diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index c17b4eb..1d3110d 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -285,12 +285,15 @@
 
 event_log_tags_file := $(TARGET_OUT)/etc/event-log-tags
 
-# Include tags from all packages included in this product.
+# Include tags from all packages included in this product, plus all
+# tags that are part of the system (ie, not in a vendor/ or device/
+# directory).
 event_log_tags_src := \
     $(sort $(foreach m,\
       $(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_PACKAGES) \
       $(call module-names-for-tag-list,user), \
-      $(ALL_MODULES.$(m).EVENT_LOG_TAGS)))
+      $(ALL_MODULES.$(m).EVENT_LOG_TAGS)) \
+      $(filter-out vendor/% device/% out/%,$(all_event_log_tags_src)))
 
 $(event_log_tags_file): PRIVATE_SRC_FILES := $(event_log_tags_src)
 $(event_log_tags_file): PRIVATE_MERGED_FILE := $(all_event_log_tags_file)
diff --git a/tools/releasetools/common.py b/tools/releasetools/common.py
index b182088..bcfacb2 100644
--- a/tools/releasetools/common.py
+++ b/tools/releasetools/common.py
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
   else:
     sign_name = output_name
 
-  cmd = ["java", "-Xmx512m", "-jar",
+  cmd = ["java", "-Xmx2048m", "-jar",
            os.path.join(OPTIONS.search_path, "framework", "signapk.jar")]
   if whole_file:
     cmd.append("-w")