diff --git a/android/variable.go b/android/variable.go
index cc42766f5..51306ad4e 100644
--- a/android/variable.go
+++ b/android/variable.go
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ type variableProperties struct {
 		} `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 		Malloc_not_svelte struct {
-			Cflags      []string `android:"arch_variant"`
-			Shared_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+			Cflags              []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+			Shared_libs         []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+			Whole_static_libs   []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+			Exclude_static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 		} `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 		Safestack struct {
diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index c2b4a3a53..3e4426996 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ type BaseLinkerProperties struct {
 
 	// local file name to pass to the linker as --version_script
 	Version_script *string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
+
+	// list of static libs that should not be used to build this module
+	Exclude_static_libs []string
 }
 
 func NewBaseLinker(sanitize *sanitize) *baseLinker {
@@ -209,6 +212,8 @@ func (linker *baseLinker) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 	deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders = append(deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders, linker.Properties.Export_shared_lib_headers...)
 	deps.ReexportGeneratedHeaders = append(deps.ReexportGeneratedHeaders, linker.Properties.Export_generated_headers...)
 
+	deps.WholeStaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.WholeStaticLibs, linker.Properties.Exclude_static_libs)
+
 	if Bool(linker.Properties.Use_version_lib) {
 		deps.WholeStaticLibs = append(deps.WholeStaticLibs, "libbuildversion")
 	}