diff --git a/java/builder.go b/java/builder.go
index 2f9d70185..2c72cabae 100644
--- a/java/builder.go
+++ b/java/builder.go
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ var (
 			Description: "dex $out",
 		},
 		"outDir", "dxFlags")
+
+	extractPrebuilt = pctx.StaticRule("extractPrebuilt",
+		blueprint.RuleParams{
+			Command: `rm -rf $outDir && unzip -qo $in -d $outDir && ` +
+				`find $outDir -name "*.class" > $classFile && ` +
+				`find $outDir -type f -a \! -name "*.class" -a \! -name "MANIFEST.MF" > $resourceFile || ` +
+				`(rm -rf $outDir; exit 42)`,
+			Description: "extract java prebuilt $outDir",
+		},
+		"outDir", "classFile", "resourceFile")
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -187,3 +197,24 @@ func TransformDexToJavaLib(ctx common.AndroidModuleContext, resources []jarSpec,
 
 	return outputFile
 }
+
+func TransformPrebuiltJarToClasses(ctx common.AndroidModuleContext,
+	prebuilt string) (classJarSpec, resourceJarSpec jarSpec) {
+
+	classDir := filepath.Join(common.ModuleOutDir(ctx), "classes")
+	classFileList := filepath.Join(classDir, "classes.list")
+	resourceFileList := filepath.Join(classDir, "resources.list")
+
+	ctx.Build(pctx, blueprint.BuildParams{
+		Rule:    extractPrebuilt,
+		Outputs: []string{classFileList, resourceFileList},
+		Inputs:  []string{prebuilt},
+		Args: map[string]string{
+			"outDir":       classDir,
+			"classFile":    classFileList,
+			"resourceFile": resourceFileList,
+		},
+	})
+
+	return jarSpec{classFileList, classDir}, jarSpec{resourceFileList, classDir}
+}
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 67bde045e..8b7e02d24 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ type JavaPrebuilt struct {
 		Srcs []string
 	}
 
-	classpathFile string
+	classpathFile                   string
+	classJarSpecs, resourceJarSpecs []jarSpec
 }
 
 func (j *JavaPrebuilt) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx common.AndroidModuleContext) {
@@ -369,7 +370,15 @@ func (j *JavaPrebuilt) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx common.AndroidModuleConte
 		ctx.ModuleErrorf("expected exactly one jar in srcs")
 		return
 	}
-	j.classpathFile = filepath.Join(common.ModuleSrcDir(ctx), j.properties.Srcs[0])
+	prebuilt := filepath.Join(common.ModuleSrcDir(ctx), j.properties.Srcs[0])
+
+	classJarSpec, resourceJarSpec := TransformPrebuiltJarToClasses(ctx, prebuilt)
+
+	j.classpathFile = prebuilt
+	j.classJarSpecs = []jarSpec{classJarSpec}
+	j.resourceJarSpecs = []jarSpec{resourceJarSpec}
+
+	ctx.InstallFileName("framework", ctx.ModuleName()+".jar", j.classpathFile)
 }
 
 var _ JavaDependency = (*JavaPrebuilt)(nil)
@@ -379,11 +388,11 @@ func (j *JavaPrebuilt) ClasspathFile() string {
 }
 
 func (j *JavaPrebuilt) ClassJarSpecs() []jarSpec {
-	return nil
+	return j.classJarSpecs
 }
 
 func (j *JavaPrebuilt) ResourceJarSpecs() []jarSpec {
-	return nil
+	return j.resourceJarSpecs
 }
 
 func JavaPrebuiltFactory() (blueprint.Module, []interface{}) {