diff --git a/core/product.mk b/core/product.mk
index 683c429..503b44f 100644
--- a/core/product.mk
+++ b/core/product.mk
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@
 _product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_DEX_PREOPT_RESOLVE_STARTUP_STRINGS
 
 # Boot image options.
+_product_list_vars += PRODUCT_DEX_PREOPT_BOOT_IMAGE_PROFILE_LOCATION
 _product_single_value_vars += \
     PRODUCT_EXPORT_BOOT_IMAGE_TO_DIST \
     PRODUCT_USE_PROFILE_FOR_BOOT_IMAGE \
-    PRODUCT_DEX_PREOPT_BOOT_IMAGE_PROFILE_LOCATION \
     PRODUCT_USES_DEFAULT_ART_CONFIG \
 
 _product_single_value_vars += PRODUCT_SYSTEM_SERVER_COMPILER_FILTER
diff --git a/target/product/default_art_config.mk b/target/product/default_art_config.mk
index 071edbf..e988d00 100644
--- a/target/product/default_art_config.mk
+++ b/target/product/default_art_config.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+# This file contains product config for the ART module that is common for
+# platform and unbundled builds.
+
 ifeq ($(ART_APEX_JARS),)
   $(error ART_APEX_JARS is empty; cannot initialize PRODUCT_BOOT_JARS variable)
 endif
@@ -69,6 +72,8 @@
     com.android.media:service-media-s \
     com.android.permission:service-permission \
 
+PRODUCT_DEX_PREOPT_BOOT_IMAGE_PROFILE_LOCATION += art/build/boot/boot-image-profile.txt
+
 # Minimal configuration for running dex2oat (default argument values).
 # PRODUCT_USES_DEFAULT_ART_CONFIG must be true to enable boot image compilation.
 PRODUCT_USES_DEFAULT_ART_CONFIG := true
diff --git a/target/product/runtime_libart.mk b/target/product/runtime_libart.mk
index 43fb8fc..ee63757 100644
--- a/target/product/runtime_libart.mk
+++ b/target/product/runtime_libart.mk
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@
 PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \
     hiddenapi-package-whitelist.xml \
 
+ifeq (,$(TARGET_BUILD_UNBUNDLED))
+  # Don't depend on the framework boot image profile in unbundled builds where
+  # frameworks/base may not be present.
+  # TODO(b/179900989): We may not need this check once we stop using full
+  # platform products on the thin ART manifest branch.
+  PRODUCT_DEX_PREOPT_BOOT_IMAGE_PROFILE_LOCATION += frameworks/base/boot/boot-image-profile.txt
+endif
+
 # The dalvik.vm.dexopt.thermal-cutoff property must contain one of the values
 # listed here:
 #