diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 9867a7a81..eb9614284 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -699,6 +699,12 @@ func (a *apexBundle) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(ctx.Config().AndroidCommonTarget.Variations(),
 		javaLibTag, a.properties.Java_libs...)
 
+	// With EMMA_INSTRUMENT_FRAMEWORK=true the ART boot image includes jacoco library.
+	if a.artApex && ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("EMMA_INSTRUMENT_FRAMEWORK") {
+		ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(ctx.Config().AndroidCommonTarget.Variations(),
+			javaLibTag, "jacocoagent")
+	}
+
 	if String(a.properties.Key) == "" {
 		ctx.ModuleErrorf("key is missing")
 		return
diff --git a/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go b/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
index 11aa27112..fe5bed501 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
@@ -178,12 +178,6 @@ func skipDexpreoptBootJars(ctx android.PathContext) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func skipDexpreoptArtBootJars(ctx android.BuilderContext) bool {
-	// with EMMA_INSTRUMENT_FRAMEWORK=true ART boot class path libraries have dependencies on framework,
-	// therefore dexpreopt ART libraries cannot be dexpreopted in isolation => no ART boot image
-	return ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("EMMA_INSTRUMENT_FRAMEWORK")
-}
-
 type dexpreoptBootJars struct {
 	defaultBootImage *bootImage
 	otherImages      []*bootImage
@@ -193,7 +187,7 @@ type dexpreoptBootJars struct {
 
 // Accessor function for the apex package. Returns nil if dexpreopt is disabled.
 func DexpreoptedArtApexJars(ctx android.BuilderContext) map[android.ArchType]android.OutputPaths {
-	if skipDexpreoptBootJars(ctx) || skipDexpreoptArtBootJars(ctx) {
+	if skipDexpreoptBootJars(ctx) {
 		return nil
 	}
 	return artBootImageConfig(ctx).imagesDeps
@@ -222,10 +216,8 @@ func (d *dexpreoptBootJars) GenerateBuildActions(ctx android.SingletonContext) {
 
 	// Always create the default boot image first, to get a unique profile rule for all images.
 	d.defaultBootImage = buildBootImage(ctx, defaultBootImageConfig(ctx))
-	if !skipDexpreoptArtBootJars(ctx) {
-		// Create boot image for the ART apex (build artifacts are accessed via the global boot image config).
-		d.otherImages = append(d.otherImages, buildBootImage(ctx, artBootImageConfig(ctx)))
-	}
+	// Create boot image for the ART apex (build artifacts are accessed via the global boot image config).
+	d.otherImages = append(d.otherImages, buildBootImage(ctx, artBootImageConfig(ctx)))
 	if global.GenerateApexImage {
 		// Create boot images for the JIT-zygote experiment.
 		d.otherImages = append(d.otherImages, buildBootImage(ctx, apexBootImageConfig(ctx)))
diff --git a/java/dexpreopt_config.go b/java/dexpreopt_config.go
index b3af911fb..35748b8d1 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt_config.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt_config.go
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ func genBootImageConfigs(ctx android.PathContext) map[string]*bootImageConfig {
 		deviceDir := android.PathForOutput(ctx, ctx.Config().DeviceName())
 
 		artModules := global.ArtApexJars
+		// With EMMA_INSTRUMENT_FRAMEWORK=true the Core libraries depend on jacoco.
+		if ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("EMMA_INSTRUMENT_FRAMEWORK") {
+			artModules = append(artModules, "jacocoagent")
+		}
 		frameworkModules := android.RemoveListFromList(global.BootJars,
 			concat(artModules, getJarsFromApexJarPairs(global.UpdatableBootJars)))