diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 2f425cd83..8b258d6c8 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -1052,6 +1052,7 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, aaptSrcJar android.Path) {
 	j.expandIDEInfoCompiledSrcs = append(j.expandIDEInfoCompiledSrcs, uniqueSrcFiles.Strings()...)
 
 	var kotlinJars android.Paths
+	var kotlinHeaderJars android.Paths
 
 	if srcFiles.HasExt(".kt") {
 		// user defined kotlin flags.
@@ -1109,18 +1110,22 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, aaptSrcJar android.Path) {
 		}
 
 		kotlinJar := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "kotlin", jarName)
-		kotlinCompile(ctx, kotlinJar, kotlinSrcFiles, kotlinCommonSrcFiles, srcJars, flags)
+		kotlinHeaderJar := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "kotlin_headers", jarName)
+		kotlinCompile(ctx, kotlinJar, kotlinHeaderJar, kotlinSrcFiles, kotlinCommonSrcFiles, srcJars, flags)
 		if ctx.Failed() {
 			return
 		}
 
 		// Make javac rule depend on the kotlinc rule
-		flags.classpath = append(flags.classpath, kotlinJar)
+		flags.classpath = append(classpath{kotlinHeaderJar}, flags.classpath...)
 
 		kotlinJars = append(kotlinJars, kotlinJar)
+		kotlinHeaderJars = append(kotlinHeaderJars, kotlinHeaderJar)
+
 		// Jar kotlin classes into the final jar after javac
 		if BoolDefault(j.properties.Static_kotlin_stdlib, true) {
 			kotlinJars = append(kotlinJars, deps.kotlinStdlib...)
+			kotlinHeaderJars = append(kotlinHeaderJars, deps.kotlinStdlib...)
 		} else {
 			flags.dexClasspath = append(flags.dexClasspath, deps.kotlinStdlib...)
 		}
@@ -1144,7 +1149,7 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, aaptSrcJar android.Path) {
 			// with sharding enabled. See: b/77284273.
 		}
 		headerJarFileWithoutDepsOrJarjar, j.headerJarFile =
-			j.compileJavaHeader(ctx, uniqueSrcFiles, srcJars, deps, flags, jarName, kotlinJars)
+			j.compileJavaHeader(ctx, uniqueSrcFiles, srcJars, deps, flags, jarName, kotlinHeaderJars)
 		if ctx.Failed() {
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/java/config/kotlin.go b/java/config/kotlin.go
index a83f87fb3..fc63f4dfb 100644
--- a/java/config/kotlin.go
+++ b/java/config/kotlin.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func init() {
 	pctx.SourcePathVariable("KotlinKaptJar", "external/kotlinc/lib/kotlin-annotation-processing.jar")
 	pctx.SourcePathVariable("KotlinAnnotationJar", "external/kotlinc/lib/annotations-13.0.jar")
 	pctx.SourcePathVariable("KotlinStdlibJar", KotlinStdlibJar)
+	pctx.SourcePathVariable("KotlinAbiGenPluginJar", "external/kotlinc/lib/jvm-abi-gen.jar")
 
 	// These flags silence "Illegal reflective access" warnings when running kapt in OpenJDK9+
 	pctx.StaticVariable("KaptSuppressJDK9Warnings", strings.Join([]string{
diff --git a/java/kotlin.go b/java/kotlin.go
index ce79bae16..eff5bb53f 100644
--- a/java/kotlin.go
+++ b/java/kotlin.go
@@ -28,17 +28,20 @@ import (
 
 var kotlinc = pctx.AndroidRemoteStaticRule("kotlinc", android.RemoteRuleSupports{Goma: true},
 	blueprint.RuleParams{
-		Command: `rm -rf "$classesDir" "$srcJarDir" "$kotlinBuildFile" "$emptyDir" && ` +
-			`mkdir -p "$classesDir" "$srcJarDir" "$emptyDir" && ` +
+		Command: `rm -rf "$classesDir" "$headerClassesDir" "$srcJarDir" "$kotlinBuildFile" "$emptyDir" && ` +
+			`mkdir -p "$classesDir" "$headerClassesDir" "$srcJarDir" "$emptyDir" && ` +
 			`${config.ZipSyncCmd} -d $srcJarDir -l $srcJarDir/list -f "*.java" $srcJars && ` +
 			`${config.GenKotlinBuildFileCmd} --classpath "$classpath" --name "$name"` +
 			` --out_dir "$classesDir" --srcs "$out.rsp" --srcs "$srcJarDir/list"` +
 			` $commonSrcFilesArg --out "$kotlinBuildFile" && ` +
 			`${config.KotlincCmd} ${config.KotlincGlobalFlags} ` +
-			`${config.KotlincSuppressJDK9Warnings} ${config.JavacHeapFlags} ` +
-			`$kotlincFlags -jvm-target $kotlinJvmTarget -Xbuild-file=$kotlinBuildFile ` +
-			`-kotlin-home $emptyDir && ` +
-			`${config.SoongZipCmd} -jar -o $out -C $classesDir -D $classesDir && ` +
+			` ${config.KotlincSuppressJDK9Warnings} ${config.JavacHeapFlags} ` +
+			` $kotlincFlags -jvm-target $kotlinJvmTarget -Xbuild-file=$kotlinBuildFile ` +
+			` -kotlin-home $emptyDir ` +
+			` -Xplugin=${config.KotlinAbiGenPluginJar} ` +
+			` -P plugin:org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm.abi:outputDir=$headerClassesDir && ` +
+			`${config.SoongZipCmd} -jar -o $out -C $classesDir -D $classesDir -write_if_changed && ` +
+			`${config.SoongZipCmd} -jar -o $headerJar -C $headerClassesDir -D $headerClassesDir -write_if_changed && ` +
 			`rm -rf "$srcJarDir"`,
 		CommandDeps: []string{
 			"${config.KotlincCmd}",
@@ -49,15 +52,17 @@ var kotlinc = pctx.AndroidRemoteStaticRule("kotlinc", android.RemoteRuleSupports
 			"${config.KotlinStdlibJar}",
 			"${config.KotlinTrove4jJar}",
 			"${config.KotlinAnnotationJar}",
+			"${config.KotlinAbiGenPluginJar}",
 			"${config.GenKotlinBuildFileCmd}",
 			"${config.SoongZipCmd}",
 			"${config.ZipSyncCmd}",
 		},
 		Rspfile:        "$out.rsp",
 		RspfileContent: `$in`,
+		Restat:         true,
 	},
 	"kotlincFlags", "classpath", "srcJars", "commonSrcFilesArg", "srcJarDir", "classesDir",
-	"kotlinJvmTarget", "kotlinBuildFile", "emptyDir", "name")
+	"headerClassesDir", "headerJar", "kotlinJvmTarget", "kotlinBuildFile", "emptyDir", "name")
 
 func kotlinCommonSrcsList(ctx android.ModuleContext, commonSrcFiles android.Paths) android.OptionalPath {
 	if len(commonSrcFiles) > 0 {
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ func kotlinCommonSrcsList(ctx android.ModuleContext, commonSrcFiles android.Path
 }
 
 // kotlinCompile takes .java and .kt sources and srcJars, and compiles the .kt sources into a classes jar in outputFile.
-func kotlinCompile(ctx android.ModuleContext, outputFile android.WritablePath,
+func kotlinCompile(ctx android.ModuleContext, outputFile, headerOutputFile android.WritablePath,
 	srcFiles, commonSrcFiles, srcJars android.Paths,
 	flags javaBuilderFlags) {
 
@@ -97,17 +102,20 @@ func kotlinCompile(ctx android.ModuleContext, outputFile android.WritablePath,
 	}
 
 	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
-		Rule:        kotlinc,
-		Description: "kotlinc",
-		Output:      outputFile,
-		Inputs:      srcFiles,
-		Implicits:   deps,
+		Rule:           kotlinc,
+		Description:    "kotlinc",
+		Output:         outputFile,
+		ImplicitOutput: headerOutputFile,
+		Inputs:         srcFiles,
+		Implicits:      deps,
 		Args: map[string]string{
 			"classpath":         flags.kotlincClasspath.FormJavaClassPath(""),
 			"kotlincFlags":      flags.kotlincFlags,
 			"commonSrcFilesArg": commonSrcFilesArg,
 			"srcJars":           strings.Join(srcJars.Strings(), " "),
 			"classesDir":        android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "kotlinc", "classes").String(),
+			"headerClassesDir":  android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "kotlinc", "header_classes").String(),
+			"headerJar":         headerOutputFile.String(),
 			"srcJarDir":         android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "kotlinc", "srcJars").String(),
 			"kotlinBuildFile":   android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "kotlinc-build.xml").String(),
 			"emptyDir":          android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "kotlinc", "empty").String(),
diff --git a/java/kotlin_test.go b/java/kotlin_test.go
index d51bc041d..f9ff98229 100644
--- a/java/kotlin_test.go
+++ b/java/kotlin_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ func TestKotlin(t *testing.T) {
 	fooKotlinc := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").Rule("kotlinc")
 	fooJavac := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").Rule("javac")
 	fooJar := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").Output("combined/foo.jar")
+	fooHeaderJar := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").Output("turbine-combined/foo.jar")
+
+	fooKotlincClasses := fooKotlinc.Output
+	fooKotlincHeaderClasses := fooKotlinc.ImplicitOutput
 
 	if len(fooKotlinc.Inputs) != 2 || fooKotlinc.Inputs[0].String() != "a.java" ||
 		fooKotlinc.Inputs[1].String() != "b.kt" {
@@ -55,17 +59,21 @@ func TestKotlin(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf(`foo inputs %v != ["a.java"]`, fooJavac.Inputs)
 	}
 
-	if !strings.Contains(fooJavac.Args["classpath"], fooKotlinc.Output.String()) {
+	if !strings.Contains(fooJavac.Args["classpath"], fooKotlincHeaderClasses.String()) {
 		t.Errorf("foo classpath %v does not contain %q",
-			fooJavac.Args["classpath"], fooKotlinc.Output.String())
+			fooJavac.Args["classpath"], fooKotlincHeaderClasses.String())
 	}
 
-	if !inList(fooKotlinc.Output.String(), fooJar.Inputs.Strings()) {
+	if !inList(fooKotlincClasses.String(), fooJar.Inputs.Strings()) {
 		t.Errorf("foo jar inputs %v does not contain %q",
-			fooJar.Inputs.Strings(), fooKotlinc.Output.String())
+			fooJar.Inputs.Strings(), fooKotlincClasses.String())
+	}
+
+	if !inList(fooKotlincHeaderClasses.String(), fooHeaderJar.Inputs.Strings()) {
+		t.Errorf("foo header jar inputs %v does not contain %q",
+			fooHeaderJar.Inputs.Strings(), fooKotlincHeaderClasses.String())
 	}
 
-	fooHeaderJar := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").Output("turbine-combined/foo.jar")
 	bazHeaderJar := ctx.ModuleForTests("baz", "android_common").Output("turbine-combined/baz.jar")
 	barKotlinc := ctx.ModuleForTests("bar", "android_common").Rule("kotlinc")