diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index e6bd194..55fb418 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -1036,9 +1036,9 @@
   $(PRIVATE_RS_FLAGS) \
   $(foreach inc,$(PRIVATE_RS_INCLUDES),$(addprefix -I , $(inc))) \
   $(PRIVATE_RS_SOURCE_FILES)
+$(SOONG_ZIP) -o $@ -C $(PRIVATE_RS_OUTPUT_DIR)/src -D $(PRIVATE_RS_OUTPUT_DIR)/src
+$(SOONG_ZIP) -o $(PRIVATE_RS_OUTPUT_RES_ZIP) -C $(PRIVATE_RS_OUTPUT_DIR)/res -D $(PRIVATE_RS_OUTPUT_DIR)/res
 $(call _merge-renderscript-d,$(PRIVATE_DEP_FILES),$@.d)
-$(hide) mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-$(hide) touch $@
 endef
 
 define transform-bc-to-so
@@ -2212,8 +2212,6 @@
 fi
 $(if $(PRIVATE_HAS_PROTO_SOURCES), \
     $(hide) find $(PRIVATE_PROTO_SOURCE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR) -name '*.java' -and -not -name '.*' >> $(1))
-$(if $(PRIVATE_HAS_RS_SOURCES), \
-    $(hide) find $(PRIVATE_RS_SOURCE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR) -name '*.java' -and -not -name '.*' >> $(1))
 endef
 
 # Some historical notes:
diff --git a/core/java.mk b/core/java.mk
index 019a989..260eeeb 100644
--- a/core/java.mk
+++ b/core/java.mk
@@ -106,15 +106,16 @@
 ## .rs files: RenderScript sources to .java files and .bc files
 ###############################################################
 renderscript_sources := $(filter %.rs,$(LOCAL_SRC_FILES))
-# Because names of the java files from RenderScript are unknown until the
-# .rs file(s) are compiled, we have to depend on a timestamp file.
-RenderScript_file_stamp :=
-rs_generated_res_dir :=
+rs_generated_res_zip :=
+rs_generated_src_jar :=
 rs_compatibility_jni_libs :=
 ifneq ($(renderscript_sources),)
 renderscript_sources_fullpath := $(addprefix $(LOCAL_PATH)/, $(renderscript_sources))
-RenderScript_file_stamp := $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_SOURCE_DIR)/RenderScript.stamp
 renderscript_intermediate.COMMON := $(intermediates.COMMON)/renderscript
+rs_generated_res_zip := $(renderscript_intermediate.COMMON)/res.zip
+rs_generated_src_jar := $(renderscript_intermediate.COMMON)/rs.srcjar
+
+LOCAL_SRCJARS += $(rs_generated_src_jar)
 
 # Defaulting to an empty string uses the latest available platform SDK.
 renderscript_target_api :=
@@ -169,20 +170,20 @@
 bc_files := $(patsubst %.rs,%.bc, $(notdir $(renderscript_sources)))
 bc_dep_files := $(addprefix $(renderscript_intermediate.COMMON)/,$(patsubst %.bc,%.d,$(bc_files)))
 
-$(RenderScript_file_stamp): PRIVATE_RS_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_RENDERSCRIPT_INCLUDES)
-$(RenderScript_file_stamp): PRIVATE_RS_CC := $(LOCAL_RENDERSCRIPT_CC)
-$(RenderScript_file_stamp): PRIVATE_RS_FLAGS := $(renderscript_flags)
-$(RenderScript_file_stamp): PRIVATE_RS_SOURCE_FILES := $(renderscript_sources_fullpath)
-# By putting the generated java files into $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_SOURCE_DIR), they will be
-# automatically found by the java compiling function transform-java-to-classes.jar.
-$(RenderScript_file_stamp): PRIVATE_RS_OUTPUT_DIR := $(renderscript_intermediate.COMMON)
-$(RenderScript_file_stamp): PRIVATE_RS_TARGET_API := $(renderscript_target_api)
-$(RenderScript_file_stamp): PRIVATE_DEP_FILES := $(bc_dep_files)
-$(RenderScript_file_stamp): $(renderscript_sources_fullpath) $(LOCAL_RENDERSCRIPT_CC)
+$(rs_generated_src_jar): PRIVATE_RS_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_RENDERSCRIPT_INCLUDES)
+$(rs_generated_src_jar): PRIVATE_RS_CC := $(LOCAL_RENDERSCRIPT_CC)
+$(rs_generated_src_jar): PRIVATE_RS_FLAGS := $(renderscript_flags)
+$(rs_generated_src_jar): PRIVATE_RS_SOURCE_FILES := $(renderscript_sources_fullpath)
+$(rs_generated_src_jar): PRIVATE_RS_OUTPUT_DIR := $(renderscript_intermediate.COMMON)
+$(rs_generated_src_jar): PRIVATE_RS_TARGET_API := $(renderscript_target_api)
+$(rs_generated_src_jar): PRIVATE_DEP_FILES := $(bc_dep_files)
+$(rs_generated_src_jar): PRIVATE_RS_OUTPUT_RES_ZIP := $(rs_generated_res_zip)
+$(rs_generated_src_jar): .KATI_IMPLICIT_OUTPUTS := $(rs_generated_res_zip)
+$(rs_generated_src_jar): $(renderscript_sources_fullpath) $(LOCAL_RENDERSCRIPT_CC) $(SOONG_ZIP)
 	$(transform-renderscripts-to-java-and-bc)
 
