diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 136690f95c..84524946a8 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -3230,3 +3230,9 @@ include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/product-graph.mk
 ifneq ($(sdk_repo_goal),)
 include $(TOPDIR)development/build/tools/sdk_repo.mk
 endif
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Find lsdump paths
+FIND_LSDUMPS_FILE := $(PRODUCT_OUT)/lsdump_paths.txt
+$(FIND_LSDUMPS_FILE) : $(LSDUMP_PATHS)
+	$(hide) rm -rf $@ && echo "$^" > $@
diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index ef55b4eeaa..0317a8980e 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -1256,6 +1256,9 @@ endif  # samplecode in $(MAKECMDGOALS)
 .PHONY: findbugs
 findbugs: $(INTERNAL_FINDBUGS_HTML_TARGET) $(INTERNAL_FINDBUGS_XML_TARGET)
 
+.PHONY: findlsdumps
+findlsdumps: $(FIND_LSDUMPS_FILE)
+
 #xxx scrape this from ALL_MODULE_NAME_TAGS
 .PHONY: modules
 modules: