diff --git a/core/base_rules.mk b/core/base_rules.mk
index 6722af4..6fc2935 100644
--- a/core/base_rules.mk
+++ b/core/base_rules.mk
@@ -210,7 +210,10 @@
   # Apk and its attachments reside in its own subdir.
   ifeq ($(LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS),APPS)
   # framework-res.apk doesn't like the additional layer.
-  ifneq ($(LOCAL_NO_STANDARD_LIBRARIES),true)
+  ifeq ($(LOCAL_NO_STANDARD_LIBRARIES),true)
+  # Neither do Runtime Resource Overlay apks, which contain just the overlaid resources.
+  else ifeq ($(LOCAL_IS_RUNTIME_RESOURCE_OVERLAY),true)
+  else
     my_module_path := $(my_module_path)/$(LOCAL_MODULE)
   endif
   endif
diff --git a/core/build_rro_package.mk b/core/build_rro_package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24cd9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/build_rro_package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#########################################################################
+## Standard rules for installing runtime resouce overlay APKs.
+##
+## Set LOCAL_RRO_SKU to the SKU name if the package should apply only to
+## a particular SKU as set by ro.boot.vendor.overlay.sku system property.
+##
+#########################################################################
+
+LOCAL_IS_RUNTIME_RESOURCE_OVERLAY := true
+
+ifneq ($(LOCAL_SRC_FILES),)
+  $(error runtime resource overlay package should not contain sources)
+endif
+
+ifeq (S(LOCAL_RRO_SKU),)
+  LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(TARGET_OUT_VENDOR)/overlay
+else
+  LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(TARGET_OUT_VENDOR)/overlay/$(LOCAL_RRO_SKU)
+endif
+
+include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/package.mk
+
diff --git a/core/clear_vars.mk b/core/clear_vars.mk
index 5886610..fdaa624 100644
--- a/core/clear_vars.mk
+++ b/core/clear_vars.mk
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@
 LOCAL_INIT_RC_32:=
 LOCAL_INIT_RC_64:=
 LOCAL_JAVA_LANGUAGE_VERSION:=
+LOCAL_IS_RUNTIME_RESOURCE_OVERLAY:=
+LOCAL_RRO_SKU:=
 
 # Trim MAKEFILE_LIST so that $(call my-dir) doesn't need to
 # iterate over thousands of entries every time.
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 94c880f..6152060 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 BUILD_HOST_EXECUTABLE:= $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/host_executable.mk
 BUILD_PACKAGE:= $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/package.mk
 BUILD_PHONY_PACKAGE:= $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/phony_package.mk
+BUILD_RRO_PACKAGE:= $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/build_rro_package.mk
 BUILD_HOST_PREBUILT:= $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/host_prebuilt.mk
 BUILD_PREBUILT:= $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/prebuilt.mk
 BUILD_MULTI_PREBUILT:= $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/multi_prebuilt.mk