diff --git a/core/envsetup.mk b/core/envsetup.mk
index 6e75a18e82..7dd19cf408 100644
--- a/core/envsetup.mk
+++ b/core/envsetup.mk
@@ -258,7 +258,13 @@ endef
 # java code with dalvikvm/art.
 # Jars present in the ART apex. These should match exactly the list of
 # Java libraries in the ART apex build rule.
-ART_APEX_JARS := core-oj core-libart core-icu4j okhttp bouncycastle apache-xml
+ART_APEX_JARS := \
+    com.android.art:core-oj \
+    com.android.art:core-libart \
+    com.android.art:core-icu4j \
+    com.android.art:okhttp \
+    com.android.art:bouncycastle \
+    com.android.art:apache-xml
 #################################################################
 
 # Read the product specs so we can get TARGET_DEVICE and other
diff --git a/core/java.mk b/core/java.mk
index 6798efa6a2..61a3ad3eaf 100644
--- a/core/java.mk
+++ b/core/java.mk
@@ -501,9 +501,9 @@ else # !LOCAL_PROGUARD_ENABLED
 	$(transform-classes.jar-to-dex)
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(filter $(LOCAL_MODULE),$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS)),)
-  $(call pretty-error,Modules in PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS must be defined in Android.bp files)
-endif
+$(foreach pair,$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS), \
+  $(if $(filter $(LOCAL_MODULE),$(call word-colon,2,$(pair))), \
+    $(call pretty-error,Modules in PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS must be defined in Android.bp files)))
 
 $(built_dex): $(built_dex_intermediate)
 	@echo Copying: $@
diff --git a/core/java_prebuilt_internal.mk b/core/java_prebuilt_internal.mk
index 8a2091e7e2..95ae2f8d45 100644
--- a/core/java_prebuilt_internal.mk
+++ b/core/java_prebuilt_internal.mk
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ ifeq ($(prebuilt_module_is_dex_javalib),true)
 my_dex_jar := $(my_prebuilt_src_file)
 # This is a target shared library, i.e. a jar with classes.dex.
 
-ifneq ($(filter $(LOCAL_MODULE),$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS)),)
-  $(call pretty-error,Modules in PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS must be defined in Android.bp files)
-endif
+$(foreach pair,$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS), \
+  $(if $(filter $(LOCAL_MODULE),$(call word-colon,2,$(pair))), \
+    $(call pretty-error,Modules in PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS must be defined in Android.bp files)))
 
 ALL_MODULES.$(my_register_name).CLASSES_JAR := $(common_classes_jar)
 
diff --git a/core/product_config.mk b/core/product_config.mk
index 699d62aaf6..82967bcb7c 100644
--- a/core/product_config.mk
+++ b/core/product_config.mk
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ PRODUCT_AAPT_CONFIG := $(subst $(space),$(comma),$(PRODUCT_AAPT_CONFIG))
 # Extra boot jars must be appended at the end after common boot jars.
 PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS += $(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS_EXTRA)
 
+# Add 'platform:' prefix to unqualified boot jars
+PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS := $(foreach pair,$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS), \
+  $(if $(findstring :,$(pair)),,platform:)$(pair))
+
 # The extra system server jars must be appended at the end after common system server jars.
 PRODUCT_SYSTEM_SERVER_JARS += $(PRODUCT_SYSTEM_SERVER_JARS_EXTRA)
 
@@ -271,11 +275,9 @@ ifdef PRODUCT_DEFAULT_DEV_CERTIFICATE
 endif
 
 $(foreach pair,$(PRODUCT_UPDATABLE_BOOT_JARS), \
-  $(if $(findstring $(call word-colon,2,$(pair)),$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS)), \
-    $(error A jar in PRODUCT_UPDATABLE_BOOT_JARS must not be in PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS, \
-      but $(call word-colon,2,$(pair)) is) \
-  ) \
-)
+  $(eval jar := $(call word-colon,2,$(pair))) \
+  $(if $(findstring $(jar), $(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS)), \
+    $(error A jar in PRODUCT_UPDATABLE_BOOT_JARS must not be in PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS, but $(jar) is)))
 
