diff --git a/android/sdk.go b/android/sdk.go
index e823106e8..8115b690b 100644
--- a/android/sdk.go
+++ b/android/sdk.go
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ type SdkMemberTypeDependencyTag interface {
 	SdkMemberType() SdkMemberType
 }
 
+var _ SdkMemberTypeDependencyTag = (*sdkMemberDependencyTag)(nil)
+var _ ReplaceSourceWithPrebuilt = (*sdkMemberDependencyTag)(nil)
+
 type sdkMemberDependencyTag struct {
 	blueprint.BaseDependencyTag
 	memberType SdkMemberType
@@ -275,6 +278,12 @@ func (t *sdkMemberDependencyTag) SdkMemberType() SdkMemberType {
 	return t.memberType
 }
 
+// Prevent dependencies from the sdk/module_exports onto their members from being
+// replaced with a preferred prebuilt.
+func (t *sdkMemberDependencyTag) ReplaceSourceWithPrebuilt() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 func DependencyTagForSdkMemberType(memberType SdkMemberType) SdkMemberTypeDependencyTag {
 	return &sdkMemberDependencyTag{memberType: memberType}
 }
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index 59a2ce7aa..fb003619f 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
@@ -173,20 +172,6 @@ func moduleToPath(name string) string {
 	}
 }
 
-func checkModuleDependencies(t *testing.T, ctx *android.TestContext, name, variant string, expected []string) {
-	t.Helper()
-	module := ctx.ModuleForTests(name, variant).Module()
-	deps := []string{}
-	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(module, func(m blueprint.Module) {
-		deps = append(deps, m.Name())
-	})
-	sort.Strings(deps)
-
-	if actual := deps; !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %#q, found %#q", expected, actual)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestJavaLinkType(t *testing.T) {
 	testJava(t, `
 		java_library {
@@ -647,7 +632,7 @@ func TestJavaSdkLibraryImport(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	checkModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "sdklib", "android_common", []string{
+	CheckModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "sdklib", "android_common", []string{
 		`prebuilt_sdklib.stubs`,
 		`prebuilt_sdklib.stubs.source.test`,
 		`prebuilt_sdklib.stubs.system`,
@@ -675,7 +660,7 @@ func TestJavaSdkLibraryImport_WithSource(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		`)
 
-	checkModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "sdklib", "android_common", []string{
+	CheckModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "sdklib", "android_common", []string{
 		`dex2oatd`,
 		`prebuilt_sdklib`,
 		`sdklib.impl`,
@@ -684,7 +669,7 @@ func TestJavaSdkLibraryImport_WithSource(t *testing.T) {
 		`sdklib.xml`,
 	})
 
-	checkModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "prebuilt_sdklib", "android_common", []string{
+	CheckModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "prebuilt_sdklib", "android_common", []string{
 		`prebuilt_sdklib.stubs`,
 		`sdklib.impl`,
 		// This should be prebuilt_sdklib.stubs but is set to sdklib.stubs because the
@@ -715,7 +700,7 @@ func TestJavaSdkLibraryImport_Preferred(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		`)
 
-	checkModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "sdklib", "android_common", []string{
+	CheckModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "sdklib", "android_common", []string{
 		`dex2oatd`,
 		`prebuilt_sdklib`,
 		`sdklib.impl`,
@@ -724,7 +709,7 @@ func TestJavaSdkLibraryImport_Preferred(t *testing.T) {
 		`sdklib.xml`,
 	})
 
-	checkModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "prebuilt_sdklib", "android_common", []string{
+	CheckModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "prebuilt_sdklib", "android_common", []string{
 		`prebuilt_sdklib.stubs`,
 		`sdklib.impl`,
 		`sdklib.xml`,
@@ -1491,7 +1476,7 @@ func TestJavaSdkLibrary_Deps(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		`)
 
-	checkModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "sdklib", "android_common", []string{
+	CheckModuleDependencies(t, ctx, "sdklib", "android_common", []string{
 		`dex2oatd`,
 		`sdklib.impl`,
 		`sdklib.stubs`,
diff --git a/java/testing.go b/java/testing.go
index f5688e627..94f054e67 100644
--- a/java/testing.go
+++ b/java/testing.go
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ package java
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"sort"
+	"testing"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
 	"android/soong/cc"
+	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 )
 
 func TestConfig(buildDir string, env map[string]string, bp string, fs map[string][]byte) android.Config {
@@ -216,3 +220,17 @@ func GatherRequiredDepsForTest() string {
 
 	return bp
 }
+
+func CheckModuleDependencies(t *testing.T, ctx *android.TestContext, name, variant string, expected []string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	module := ctx.ModuleForTests(name, variant).Module()
+	deps := []string{}
+	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(module, func(m blueprint.Module) {
+		deps = append(deps, m.Name())
+	})
+	sort.Strings(deps)
+
+	if actual := deps; !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %#q, found %#q", expected, actual)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sdk/java_sdk_test.go b/sdk/java_sdk_test.go
index 7496b207d..79da3f05f 100644
--- a/sdk/java_sdk_test.go
+++ b/sdk/java_sdk_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ package sdk
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	"android/soong/java"
 )
 
 func testSdkWithJava(t *testing.T, bp string) *testSdkResult {
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ func testSdkWithJava(t *testing.T, bp string) *testSdkResult {
 		"resource.test":          nil,
 		"aidl/foo/bar/Test.aidl": nil,
 
+		// For java_import
+		"prebuilt.jar": nil,
+
 		// For java_sdk_library
 		"api/current.txt":                                   nil,
 		"api/removed.txt":                                   nil,
@@ -85,6 +90,52 @@ java_import {
 
 // Contains tests for SDK members provided by the java package.
 
+func TestSdkDependsOnSourceEvenWhenPrebuiltPreferred(t *testing.T) {
+	result := testSdkWithJava(t, `
+		sdk {
+			name: "mysdk",
+			java_header_libs: ["sdkmember"],
+		}
+
+		java_library {
+			name: "sdkmember",
+			srcs: ["Test.java"],
+			system_modules: "none",
+			sdk_version: "none",
+		}
+
+		java_import {
+			name: "sdkmember",
+			prefer: true,
+			jars: ["prebuilt.jar"],
+		}
+	`)
+
+	// Make sure that the mysdk module depends on "sdkmember" and not "prebuilt_sdkmember".
+	java.CheckModuleDependencies(t, result.ctx, "mysdk", "android_common", []string{"sdkmember"})
+
+	result.CheckSnapshot("mysdk", "",
+		checkAndroidBpContents(`// This is auto-generated. DO NOT EDIT.
+
+java_import {
+    name: "mysdk_sdkmember@current",
+    sdk_member_name: "sdkmember",
+    jars: ["java/sdkmember.jar"],
+}
+
+java_import {
+    name: "sdkmember",
+    prefer: false,
+    jars: ["java/sdkmember.jar"],
+}
+
+sdk_snapshot {
+    name: "mysdk@current",
+    java_header_libs: ["mysdk_sdkmember@current"],
+}
+`))
+}
+
 func TestBasicSdkWithJavaLibrary(t *testing.T) {
 	result := testSdkWithJava(t, `
 		sdk {