diff --git a/staticlibs/Android.bp b/staticlibs/Android.bp
index 1fe6c2cc2b..904e8c6725 100644
--- a/staticlibs/Android.bp
+++ b/staticlibs/Android.bp
@@ -328,6 +328,38 @@ java_library {
     lint: { strict_updatability_linting: true },
 }
 
+// Limited set of utilities for use by service-connectivity-mdns-standalone-build-test, to make sure
+// the mDNS code can build with only system APIs.
+// The mDNS code is platform code so it should use framework-annotations-lib, contrary to apps that
+// should use sdk_version: "system_current" and only androidx.annotation_annotation. But this build
+// rule verifies that the mDNS code can be built into apps, if code transformations are applied to
+// the annotations.
+// When using "system_current", framework annotations are not available; they would appear as
+// package-private as they are marked as such in the system_current stubs. So build against
+// core_platform and add the stubs manually in "libs". See http://b/147773144#comment7.
+java_library {
+    name: "net-utils-device-common-mdns-standalone-build-test",
+    // Build against core_platform and add the stub libraries manually in "libs", as annotations
+    // are already included in android_system_stubs_current but package-private, so
+    // "framework-annotations-lib" needs to be manually included before
+    // "android_system_stubs_current" (b/272392042)
+    sdk_version: "core_platform",
+    srcs: [
+        "device/com/android/net/module/util/FdEventsReader.java",
+        "device/com/android/net/module/util/HexDump.java",
+        "device/com/android/net/module/util/SharedLog.java",
+        "framework/com/android/net/module/util/ByteUtils.java",
+        "framework/com/android/net/module/util/CollectionUtils.java",
+        "framework/com/android/net/module/util/LinkPropertiesUtils.java",
+    ],
+    libs: [
+        "framework-annotations-lib",
+        "android_system_stubs_current",
+        "androidx.annotation_annotation",
+    ],
+    visibility: ["//packages/modules/Connectivity/service-t"],
+}
+
 // Use a filegroup and not a library for telephony sources, as framework-annotations cannot be
 // included either (some annotations would be duplicated on the bootclasspath).
 filegroup {