diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index 45ab0c00c5..762b155144 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -744,6 +744,19 @@ endif
 asm_objects := $(asm_objects_S) $(asm_objects_s)
 
 
+# .asm for x86 needs to be compiled with yasm.
+ifeq (x86,$($(my_prefix)$(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)ARCH))
+asm_sources_asm := $(filter %.asm,$(my_src_files))
+ifneq ($(strip $(asm_sources_asm)),)
+asm_objects_asm := $(addprefix $(intermediates)/,$(asm_sources_asm:.asm=.o))
+$(asm_objects_asm): $(intermediates)/%.o: $(TOPDIR)$(LOCAL_PATH)/%.asm \
+    $(LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES)
+	$(transform-asm-to-o)
+
+asm_objects += $(asm_objects_asm)
+endif
+endif
+
 ####################################################
 ## Import includes
 ####################################################
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 715038053c..47d01ea4e3 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ BISON_PKGDATADIR := $(PWD)/external/bison/data
 BISON := prebuilts/misc/$(BUILD_OS)-$(HOST_PREBUILT_ARCH)/bison/bison
 YACC := $(BISON) -d
 
+YASM := prebuilts/misc/$(BUILD_OS)-$(HOST_PREBUILT_ARCH)/yasm/yasm
+
 DOXYGEN:= doxygen
 AAPT := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/aapt$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
 AIDL := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/aidl$(HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)
diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 5d76285f8a..746becfbce 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -1039,6 +1039,16 @@ $(transform-s-to-o-no-deps)
 $(transform-d-to-p)
 endef
 
+# YASM compilation
+define transform-asm-to-o
+@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+$(hide) $(YASM) \
+    $(addprefix -I , $(PRIVATE_C_INCLUDES)) \
+    -f elf32 -m x86 \
+    $(PRIVATE_ASFLAGS) \
+    -o $@ $<
+endef
+
 ###########################################################
 ## Commands for running gcc to compile an Objective-C file
 ## This should never happen for target builds but this