 ENFORCE_SYSTEM_CERTIFICATE := $(PRODUCT_ENFORCE_ARTIFACT_SYSTEM_CERTIFICATE_REQUIREMENT)
 ENFORCE_SYSTEM_CERTIFICATE_WHITELIST := $(PRODUCT_ARTIFACT_SYSTEM_CERTIFICATE_REQUIREMENT_WHITELIST)
diff --git a/core/soong_java_prebuilt.mk b/core/soong_java_prebuilt.mk
index 1496d56ecd..509e3f6f82 100644
--- a/core/soong_java_prebuilt.mk
+++ b/core/soong_java_prebuilt.mk
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ endif # LOCAL_SOONG_RESOURCE_EXPORT_PACKAGE
 
 ifdef LOCAL_SOONG_DEX_JAR
   ifndef LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
-    ifneq ($(filter $(LOCAL_MODULE),$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS)),)  # is_boot_jar
+    boot_jars := $(foreach pair,$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS), $(call word-colon,2,$(pair)))
+    ifneq ($(filter $(LOCAL_MODULE),$(boot_jars)),) # is_boot_jar
       ifeq (true,$(WITH_DEXPREOPT))
         # For libart, the boot jars' odex files are replaced by $(DEFAULT_DEX_PREOPT_INSTALLED_IMAGE).
         # We use this installed_odex trick to get boot.art installed.
diff --git a/core/tasks/boot_jars_package_check.mk b/core/tasks/boot_jars_package_check.mk
index 05243e53bc..cbaa682b77 100644
--- a/core/tasks/boot_jars_package_check.mk
+++ b/core/tasks/boot_jars_package_check.mk
@@ -23,19 +23,25 @@ ifdef PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS
 intermediates := $(call intermediates-dir-for, PACKAGING, boot-jars-package-check,,COMMON)
 stamp := $(intermediates)/stamp
 
-# The actual names for the updatable jars are <jar_name>.<apex_name> e.g., updatable-media.com.android.media
-updatable_boot_jars := $(foreach pair,$(PRODUCT_UPDATABLE_BOOT_JARS),\
-  $(eval apex := $(call word-colon,1,$(pair)))\
-  $(eval jar := $(call word-colon,2,$(pair)))\
-  $(jar).$(apex)\
-)
-#TODO(jiyong) merge art_boot_jars into updatable_boot_jars
-art_boot_jars := $(addsuffix .com.android.art.release,$(filter $(ART_APEX_JARS),$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS)))
+# Convert the colon-separated components <apex>:<jar> to <jar>.<apex> names
+# (e.g. com.android.media:updatable-media -> updatable-media.com.android.media).
+# Special cases:
+#   - for the "platform" apex drop the .<apex> suffix
+#   - for the ART apex select release variant
+boot_jars := $(foreach pair,$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS) $(PRODUCT_UPDATABLE_BOOT_JARS), \
+  $(eval apex := $(call word-colon,1,$(pair))) \
+  $(eval jar := $(call word-colon,2,$(pair))) \
+  $(eval q := :) \
+  $(eval sfx := $(q).$(apex)$(q)) \
+  $(eval sfx := $(subst $(q).platform$(q),$(q)$(q),$(sfx))) \
+  $(eval sfx := $(subst $(q).com.android.art$(q),$(q).com.android.art.release$(q),$(sfx))) \
+  $(eval sfx := $(patsubst $(q)%$(q),%,$(sfx))) \
+  $(jar)$(sfx))
 
-platform_boot_jars := $(filter-out $(ART_APEX_JARS),$(PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS))
-
-built_boot_jars := $(foreach j, $(updatable_boot_jars) $(art_boot_jars) $(platform_boot_jars), \
+# Convert boot jar names to build paths.
+built_boot_jars := $(foreach j, $(boot_jars), \
   $(call intermediates-dir-for, JAVA_LIBRARIES, $(j),,COMMON)/classes.jar)
+
 script := build/make/core/tasks/check_boot_jars/check_boot_jars.py
 whitelist_file := build/make/core/tasks/check_boot_jars/package_whitelist.txt