 # include the dependency files (.d/.P) generated by llvm-rs-cc.
-$(call include-depfile,$(RenderScript_file_stamp).P,$(RenderScript_file_stamp))
+$(call include-depfile,$(rs_generated_src_jar).P,$(rs_generated_src_jar))
 
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_RENDERSCRIPT_COMPATIBILITY),)
 
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@
     $(renderscript_intermediate)/librs., \
     $(patsubst %.bc,%.so, $(bc_files)))
 
-$(rs_generated_bc) : $(RenderScript_file_stamp)
+$(rs_generated_src_jar): .KATI_IMPLICIT_OUTPUTS += $(rs_generated_bc)
 
 rs_support_lib := $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/libRSSupport.so
 LOCAL_JNI_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libRSSupport
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@
   my_min_sdk_version := $(MIN_SUPPORTED_SDK_VERSION)
 endif
 
-$(rs_compatibility_jni_libs): $(RenderScript_file_stamp) $(RS_PREBUILT_CLCORE) \
+$(rs_compatibility_jni_libs): $(RS_PREBUILT_CLCORE) \
     $(rs_support_lib) $(rs_support_io_lib) $(rs_jni_lib) $(rs_compiler_rt)
 $(rs_compatibility_jni_libs): $(BCC_COMPAT)
 $(rs_compatibility_jni_libs): PRIVATE_CXX := $(CXX_WRAPPER) $(TARGET_CXX)
@@ -248,10 +249,9 @@
 
 endif
 
-LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS += $(RenderScript_file_stamp)
+LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS += $(rs_generated_src_jar)
 # Make sure the generated resource will be added to the apk.
-rs_generated_res_dir := $(renderscript_intermediate.COMMON)/res
-LOCAL_RESOURCE_DIR := $(rs_generated_res_dir) $(LOCAL_RESOURCE_DIR)
+LOCAL_RESOURCE_DIR := $(renderscript_intermediate.COMMON)/res $(LOCAL_RESOURCE_DIR)
 endif
 
 
@@ -330,9 +330,6 @@
 
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/sdk_check.mk
 
-$(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_HAS_RS_SOURCES := $(if $(renderscript_sources),true)
-$(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_RS_SOURCE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR := $(intermediates.COMMON)/renderscript
-
 # Set the profile source so that the odex / profile code included from java.mk
 # can find it.
 #
@@ -399,7 +396,6 @@
 java_sources_deps := \
     $(java_sources) \
     $(java_resource_sources) \
-    $(RenderScript_file_stamp) \
     $(proto_java_sources_file_stamp) \
     $(LOCAL_SRCJARS) \
     $(LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES)
diff --git a/core/package_internal.mk b/core/package_internal.mk
index f9ed4ef..332ef22 100644
--- a/core/package_internal.mk
+++ b/core/package_internal.mk
@@ -405,8 +405,7 @@
 endif  # LOCAL_RENDERSCRIPT_TARGET_API is set
 ifneq (,$(renderscript_target_api))
 ifneq ($(call math_gt_or_eq,$(renderscript_target_api),21),true)
-my_generated_res_dirs := $(rs_generated_res_dir)
-my_generated_res_dirs_deps := $(RenderScript_file_stamp)
+my_generated_res_zips := $(rs_generated_res_zip)
 endif  # renderscript_target_api < 21
 endif  # renderscript_target_api is set
 my_asset_dirs := $(LOCAL_ASSET_DIR)
@@ -434,7 +433,7 @@
 			$(intermediates.COMMON)/public_resources.xml
 $(R_file_stamp): PRIVATE_PROGUARD_OPTIONS_FILE := $(proguard_options_file)
 $(R_file_stamp): PRIVATE_RESOURCE_LIST := $(all_res_assets)
-$(R_file_stamp): $(all_res_assets) $(full_android_manifest) $(RenderScript_file_stamp) $(AAPT) | $(ACP)
+$(R_file_stamp): $(all_res_assets) $(full_android_manifest) $(rs_generated_res_zip) $(AAPT) | $(ACP)
 	@echo "target R.java/Manifest.java: $(PRIVATE_MODULE) ($@)"
 	@rm -rf $@ && mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(create-resource-java-files)
diff --git a/core/static_java_library.mk b/core/static_java_library.mk
index 309f76b..617bbfe 100644
--- a/core/static_java_library.mk
+++ b/core/static_java_library.mk
@@ -174,15 +174,14 @@
 endif  # LOCAL_RENDERSCRIPT_TARGET_API is set
 ifneq (,$(renderscript_target_api))
 ifneq ($(call math_gt_or_eq,$(renderscript_target_api),21),true)
-my_generated_res_dirs := $(rs_generated_res_dir)
-my_generated_res_dirs_deps := $(RenderScript_file_stamp)
+my_generated_res_zips := $(rs_generated_res_zip)
 endif  # renderscript_target_api < 21
 endif  # renderscript_target_api is set
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/aapt2.mk
 $(my_res_package) : $(framework_res_package_export)
 else
 $(R_file_stamp): PRIVATE_RESOURCE_LIST := $(all_resources)
-$(R_file_stamp) : $(all_resources) $(full_android_manifest) $(AAPT) $(framework_res_package_export)
+$(R_file_stamp) : $(all_resources) $(full_android_manifest) $(AAPT) $(framework_res_package_export) $(rs_generated_res_zip)
 	@echo "target R.java/Manifest.java: $(PRIVATE_MODULE) ($@)"
 	$(create-resource-java-files)
 	$(hide) find $(PRIVATE_SOURCE_INTERMEDIATES_DIR) -name R.java | xargs cat > $@