diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index 5c694b984..e551569bb 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -1633,6 +1633,9 @@ type RuntimeResourceOverlayProperties struct {
 	// module name in the form ":module".
 	Certificate *string
 
+	// Name of the signing certificate lineage file.
+	Lineage *string
+
 	// optional theme name. If specified, the overlay package will be applied
 	// only when the ro.boot.vendor.overlay.theme system property is set to the same value.
 	Theme *string
@@ -1698,7 +1701,11 @@ func (r *RuntimeResourceOverlay) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleC
 	_, certificates := collectAppDeps(ctx, r, false, false)
 	certificates = processMainCert(r.ModuleBase, String(r.properties.Certificate), certificates, ctx)
 	signed := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "signed", r.Name()+".apk")
-	SignAppPackage(ctx, signed, r.aapt.exportPackage, certificates, nil, nil)
+	var lineageFile android.Path
+	if lineage := String(r.properties.Lineage); lineage != "" {
+		lineageFile = android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx, lineage)
+	}
+	SignAppPackage(ctx, signed, r.aapt.exportPackage, certificates, nil, lineageFile)
 	r.certificate = certificates[0]
 
 	r.outputFile = signed
diff --git a/java/app_test.go b/java/app_test.go
index f1759150d..2ccc074e3 100644
--- a/java/app_test.go
+++ b/java/app_test.go
@@ -2795,6 +2795,7 @@ func TestRuntimeResourceOverlay(t *testing.T) {
 		runtime_resource_overlay {
 			name: "foo",
 			certificate: "platform",
+			lineage: "lineage.bin",
 			product_specific: true,
 			static_libs: ["bar"],
 			resource_libs: ["baz"],
@@ -2849,6 +2850,11 @@ func TestRuntimeResourceOverlay(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Check cert signing flag.
 	signedApk := m.Output("signed/foo.apk")
+	lineageFlag := signedApk.Args["flags"]
+	expectedLineageFlag := "--lineage lineage.bin"
+	if expectedLineageFlag != lineageFlag {
+		t.Errorf("Incorrect signing lineage flags, expected: %q, got: %q", expectedLineageFlag, lineageFlag)
+	}
 	signingFlag := signedApk.Args["certificates"]
 	expected := "build/make/target/product/security/platform.x509.pem build/make/target/product/security/platform.pk8"
 	if expected != signingFlag {