diff --git a/java/aar.go b/java/aar.go
index 415170e..da353e0 100644
--- a/java/aar.go
+++ b/java/aar.go
@@ -475,6 +475,10 @@
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (a *AARImport) ExportedSdkLibs() []string {
+	return nil
+}
+
 var _ android.PrebuiltInterface = (*Import)(nil)
 
 func AARImportFactory() android.Module {
diff --git a/java/androidmk.go b/java/androidmk.go
index ab9ceeb..d6095ae 100644
--- a/java/androidmk.go
+++ b/java/androidmk.go
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
 					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_SOONG_JACOCO_REPORT_CLASSES_JAR :=", library.jacocoReportClassesFile.String())
 				}
 
+				if len(library.exportedSdkLibs) != 0 {
+					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_EXPORT_SDK_LIBRARIES :=", strings.Join(library.exportedSdkLibs, " "))
+				}
+
 				// Temporary hack: export sources used to compile framework.jar to Make
 				// to be used for droiddoc
 				// TODO(ccross): remove this once droiddoc is in soong
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 969b063..8179df8 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@
 
 	// list of extra progurad flag files
 	extraProguardFlagFiles android.Paths
+
+	// list of SDK lib names that this java moudule is exporting
+	exportedSdkLibs []string
 }
 
 func (j *Module) Srcs() android.Paths {
@@ -293,6 +296,7 @@
 	HeaderJars() android.Paths
 	ImplementationJars() android.Paths
 	AidlIncludeDirs() android.Paths
+	ExportedSdkLibs() []string
 }
 
 type SdkLibraryDependency interface {
@@ -714,10 +718,14 @@
 				deps.bootClasspath = append(deps.bootClasspath, dep.HeaderJars()...)
 			case libTag:
 				deps.classpath = append(deps.classpath, dep.HeaderJars()...)
+				// sdk lib names from dependencies are re-exported
+				j.exportedSdkLibs = append(j.exportedSdkLibs, dep.ExportedSdkLibs()...)
 			case staticLibTag:
 				deps.classpath = append(deps.classpath, dep.HeaderJars()...)
 				deps.staticJars = append(deps.staticJars, dep.ImplementationJars()...)
 				deps.staticHeaderJars = append(deps.staticHeaderJars, dep.HeaderJars()...)
+				// sdk lib names from dependencies are re-exported
+				j.exportedSdkLibs = append(j.exportedSdkLibs, dep.ExportedSdkLibs()...)
 			case frameworkResTag:
 				if ctx.ModuleName() == "framework" {
 					// framework.jar has a one-off dependency on the R.java and Manifest.java files
@@ -748,6 +756,8 @@
 			switch tag {
 			case libTag:
 				deps.classpath = append(deps.classpath, dep.HeaderJars(getLinkType(j, ctx.ModuleName()))...)
+				// names of sdk libs that are directly depended are exported
+				j.exportedSdkLibs = append(j.exportedSdkLibs, otherName)
 			default:
 				ctx.ModuleErrorf("dependency on java_sdk_library %q can only be in libs", otherName)
 			}
@@ -785,6 +795,8 @@
 		}
 	})
 
+	j.exportedSdkLibs = android.FirstUniqueStrings(j.exportedSdkLibs)
+
 	return deps
 }
 
@@ -1197,6 +1209,10 @@
 	return j.exportAidlIncludeDirs
 }
 
+func (j *Module) ExportedSdkLibs() []string {
+	return j.exportedSdkLibs
+}
+
 var _ logtagsProducer = (*Module)(nil)
 
 func (j *Module) logtags() android.Paths {
@@ -1398,6 +1414,9 @@
 	Sdk_version *string
 
 	Installable *bool
+
+	// List of shared java libs that this module has dependencies to
+	Libs []string
 }
 
 type Import struct {
@@ -1408,6 +1427,7 @@
 
 	classpathFiles        android.Paths
 	combinedClasspathFile android.Path
+	exportedSdkLibs       []string
 }
 
 func (j *Import) Prebuilt() *android.Prebuilt {
@@ -1423,6 +1443,7 @@
 }
 
 func (j *Import) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
+	ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), libTag, j.properties.Libs...)
 }
 
 func (j *Import) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
@@ -1431,6 +1452,28 @@
 	outputFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "classes.jar")
 	TransformJarsToJar(ctx, outputFile, "for prebuilts", j.classpathFiles, android.OptionalPath{}, false, nil)
 	j.combinedClasspathFile = outputFile
+
+	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(func(module android.Module) {
+		otherName := ctx.OtherModuleName(module)
+		tag := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(module)
+
+		switch dep := module.(type) {
+		case Dependency:
+			switch tag {
+			case libTag, staticLibTag:
+				// sdk lib names from dependencies are re-exported
+				j.exportedSdkLibs = append(j.exportedSdkLibs, dep.ExportedSdkLibs()...)
+			}
+		case SdkLibraryDependency:
+			switch tag {
+			case libTag:
+				// names of sdk libs that are directly depended are exported
+				j.exportedSdkLibs = append(j.exportedSdkLibs, otherName)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	j.exportedSdkLibs = android.FirstUniqueStrings(j.exportedSdkLibs)
 }
 
 var _ Dependency = (*Import)(nil)
@@ -1447,6 +1490,10 @@
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (j *Import) ExportedSdkLibs() []string {
+	return j.exportedSdkLibs
+}
+
 var _ android.PrebuiltInterface = (*Import)(nil)
 
 func ImportFactory() android.Module {
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index 1678296..96bf224 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -1095,6 +1095,12 @@
 			libs: ["foo", "bar"],
 			sdk_version: "system_current",
 		}
+		java_library {
+		    name: "qux",
+		    srcs: ["c.java"],
+		    libs: ["baz"],
+		    sdk_version: "system_current",
+		}
 		`)
 
 	// check the existence of the internal modules
@@ -1127,4 +1133,13 @@
 		t.Errorf("baz javac classpath %v should not contain %q", bazJavac.Args["classpath"],
 			"foo.stubs.jar")
 	}
+
+	// test if baz has exported SDK lib names foo and bar to qux
+	qux := ctx.ModuleForTests("qux", "android_common")
+	if quxLib, ok := qux.Module().(*Library); ok {
+		sdkLibs := quxLib.ExportedSdkLibs()
+		if len(sdkLibs) != 2 || !android.InList("foo", sdkLibs) || !android.InList("bar", sdkLibs) {
+			t.Errorf("qux should export \"foo\" and \"bar\" but exports %v", sdkLibs)
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index aee528f..55da533 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@
 // classpath at runtime if requested via <uses-library>.
 //
 // TODO: these are big features that are currently missing
-// 1) ensuring that apps have appropriate <uses-library> tag
-// 2) disallowing linking to the runtime shared lib
-// 3) HTML generation
+// 1) disallowing linking to the runtime shared lib
+// 2) HTML generation
 
 func init() {
 	android.RegisterModuleType("java_sdk_library", sdkLibraryFactory)