diff --git a/core/tasks/boot_jars_package_check.mk b/core/tasks/boot_jars_package_check.mk
index 39144aa727..188c267400 100644
--- a/core/tasks/boot_jars_package_check.mk
+++ b/core/tasks/boot_jars_package_check.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 # Rules to check if classes in the boot jars are from the whitelisted packages.
 #
 
+ifneq ($(SKIP_BOOT_JARS_CHECK),true)
+ifneq ($(TARGET_BUILD_PDK),true)
 ifdef PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS
 
 intermediates := $(call intermediates-dir-for, PACKAGING, boot-jars-package-check,,COMMON)
@@ -40,3 +42,5 @@ check-boot-jars : $(stamp)
 droidcore : check-boot-jars
 
 endif  # PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS
+endif  # TARGET_BUILD_PDK not true
+endif  # SKIP_BOOT_JARS_CHECK not true