diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 368e57381..a469e3e7d 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -1965,6 +1965,10 @@ func (c *config) GetBuildFlag(name string) (string, bool) {
 	return val, ok
 }
 
+func (c *config) UseOptimizedResourceShrinkingByDefault() bool {
+	return c.productVariables.GetBuildFlagBool("RELEASE_USE_OPTIMIZED_RESOURCE_SHRINKING_BY_DEFAULT")
+}
+
 func (c *config) UseResourceProcessorByDefault() bool {
 	return c.productVariables.GetBuildFlagBool("RELEASE_USE_RESOURCE_PROCESSOR_BY_DEFAULT")
 }
diff --git a/java/dex.go b/java/dex.go
index 9d12b9ac4..e0e642c63 100644
--- a/java/dex.go
+++ b/java/dex.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (d *DexProperties) resourceShrinkingEnabled(ctx android.ModuleContext) bool
 }
 
 func (d *DexProperties) optimizedResourceShrinkingEnabled(ctx android.ModuleContext) bool {
-	return d.resourceShrinkingEnabled(ctx) && Bool(d.Optimize.Optimized_shrink_resources)
+	return d.resourceShrinkingEnabled(ctx) && BoolDefault(d.Optimize.Optimized_shrink_resources, ctx.Config().UseOptimizedResourceShrinkingByDefault())
 }
 
 func (d *dexer) optimizeOrObfuscateEnabled() bool {
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ func (d *dexer) r8Flags(ctx android.ModuleContext, dexParams *compileDexParams)
 		r8Flags = append(r8Flags, "--resource-input", d.resourcesInput.Path().String())
 		r8Deps = append(r8Deps, d.resourcesInput.Path())
 		r8Flags = append(r8Flags, "--resource-output", d.resourcesOutput.Path().String())
-		if Bool(opt.Optimized_shrink_resources) {
+		if d.dexProperties.optimizedResourceShrinkingEnabled(ctx) {
 			r8Flags = append(r8Flags, "--optimized-resource-shrinking")
 		}
 	}