diff --git a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
index 8b996e0b4..e0932af38 100644
--- a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
+++ b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/android.go
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ func init() {
 			"LOCAL_RENDERSCRIPT_FLAGS":    "renderscript.flags",
 
 			"LOCAL_JAVA_RESOURCE_DIRS":    "java_resource_dirs",
+			"LOCAL_JAVA_RESOURCE_FILES":   "java_resources",
 			"LOCAL_JAVACFLAGS":            "javacflags",
 			"LOCAL_ERROR_PRONE_FLAGS":     "errorprone.javacflags",
 			"LOCAL_DX_FLAGS":              "dxflags",
diff --git a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
index f2dc6ff21..34e673c58 100644
--- a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
+++ b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
@@ -577,6 +577,10 @@ include $(call all-makefiles-under,$(LOCAL_PATH))
 			include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 			LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(call all-java-files-under, src gen)
 			include $(BUILD_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARY)
+
+			include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+			LOCAL_JAVA_RESOURCE_FILES := foo bar
+			include $(BUILD_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARY)
 		`,
 		expected: `
 			java_library {
@@ -604,6 +608,13 @@ include $(call all-makefiles-under,$(LOCAL_PATH))
 					"gen/**/*.java",
 				],
 			}
+
+			java_library {
+				java_resources: [
+					"foo",
+					"bar",
+				],
+			}
 		`,
 	},
 	{