diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index a9d63f9..8b8fe02 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -32,19 +32,21 @@
 		Srcs   []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 		Cflags []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
-		Enabled           *bool    `android:"arch_variant"`
-		Whole_static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
-		Static_libs       []string `android:"arch_variant"`
-		Shared_libs       []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+		Enabled            *bool    `android:"arch_variant"`
+		Whole_static_libs  []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+		Static_libs        []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+		Shared_libs        []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+		System_shared_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 	} `android:"arch_variant"`
 	Shared struct {
 		Srcs   []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 		Cflags []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
-		Enabled           *bool    `android:"arch_variant"`
-		Whole_static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
-		Static_libs       []string `android:"arch_variant"`
-		Shared_libs       []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+		Enabled            *bool    `android:"arch_variant"`
+		Whole_static_libs  []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+		Static_libs        []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+		Shared_libs        []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+		System_shared_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 	} `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 	// local file name to pass to the linker as -unexported_symbols_list
@@ -488,6 +490,16 @@
 }
 
 func (library *libraryDecorator) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
+	if library.static() {
+		if library.Properties.Static.System_shared_libs != nil {
+			library.baseLinker.Properties.System_shared_libs = library.Properties.Static.System_shared_libs
+		}
+	} else if library.shared() {
+		if library.Properties.Shared.System_shared_libs != nil {
+			library.baseLinker.Properties.System_shared_libs = library.Properties.Shared.System_shared_libs
+		}
+	}
+
 	deps = library.baseLinker.linkerDeps(ctx, deps)
 
 	if library.static() {
@@ -921,8 +933,19 @@
 func reuseStaticLibrary(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, static, shared *Module) {
 	if staticCompiler, ok := static.compiler.(*libraryDecorator); ok {
 		sharedCompiler := shared.compiler.(*libraryDecorator)
+
+		// Check libraries in addition to cflags, since libraries may be exporting different
+		// include directories.
 		if len(staticCompiler.Properties.Static.Cflags) == 0 &&
-			len(sharedCompiler.Properties.Shared.Cflags) == 0 {
+			len(sharedCompiler.Properties.Shared.Cflags) == 0 &&
+			len(staticCompiler.Properties.Static.Whole_static_libs) == 0 &&
+			len(sharedCompiler.Properties.Shared.Whole_static_libs) == 0 &&
+			len(staticCompiler.Properties.Static.Static_libs) == 0 &&
+			len(sharedCompiler.Properties.Shared.Static_libs) == 0 &&
+			len(staticCompiler.Properties.Static.Shared_libs) == 0 &&
+			len(sharedCompiler.Properties.Shared.Shared_libs) == 0 &&
+			staticCompiler.Properties.Static.System_shared_libs == nil &&
+			sharedCompiler.Properties.Shared.System_shared_libs == nil {
 
 			mctx.AddInterVariantDependency(reuseObjTag, shared, static)
 			sharedCompiler.baseCompiler.Properties.OriginalSrcs =
diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index 3c51690..854dfc5 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 	// list of system libraries that will be dynamically linked to
 	// shared library and executable modules.  If unset, generally defaults to libc,
 	// libm, and libdl.  Set to [] to prevent linking against the defaults.
-	System_shared_libs []string
+	System_shared_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 	// allow the module to contain undefined symbols.  By default,
 	// modules cannot contain undefined symbols that are not satisified by their immediate
@@ -237,35 +237,34 @@
 			deps.LateStaticLibs = append(deps.LateStaticLibs, "libgcc")
 		}
 
-		if !ctx.static() {
-			systemSharedLibs := linker.Properties.System_shared_libs
-			if systemSharedLibs == nil {
-				systemSharedLibs = []string{"libc", "libm", "libdl"}
-			}
-
-			if inList("libdl", deps.SharedLibs) {
-				// If system_shared_libs has libc but not libdl, make sure shared_libs does not
-				// have libdl to avoid loading libdl before libc.
-				if inList("libc", systemSharedLibs) {
-					if !inList("libdl", systemSharedLibs) {
-						ctx.PropertyErrorf("shared_libs",
-							"libdl must be in system_shared_libs, not shared_libs")
-					}
-					_, deps.SharedLibs = removeFromList("libdl", deps.SharedLibs)
-				}
-			}
-
-			// If libc and libdl are both in system_shared_libs make sure libd comes after libc
-			// to avoid loading libdl before libc.
-			if inList("libdl", systemSharedLibs) && inList("libc", systemSharedLibs) &&
-				indexList("libdl", systemSharedLibs) < indexList("libc", systemSharedLibs) {
-				ctx.PropertyErrorf("system_shared_libs", "libdl must be after libc")
-			}
-
-			deps.LateSharedLibs = append(deps.LateSharedLibs, systemSharedLibs...)
-		} else if ctx.useSdk() || ctx.useVndk() {
-			deps.LateSharedLibs = append(deps.LateSharedLibs, "libc", "libm", "libdl")
+		var systemSharedLibs []string
+		if !ctx.useSdk() && !ctx.useVndk() {
+			systemSharedLibs = linker.Properties.System_shared_libs
 		}
+		if systemSharedLibs == nil {
+			systemSharedLibs = []string{"libc", "libm", "libdl"}
+		}
+
+		if inList("libdl", deps.SharedLibs) {
+			// If system_shared_libs has libc but not libdl, make sure shared_libs does not
+			// have libdl to avoid loading libdl before libc.
+			if inList("libc", systemSharedLibs) {
+				if !inList("libdl", systemSharedLibs) {
+					ctx.PropertyErrorf("shared_libs",
+						"libdl must be in system_shared_libs, not shared_libs")
+				}
+				_, deps.SharedLibs = removeFromList("libdl", deps.SharedLibs)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// If libc and libdl are both in system_shared_libs make sure libdl comes after libc
+		// to avoid loading libdl before libc.
+		if inList("libdl", systemSharedLibs) && inList("libc", systemSharedLibs) &&
+			indexList("libdl", systemSharedLibs) < indexList("libc", systemSharedLibs) {
+			ctx.PropertyErrorf("system_shared_libs", "libdl must be after libc")
+		}
+
+		deps.LateSharedLibs = append(deps.LateSharedLibs, systemSharedLibs...)
 	}
 
 	if ctx.Windows() {