diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index 87efe5340..91dd9a6d2 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -308,6 +308,18 @@ func LastUniquePaths(list Paths) Paths {
 	return list[totalSkip:]
 }
 
+// ReversePaths returns a copy of a Paths in reverse order.
+func ReversePaths(list Paths) Paths {
+	if list == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	ret := make(Paths, len(list))
+	for i := range list {
+		ret[i] = list[len(list)-1-i]
+	}
+	return ret
+}
+
 func indexPathList(s Path, list []Path) int {
 	for i, l := range list {
 		if l == s {
diff --git a/android/paths_test.go b/android/paths_test.go
index 00757985b..cd9fbfd54 100644
--- a/android/paths_test.go
+++ b/android/paths_test.go
@@ -474,10 +474,7 @@ func TestDirectorySortedPaths(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	paths := makePaths()
-	reversePaths := make(Paths, len(paths))
-	for i, v := range paths {
-		reversePaths[len(paths)-i-1] = v
-	}
+	reversePaths := ReversePaths(paths)
 
 	sortedPaths := PathsToDirectorySortedPaths(paths)
 	reverseSortedPaths := PathsToDirectorySortedPaths(reversePaths)
diff --git a/java/androidmk.go b/java/androidmk.go
index dfbe7fa75..8bde716bb 100644
--- a/java/androidmk.go
+++ b/java/androidmk.go
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ func (app *AndroidApp) AndroidMk() android.AndroidMkData {
 				}
 
 				if len(app.rroDirs) > 0 {
-					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_SOONG_RRO_DIRS :=", strings.Join(app.rroDirs.Strings(), " "))
+					// Reverse the order, Soong stores rroDirs in aapt2 order (low to high priority), but Make
+					// expects it in LOCAL_RESOURCE_DIRS order (high to low priority).
+					fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_SOONG_RRO_DIRS :=", strings.Join(android.ReversePaths(app.rroDirs).Strings(), " "))
 				}
 
 				if Bool(app.appProperties.Export_package_resources) {