nil {
+		if i, err := strconv.Atoi(android.GetNumericSdkVersion(v)); err != nil {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("sdk_version", "invalid sdk version")
 			return -1
 		} else {
@@ -275,6 +275,12 @@
 		aidlPath := android.ExistentPathForSource(ctx, "sdkdir", aidl)
 
 		if (!jarPath.Valid() || !aidlPath.Valid()) && ctx.Config().AllowMissingDependencies() {
+			if strings.Contains(v, "system_") {
+				return sdkDep{
+					invalidVersion: true,
+					module:         "vsdk_v" + strings.Replace(v, "system_", "", 1),
+				}
+			}
 			return sdkDep{
 				invalidVersion: true,
 				module:         "sdk_v" + v,
@@ -887,7 +893,7 @@
 	case "", "current", "test_current", "system_current":
 		return strconv.Itoa(ctx.Config().DefaultAppTargetSdkInt())
 	default:
-		return String(j.deviceProperties.Sdk_version)
+		return android.GetNumericSdkVersion(String(j.deviceProperties.Sdk_version))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index 0a9eba9..5b36427 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@
 		"prebuilts/sdk/current/framework.aidl":        nil,
 		"prebuilts/sdk/system_current/android.jar":    nil,
 		"prebuilts/sdk/system_current/framework.aidl": nil,
+		"prebuilts/sdk/system_14/android.jar":         nil,
+		"prebuilts/sdk/system_14/framework.aidl":      nil,
 		"prebuilts/sdk/test_current/android.jar":      nil,
 		"prebuilts/sdk/test_current/framework.aidl":   nil,
 
@@ -286,6 +288,14 @@
 	},
 	{
 
+		name:          "system_14",
+		properties:    `sdk_version: "system_14",`,
+		bootclasspath: []string{`""`},
+		system:        "bootclasspath", // special value to tell 1.9 test to expect bootclasspath
+		classpath:     []string{"prebuilts/sdk/system_14/android.jar"},
+	},
+	{
+
 		name:          "test_current",
 		properties:    `sdk_version: "test_current",`,
 		bootclasspath: []string{`""`},