diff --git a/core/base_rules.mk b/core/base_rules.mk
index 969c7de..c2d2ca2 100644
--- a/core/base_rules.mk
+++ b/core/base_rules.mk
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 
 # Emit a java source file with constants for the tags, if
 # LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS is "APPS" or "JAVA_LIBRARIES".
-ifneq ($(strip $(filter $(LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS),APPS JAVA_LIBRARIES)),)
+ifneq ($(filter $(LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS),APPS JAVA_LIBRARIES),)
 
 logtags_java_sources := $(patsubst %.logtags,%.java,$(addprefix $(intermediates.COMMON)/src/, $(logtags_sources)))
 logtags_sources := $(addprefix $(TOP_DIR)$(LOCAL_PATH)/, $(logtags_sources))
@@ -624,6 +624,9 @@
 ifdef LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX
 ALL_MODULES.$(my_register_name).FOR_2ND_ARCH := true
 endif
+ifdef aidl_sources
+ALL_MODULES.$(my_register_name).AIDL_FILES := $(aidl_sources)
+endif
 
 INSTALLABLE_FILES.$(LOCAL_INSTALLED_MODULE).MODULE := $(my_register_name)
 
diff --git a/core/post_clean.mk b/core/post_clean.mk
index 213c43c..746ec2f 100644
--- a/core/post_clean.mk
+++ b/core/post_clean.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # Clean steps that need global knowledge of individual modules.
 # This file must be included after all Android.mks have been loaded.
 
+#######################################################
 # Checks the current build configurations against the previous build,
 # clean artifacts in TARGET_COMMON_OUT_ROOT if necessary.
 # If a package's resource overlay has been changed, its R class needs to be
@@ -51,3 +52,31 @@
 previous_package_overlay_config :=
 current_package_overlay_config :=
 current_all_packages_config :=
+
+#######################################################
+# Check if we need to delete obsolete aidl-generated java files.
+# When an aidl file gets deleted (or renamed), the generated java file is obsolete.
+previous_aidl_config := $(TARGET_OUT_COMMON_INTERMEDIATES)/previous_aidl_config.mk
+current_aidl_config := $(TARGET_OUT_COMMON_INTERMEDIATES)/current_aidl_config.mk
+
+$(shell rm -rf $(current_aidl_config) && mkdir -p $(dir $(current_aidl_config)))
+-include $(previous_aidl_config)
+
+intermediates_to_clean :=
+$(foreach p, $(ALL_MODULES), \
+  $(if $(ALL_MODULES.$(p).AIDL_FILES),\
+    $(shell echo 'AIDL_FILES.$(p) := $(ALL_MODULES.$(p).AIDL_FILES)' >> $(current_aidl_config)))\
+  $(if $(filter-out $(ALL_MODULES.$(p).AIDL_FILES),$(AIDL_FILES.$(p))),\
+    $(eval intermediates_to_clean += $(ALL_MODULES.$(p).INTERMEDIATE_SOURCE_DIR))))
+ifdef intermediates_to_clean
+$(info *** Obsolete aidl-generated files detected, clean intermediate files...)
+$(info *** rm -rf $(intermediates_to_clean))
+$(shell rm -rf $(intermediates_to_clean))
+intermediates_to_clean :=
+endif
+
+# Now current becomes previous.
+$(shell mv -f $(current_aidl_config) $(previous_aidl_config))
+
+previous_aidl_config :=
+current_aidl_config :=