diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 65a8b30c8..9c1d8fb8e 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -1211,6 +1211,7 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, extraSrcJars, extraClasspath
 
 	var kotlinJars android.Paths
 	var kotlinHeaderJars android.Paths
+	var kotlinExtraJars android.Paths
 
 	// Prepend extraClasspathJars to classpath so that the resource processor R.jar comes before
 	// any dependencies so that it can override any non-final R classes from dependencies with the
@@ -1321,17 +1322,8 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, extraSrcJars, extraClasspath
 
 		kotlinJars = append(kotlinJars, kotlinJarPath)
 		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...)
-			kotlinJars = append(kotlinJars, deps.kotlinAnnotations...)
-			kotlinHeaderJars = append(kotlinHeaderJars, deps.kotlinStdlib...)
-			kotlinHeaderJars = append(kotlinHeaderJars, deps.kotlinAnnotations...)
-		} else {
-			flags.dexClasspath = append(flags.dexClasspath, deps.kotlinStdlib...)
-			flags.dexClasspath = append(flags.dexClasspath, deps.kotlinAnnotations...)
-		}
+		kotlinExtraJars = append(kotlinExtraJars, deps.kotlinStdlib...)
+		kotlinExtraJars = append(kotlinExtraJars, deps.kotlinAnnotations...)
 	}
 
 	jars := slices.Clone(kotlinJars)
@@ -1349,7 +1341,11 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, extraSrcJars, extraClasspath
 			// allow for the use of annotation processors that do function correctly
 			// with sharding enabled. See: b/77284273.
 		}
-		extraJars := append(slices.Clone(kotlinHeaderJars), extraCombinedJars...)
+		extraJars := slices.Clone(kotlinHeaderJars)
+		if BoolDefault(j.properties.Static_kotlin_stdlib, true) {
+			extraJars = append(extraJars, kotlinExtraJars...)
+		}
+		extraJars = append(extraJars, extraCombinedJars...)
 		var combinedHeaderJarFile android.Path
 		headerJarFileWithoutDepsOrJarjar, combinedHeaderJarFile =
 			j.compileJavaHeader(ctx, uniqueJavaFiles, srcJars, deps, flags, jarName, extraJars)
@@ -1427,6 +1423,13 @@ func (j *Module) compile(ctx android.ModuleContext, extraSrcJars, extraClasspath
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Jar kotlin classes into the final jar after javac
+	if BoolDefault(j.properties.Static_kotlin_stdlib, true) {
+		jars = append(jars, kotlinExtraJars...)
+	} else {
+		flags.dexClasspath = append(flags.dexClasspath, kotlinExtraJars...)
+	}
+
 	jars = append(jars, extraCombinedJars...)
 
 	j.srcJarArgs, j.srcJarDeps = resourcePathsToJarArgs(srcFiles), srcFiles
diff --git a/java/kotlin.go b/java/kotlin.go
index aa2db0ecd..c28bc3f54 100644
--- a/java/kotlin.go
+++ b/java/kotlin.go
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ func kotlinCompile(ctx android.ModuleContext, outputFile, headerOutputFile andro
 		commonSrcFilesArg = "--common_srcs " + commonSrcsList.String()
 	}
 
+	classpathRspFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "kotlinc", "classpath.rsp")
+	android.WriteFileRule(ctx, classpathRspFile, strings.Join(flags.kotlincClasspath.Strings(), " "))
+	deps = append(deps, classpathRspFile)
+
 	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
 		Rule:           kotlinc,
 		Description:    "kotlinc",
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ func kotlinCompile(ctx android.ModuleContext, outputFile, headerOutputFile andro
 		Inputs:         srcFiles,
 		Implicits:      deps,
 		Args: map[string]string{
-			"classpath":         flags.kotlincClasspath.FormJavaClassPath(""),
+			"classpath":         classpathRspFile.String(),
 			"kotlincFlags":      flags.kotlincFlags,
 			"commonSrcFilesArg": commonSrcFilesArg,
 			"srcJars":           strings.Join(srcJars.Strings(), " "),
@@ -205,6 +209,10 @@ func kotlinKapt(ctx android.ModuleContext, srcJarOutputFile, resJarOutputFile an
 	kotlinName := filepath.Join(ctx.ModuleDir(), ctx.ModuleSubDir(), ctx.ModuleName())
 	kotlinName = strings.ReplaceAll(kotlinName, "/", "__")
 
+	classpathRspFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "kapt", "classpath.rsp")
+	android.WriteFileRule(ctx, classpathRspFile, strings.Join(flags.kotlincClasspath.Strings(), "\n"))
+	deps = append(deps, classpathRspFile)
+
 	// First run kapt to generate .java stubs from .kt files
 	kaptStubsJar := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "kapt", "stubs.jar")
 	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
@@ -214,7 +222,7 @@ func kotlinKapt(ctx android.ModuleContext, srcJarOutputFile, resJarOutputFile an
 		Inputs:      srcFiles,
 		Implicits:   deps,
 		Args: map[string]string{
-			"classpath":         flags.kotlincClasspath.FormJavaClassPath(""),
+			"classpath":         classpathRspFile.String(),
 			"kotlincFlags":      flags.kotlincFlags,
 			"commonSrcFilesArg": commonSrcFilesArg,
 			"srcJars":           strings.Join(srcJars.Strings(), " "),
diff --git a/scripts/gen-kotlin-build-file.py b/scripts/gen-kotlin-build-file.py
index 99afdca75..8b7876f64 100644
--- a/scripts/gen-kotlin-build-file.py
+++ b/scripts/gen-kotlin-build-file.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def parse_args():
   parser.add_argument('--out', dest='out',
                       help='file to which the module.xml contents will be written.')
   parser.add_argument('--classpath', dest='classpath', action='append', default=[],
-                      help='classpath to pass to kotlinc.')
+                      help='file containing classpath to pass to kotlinc.')
   parser.add_argument('--name', dest='name',
                       help='name of the module.')
   parser.add_argument('--out_dir', dest='out_dir',
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ def main():
     f.write('  <module name="%s" type="java-production" outputDir="%s">\n' % (args.name, args.out_dir or ''))
 
     # Print classpath entries
-    for c in args.classpath:
-      for entry in c.split(':'):
+    for classpath_rsp_file in args.classpath:
+      for entry in NinjaRspFileReader(classpath_rsp_file):
         path = os.path.abspath(entry)
         f.write('    <classpath path="%s"/>\n' % path)