diff --git a/apex/Android.bp b/apex/Android.bp
index c381c0f..4a65550 100644
--- a/apex/Android.bp
+++ b/apex/Android.bp
@@ -63,6 +63,60 @@
     "--hide-annotation android.annotation.Hide " +
     "--hide InternalClasses " // com.android.* classes are okay in this interface
 
+// Defaults for mainline module provided java_sdk_library instances.
+java_defaults {
+    name: "framework-module-defaults",
+
+    // Additional annotations used for compiling both the implementation and the
+    // stubs libraries.
+    libs: ["framework-annotations-lib"],
+
+    // Enable api lint. This will eventually become the default for java_sdk_library
+    // but it cannot yet be turned on because some usages have not been cleaned up.
+    // TODO(b/156126315) - Remove when no longer needed.
+    api_lint: {
+        enabled: true,
+    },
+
+    // The API scope specific properties.
+    public: {
+        enabled: true,
+        sdk_version: "module_current",
+    },
+    system: {
+        enabled: true,
+        sdk_version: "module_current",
+    },
+    module_lib: {
+        enabled: true,
+        sdk_version: "module_current",
+    },
+
+    // The stub libraries must be visible to frameworks/base so they can be combined
+    // into API specific libraries.
+    stubs_library_visibility: [
+        "//frameworks/base", // Framework
+    ],
+
+    // Set the visibility of the modules creating the stubs source.
+    stubs_source_visibility: [
+        // Ignore any visibility rules specified on the java_sdk_library when
+        // setting the visibility of the stubs source modules.
+        "//visibility:override",
+
+        // Currently, the stub source is not required for anything other than building
+        // the stubs library so is private to avoid misuse.
+        "//visibility:private",
+    ],
+
+    // Collates API usages from each module for further analysis.
+    plugins: ["java_api_finder"],
+
+    // Mainline modules should only rely on 'module_lib' APIs provided by other modules
+    // and the non updatable parts of the platform.
+    sdk_version: "module_current",
+}
+
 stubs_defaults {
     name: "framework-module-stubs-defaults-publicapi",
     args: mainline_framework_stubs_args,