diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 06ba44d..dbb755b 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@
 	// list of directories that should be excluded from java_resource_dirs
 	Exclude_java_resource_dirs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
+	// list of files to use as Java resources
+	Java_resources []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
+	// list of files that should be excluded from java_resources
+	Exclude_java_resources []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
 	// don't build against the default libraries (legacy-test, core-junit,
 	// ext, and framework for device targets)
 	No_standard_libs *bool
@@ -100,6 +106,9 @@
 	// If set to false, don't allow this module to be installed.  Defaults to true.
 	Installable *bool
 
+	// If set to true, include sources used to compile the module in to the final jar
+	Include_srcs *bool
+
 	// List of modules to use as annotation processors
 	Annotation_processors []string
 
@@ -275,6 +284,7 @@
 	ctx.AddDependency(ctx.Module(), libTag, j.properties.Annotation_processors...)
 
 	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, j.properties.Srcs)
+	android.ExtractSourcesDeps(ctx, j.properties.Java_resources)
 }
 
 func (j *Module) aidlFlags(ctx android.ModuleContext, aidlPreprocess android.OptionalPath,
@@ -426,7 +436,23 @@
 		jars = append(jars, classes)
 	}
 
-	resArgs, resDeps := ResourceDirsToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Java_resource_dirs, j.properties.Exclude_java_resource_dirs)
+	dirArgs, dirDeps := ResourceDirsToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Java_resource_dirs, j.properties.Exclude_java_resource_dirs)
+	fileArgs, fileDeps := ResourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Java_resources, j.properties.Exclude_java_resources)
+
+	var resArgs []string
+	var resDeps android.Paths
+
+	resArgs = append(resArgs, dirArgs...)
+	resDeps = append(resDeps, dirDeps...)
+
+	resArgs = append(resArgs, fileArgs...)
+	resDeps = append(resDeps, fileDeps...)
+
+	if proptools.Bool(j.properties.Include_srcs) {
+		srcArgs, srcDeps := ResourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Srcs, j.properties.Exclude_srcs)
+		resArgs = append(resArgs, srcArgs...)
+		resDeps = append(resDeps, srcDeps...)
+	}
 
 	if len(resArgs) > 0 {
 		// Combine classes + resources into classes-full-debug.jar
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index a757a9f..7154f5e 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"android/soong/android"
+	"android/soong/genrule"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("java_library_host", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(LibraryHostFactory))
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("java_import", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(ImportFactory))
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("java_defaults", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(defaultsFactory))
+	ctx.RegisterModuleType("filegroup", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(genrule.FileGroupFactory))
 	ctx.PreArchMutators(android.RegisterPrebuiltsPreArchMutators)
 	ctx.PreArchMutators(android.RegisterPrebuiltsPostDepsMutators)
 	ctx.PreArchMutators(android.RegisterDefaultsPreArchMutators)
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@
 		"c.java":     nil,
 		"a.jar":      nil,
 		"b.jar":      nil,
+		"res/a":      nil,
+		"res/b":      nil,
 		"prebuilts/sdk/14/android.jar":    nil,
 		"prebuilts/sdk/14/framework.aidl": nil,
 	})
@@ -360,6 +364,76 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func TestResources(t *testing.T) {
+	var table = []struct {
+		name  string
+		prop  string
+		extra string
+		args  string
+	}{
+		{
+			// Test that a module with java_resource_dirs includes a file list file
+			name: "resource dirs",
+			prop: `java_resource_dirs: ["res"]`,
+			args: "-C res -l ",
+		},
+		{
+			// Test that a module with java_resources includes the files
+			name: "resource files",
+			prop: `java_resources: ["res/a", "res/b"]`,
+			args: "-C . -f res/a -C . -f res/b",
+		},
+		{
+			// Test that a module with a filegroup in java_resources includes the files with the
+			// path prefix
+			name: "resource filegroup",
+			prop: `java_resources: [":foo-res"]`,
+			extra: `
+				filegroup {
+					name: "foo-res",
+					path: "res",
+					srcs: ["res/a", "res/b"],
+				}`,
+			args: "-C res -f res/a -C res -f res/b",
+		},
+		{
+			// Test that a module with "include_srcs: true" includes its source files in the resources jar
+			name: "include sources",
+			prop: `include_srcs: true`,
+			args: "-C . -f a.java -C . -f b.java -C . -f c.java",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range table {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ctx := testJava(t, `
+				java_library {
+					name: "foo",
+					srcs: [
+						"a.java",
+						"b.java",
+						"c.java",
+					],
+					`+test.prop+`,
+				}
+			`+test.extra)
+
+			foo := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").Output("classes.jar")
+			fooRes := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").Output("res.jar")
+
+			if !inList(fooRes.Output.String(), foo.Inputs.Strings()) {
+				t.Errorf("foo combined jars %v does not contain %q",
+					foo.Inputs.Strings(), fooRes.Output.String())
+			}
+
+			if !strings.Contains(fooRes.Args["jarArgs"], test.args) {
+				t.Errorf("foo resource jar args %q does not contain %q",
+					fooRes.Args["jarArgs"], test.args)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func fail(t *testing.T, errs []error) {
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		for _, err := range errs {
diff --git a/java/resources.go b/java/resources.go
index 4969d48..9f5e5e0 100644
--- a/java/resources.go
+++ b/java/resources.go
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 package java
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/bootstrap"
 
@@ -71,3 +73,20 @@
 
 	return args, deps
 }
+
+func ResourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx android.ModuleContext,
+	res, exclude []string) (args []string, deps android.Paths) {
+	files := ctx.ExpandSources(res, exclude)
+
+	for _, f := range files {
+		rel := f.Rel()
+		path := f.String()
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(path, rel) {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("path %q does not end with %q", path, rel))
+		}
+		path = filepath.Clean(strings.TrimSuffix(path, rel))
+		args = append(args, "-C", filepath.Clean(path), "-f", f.String())
+	}
+
+	return args, files
+}