diff --git a/tools/releasetools/Android.bp b/tools/releasetools/Android.bp
index 1240872a9e..d07292a082 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/Android.bp
+++ b/tools/releasetools/Android.bp
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ python_library_host {
         "rangelib.py",
         "sparse_img.py",
     ],
+    data: [
+        ":zip2zip",
+    ],
     // Only the tools that are referenced directly are listed as required modules. For example,
     // `avbtool` is not here, as the script always uses the one from info_dict['avb_avbtool'].
     required: [
@@ -251,7 +254,6 @@ python_library_host {
         "signapk",
         "toybox",
         "unpack_bootimg",
-        "zip2zip",
     ],
 }