diff --git a/core/base_rules.mk b/core/base_rules.mk
index 4ee2985ec1..c182a779e6 100644
--- a/core/base_rules.mk
+++ b/core/base_rules.mk
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ full_static_java_libs := \
         JAVA_LIBRARIES,$(lib),$(LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE))/javalib.jar)
 
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_INSTALL_DIR := $(dir $(LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE))
-$(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR := $(intermediates)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_CLASS_INTERMEDIATES_DIR := $(intermediates)/classes
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_SOURCE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR := $(intermediates)/src
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_JAVA_SOURCES := $(all_java_sources)
@@ -357,6 +356,8 @@ $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS) : PRIVATE_ALL_JAVA_LIBRARIES:= $(full_java_libs)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS) : PRIVATE_IS_HOST_MODULE := $(LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS) : PRIVATE_HOST:= $(my_host)
 
+$(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS) : PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR:= $(intermediates)
+
 # Tell the module and all of its sub-modules who it is.
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS) : PRIVATE_MODULE:= $(LOCAL_MODULE)
 
diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 069855d8f6..f3382c3a07 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -904,12 +904,28 @@ endef
 ## Commands for running ar
 ###########################################################
 
+define extract-and-include-whole-static-libs
+$(foreach lib,$(PRIVATE_ALL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES), \
+	@echo "preparing StaticLib: $(PRIVATE_MODULE) [including $(lib)]"; \
+	ldir=$(PRIVATE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/WHOLE/$(basename $(notdir $(lib)))_objs;\
+	rm -rf $$ldir; \
+	mkdir -p $$ldir; \
+	filelist=; \
+	for f in `$(TARGET_AR) t $(lib)`; do \
+	    $(TARGET_AR) p $(lib) $$f > $$ldir/$$f; \
+	    filelist="$$filelist $$ldir/$$f"; \
+	done ; \
+	$(TARGET_AR) $(TARGET_GLOBAL_ARFLAGS) $(PRIVATE_ARFLAGS) $@ $$filelist;\
+)
+endef
+
 # Explicitly delete the archive first so that ar doesn't
 # try to add to an existing archive.
 define transform-o-to-static-lib
 @mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-@echo "target StaticLib: $(PRIVATE_MODULE) ($@)"
 @rm -f $@
+$(extract-and-include-whole-static-libs)
+@echo "target StaticLib: $(PRIVATE_MODULE) ($@)"
 $(hide) $(TARGET_AR) $(TARGET_GLOBAL_ARFLAGS) $(PRIVATE_ARFLAGS) $@ $^
 endef
 
diff --git a/core/static_library.mk b/core/static_library.mk
index 252dfd092b..2138e469b1 100644
--- a/core/static_library.mk
+++ b/core/static_library.mk
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ $(all_objects) : TARGET_GLOBAL_CFLAGS :=
 $(all_objects) : TARGET_GLOBAL_CPPFLAGS := 
 endif
 
+$(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(built_whole_libraries)
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(all_objects)
 	$(transform-o-to-static-lib)