diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index c64f1f73c..1ad81fe84 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -1345,6 +1345,12 @@ type RuntimeResourceOverlayProperties struct {
 	// if not blank, set the minimum version of the sdk that the compiled artifacts will run against.
 	// Defaults to sdk_version if not set.
 	Min_sdk_version *string
+
+	// list of android_library modules whose resources are extracted and linked against statically
+	Static_libs []string
+
+	// list of android_app modules whose resources are extracted and linked against
+	Resource_libs []string
 }
 
 func (r *RuntimeResourceOverlay) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
@@ -1357,6 +1363,9 @@ func (r *RuntimeResourceOverlay) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext)
 	if cert != "" {
 		ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), certificateTag, cert)
 	}
+
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, staticLibTag, r.properties.Static_libs...)
+	ctx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, libTag, r.properties.Resource_libs...)
 }
 
 func (r *RuntimeResourceOverlay) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
diff --git a/java/app_test.go b/java/app_test.go
index 10503e727..c259fe2d7 100644
--- a/java/app_test.go
+++ b/java/app_test.go
@@ -2342,11 +2342,17 @@ func checkAapt2LinkFlag(t *testing.T, aapt2Flags, flagName, expectedValue string
 }
 
 func TestRuntimeResourceOverlay(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx, config := testJava(t, `
+	fs := map[string][]byte{
+		"baz/res/res/values/strings.xml": nil,
+		"bar/res/res/values/strings.xml": nil,
+	}
+	bp := `
 		runtime_resource_overlay {
 			name: "foo",
 			certificate: "platform",
 			product_specific: true,
+			static_libs: ["bar"],
+			resource_libs: ["baz"],
 			aaptflags: ["--keep-raw-values"],
 		}
 
@@ -2356,7 +2362,21 @@ func TestRuntimeResourceOverlay(t *testing.T) {
 			product_specific: true,
 			theme: "faza",
 		}
-		`)
+
+		android_library {
+			name: "bar",
+			resource_dirs: ["bar/res"],
+		}
+
+		android_app {
+			name: "baz",
+			sdk_version: "current",
+			resource_dirs: ["baz/res"],
+		}
+		`
+	config := testAppConfig(nil, bp, fs)
+	ctx := testContext()
+	run(t, ctx, config)
 
 	m := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common")
 
@@ -2368,6 +2388,19 @@ func TestRuntimeResourceOverlay(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected values, %q are missing in aapt2 link flags, %q", absentFlags, aapt2Flags)
 	}
 
+	// Check overlay.list output for static_libs dependency.
+	overlayList := m.Output("aapt2/overlay.list").Inputs.Strings()
+	staticLibPackage := buildDir + "/.intermediates/bar/android_common/package-res.apk"
+	if !inList(staticLibPackage, overlayList) {
+		t.Errorf("Stactic lib res package %q missing in overlay list: %q", staticLibPackage, overlayList)
+	}
+
+	// Check AAPT2 link flags for resource_libs dependency.
+	resourceLibFlag := "-I " + buildDir + "/.intermediates/baz/android_common/package-res.apk"
+	if !strings.Contains(aapt2Flags, resourceLibFlag) {
+		t.Errorf("Resource lib flag %q missing in aapt2 link flags: %q", resourceLibFlag, aapt2Flags)
+	}
+
 	// Check cert signing flag.
 	signedApk := m.Output("signed/foo.apk")
 	signingFlag := signedApk.Args["certificates"]