diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 47dd95724..b9c06a8e9 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ type Module struct {
 	// list of additional targets for checkbuild
 	additionalCheckedModules android.Paths
 
+	// Extra files generated by the module type to be added as java resources.
+	extraResources android.Paths
+
 	hiddenAPI
 	dexpreopter
 }
@@ -1113,6 +1116,7 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, extraSrcJars ...android.Path
 	dirArgs, dirDeps := ResourceDirsToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Java_resource_dirs,
 		j.properties.Exclude_java_resource_dirs, j.properties.Exclude_java_resources)
 	fileArgs, fileDeps := ResourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Java_resources, j.properties.Exclude_java_resources)
+	extraArgs, extraDeps := resourcePathsToJarArgs(j.extraResources), j.extraResources
 
 	var resArgs []string
 	var resDeps android.Paths
@@ -1123,6 +1127,9 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, extraSrcJars ...android.Path
 	resArgs = append(resArgs, fileArgs...)
 	resDeps = append(resDeps, fileDeps...)
 
+	resArgs = append(resArgs, extraArgs...)
+	resDeps = append(resDeps, extraDeps...)
+
 	if Bool(j.properties.Include_srcs) {
 		srcArgs, srcDeps := SourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Srcs, j.properties.Exclude_srcs)
 		resArgs = append(resArgs, srcArgs...)
diff --git a/java/java_resources.go b/java/java_resources.go
index 71611689a..1bbeb9a6c 100644
--- a/java/java_resources.go
+++ b/java/java_resources.go
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ func resourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx android.ModuleContext,
 
 	files := android.PathsForModuleSrcExcludes(ctx, res, exclude)
 
+	args = resourcePathsToJarArgs(files)
+
+	return args, files
+}
+
+func resourcePathsToJarArgs(files android.Paths) []string {
+	var args []string
+
 	lastDir := ""
 	for i, f := range files {
 		rel := f.Rel()
@@ -113,5 +121,5 @@ func resourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx android.ModuleContext,
 		lastDir = dir
 	}
 
-	return args, files
+	return args
 }