diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index a9d5733e11..cbb1613a61 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -2976,6 +2976,19 @@ $(2): $(1)
 	$$(copy-file-to-target)
 endef
 
+# Define a rule to copy a license metadata file. For use via $(eval).
+# $(1): source license metadata file
+# $(2): destination license metadata file
+# $(3): built targets
+# $(4): installed targets
+define copy-one-license-metadata-file
+$(2): PRIVATE_BUILT=$(3)
+$(2): PRIVATE_INSTALLED=$(4)
+$(2): $(1)
+	@echo "Copy: $$@"
+	$$(call copy-license-metadata-file-to-target,$$(PRIVATE_BUILT),$$(PRIVATE_INSTALLED))
+endef
+
 define copy-and-uncompress-dexs
 $(2): $(1) $(ZIPALIGN) $(ZIP2ZIP)
 	@echo "Uncompress dexs in: $$@"
@@ -3163,6 +3176,17 @@ $(hide) rm -f $@
 $(hide) cp "$<" "$@"
 endef
 
+# Same as copy-file-to-target, but assume file is a licenes metadata file,
+# and append built from $(1) and installed from $(2).
+define copy-license-metadata-file-to-target
+@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+$(hide) rm -f $@
+$(hide) cp "$<" "$@" $(strip \
+  $(foreach b,$(1), && (grep -F 'built: "'"$(b)"'"' "$@" >/dev/null || echo 'built: "'"$(b)"'"' >>"$@")) \
+  $(foreach i,$(2), && (grep -F 'installed: "'"$(i)"'"' "$@" >/dev/null || echo 'installed: "'"$(i)"'"' >>"$@")) \
+)
+endef
+
 # The same as copy-file-to-target, but use the local
 # cp command instead of acp.
 define copy-file-to-target-with-cp
diff --git a/core/notice_files.mk b/core/notice_files.mk
index cbfcaa4f7a..efc17511c0 100644
--- a/core/notice_files.mk
+++ b/core/notice_files.mk
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ ifdef my_register_name
 
   ifdef LOCAL_SOONG_LICENSE_METADATA
     # Soong modules have already produced a license metadata file, copy it to where Make expects it.
-    $(eval $(call copy-one-file, $(LOCAL_SOONG_LICENSE_METADATA), $(module_license_metadata)))
+    $(eval $(call copy-one-license-metadata-file, $(LOCAL_SOONG_LICENSE_METADATA), $(module_license_metadata),$(ALL_MODULES.$(my_register_name).BUILT),$(ALL_MODUES.$(my_register_name).INSTALLED)))
   else
     # Make modules don't have enough information to produce a license metadata rule until after fix-notice-deps
     # has been called, store the necessary information until later.