diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/AppleStaticLibrary.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/AppleStaticLibrary.java
index 540418253cd606..bf198547455fc5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/AppleStaticLibrary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/AppleStaticLibrary.java
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableListMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.Artifact;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.ConfiguredTarget;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleConfiguredTarget.Mode;
@@ -27,13 +30,16 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleContext;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.TransitiveInfoCollection;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.config.BuildConfiguration;
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.collect.nestedset.NestedSet;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.collect.nestedset.NestedSetBuilder;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.RuleConfiguredTargetFactory;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.apple.AppleConfiguration;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.apple.Platform.PlatformType;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp.CcToolchainProvider;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.objc.ObjcCommon.ResourceAttributes;
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.objc.ObjcProvider.Key;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -42,6 +48,32 @@
  */
 public class AppleStaticLibrary implements RuleConfiguredTargetFactory {
 
+  /**
+   * Set of {@link ObjcProvider} keys whose values are subtracted by avoid_deps. Specifically, a
+   * value is propagated if present in the transitive "deps" but *not* present in the transitive
+   * "avoid_deps".
+   */
+  private static final ImmutableSet<Key<?>> AVOID_DEPS_KEYS =
+      ImmutableSet.<Key<?>>of(
+          ObjcProvider.ASSET_CATALOG,
+          ObjcProvider.BUNDLE_FILE,
+          ObjcProvider.GENERAL_RESOURCE_DIR,
+          ObjcProvider.GENERAL_RESOURCE_FILE,
+          ObjcProvider.STORYBOARD,
+          ObjcProvider.STRINGS,
+          ObjcProvider.XCDATAMODEL,
+          ObjcProvider.XIB,
+          ObjcProvider.XCASSETS_DIR);
+
+  /**
+   * Set of {@link ObjcProvider} whose values are propagated regardless of avoid_deps.
+   */
+  private static final ImmutableSet<Key<?>> PROPAGATE_REGARDLESS_KEYS =
+      ImmutableSet.<Key<?>>of(
+          ObjcProvider.SDK_DYLIB,
+          ObjcProvider.SDK_FRAMEWORK,
+          ObjcProvider.WEAK_SDK_FRAMEWORK);
+
   @VisibleForTesting
   static final String UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM_TYPE_ERROR_FORMAT =
       "Unsupported platform type \"%s\"";
@@ -98,7 +130,8 @@ public final ConfiguredTarget create(RuleContext ruleContext)
           .validateAttributes();
       ruleContext.assertNoErrors();
 
-      objcProviderBuilder.addTransitiveAndPropagate(common.getObjcProvider());
+      addTransitiveAndAvoid(objcProviderBuilder, common.getObjcProvider(),
+          configToAvoidDepsMap.get(childConfig));
     }
 
     AppleConfiguration appleConfiguration = ruleContext.getFragment(AppleConfiguration.class);
@@ -118,6 +151,28 @@ public final ConfiguredTarget create(RuleContext ruleContext)
     targetBuilder.addProvider(ObjcProvider.class, objcProviderBuilder.build());
     return targetBuilder.build();
   }
+  
+  private void addTransitiveAndAvoid(ObjcProvider.Builder objcProviderBuilder,
+      ObjcProvider provider, ImmutableList<ObjcProvider> avoidProviders) {
+    for (Key<?> key : PROPAGATE_REGARDLESS_KEYS) {
+      objcProviderBuilder.addTransitiveAndPropagate(key, provider);
+    }
+    for (Key<?> key : AVOID_DEPS_KEYS) {
+      addTransitiveAndAvoid(objcProviderBuilder, key, provider, avoidProviders);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private <T> void addTransitiveAndAvoid(ObjcProvider.Builder objcProviderBuilder, Key<T> key,
+      ObjcProvider provider, ImmutableList<ObjcProvider> avoidProviders) {
+    HashSet<T> avoidItemsSet = new HashSet<T>();
+    for (ObjcProvider avoidProvider : avoidProviders) {
+      avoidItemsSet.addAll(avoidProvider.getPropagable(key).toList());
+    }
+    NestedSet<T> items = provider.getPropagable(key);
+
+    objcProviderBuilder.addAll(key,
+        Iterables.filter(items.toList(), Predicates.not(Predicates.in(avoidItemsSet))));
+  }
 
   private ObjcCommon common(
       RuleContext ruleContext,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/BundleableFile.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/BundleableFile.java
index bbd3effcbd7be1..8a4881abd8a697 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/BundleableFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/BundleableFile.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
  * files.
  */
 public final class BundleableFile extends Value<BundleableFile> {
+
   static final int EXECUTABLE_EXTERNAL_FILE_ATTRIBUTE = 0100755 << 16;
   static final int DEFAULT_EXTERNAL_FILE_ATTRIBUTE = 0100644 << 16;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/ObjcProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/ObjcProvider.java
index aa5a6e2f1ec2c0..df0d955a030550 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/ObjcProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/objc/ObjcProvider.java
@@ -471,6 +471,20 @@ public <E> NestedSet<E> get(Key<E> key) {
     }
     return builder.build();
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * All artifacts, bundleable files, etc, that should be propagated to transitive dependers, of
+   * the type specified by {@code key}.
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  public <E> NestedSet<E> getPropagable(Key<E> key) {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(key);
+    NestedSetBuilder<E> builder = new NestedSetBuilder<>(key.order);
+    if (items.containsKey(key)) {
+      builder.addTransitive((NestedSet<E>) items.get(key));
+    }
+    return builder.build();
+  }
 
   /**
    * Indicates whether {@code flag} is set on this provider.
@@ -559,7 +573,7 @@ public Builder addTransitiveAndPropagate(ObjcProvider provider) {
       }
       return this;
     }
-   
+
     /**
      * Add all keys and values from the given provider, but propagate any normally-propagated items
      * only to direct dependers of this ObjcProvider.