diff --git a/android/allowlists/allowlists.go b/android/allowlists/allowlists.go
index 9aae6fdb8..622c3c4da 100644
--- a/android/allowlists/allowlists.go
+++ b/android/allowlists/allowlists.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ var (
 
 		"prebuilts/bundletool":/* recursive = */ true,
 		"prebuilts/gcc":/* recursive = */ true,
-		"prebuilts/build-tools":/* recursive = */ false,
+		"prebuilts/build-tools":/* recursive = */ true,
 		"prebuilts/jdk/jdk11":/* recursive = */ false,
 		"prebuilts/sdk":/* recursive = */ false,
 		"prebuilts/sdk/current/extras/app-toolkit":/* recursive = */ false,