diff --git a/android/deapexer.go b/android/deapexer.go
index de3f635..9290481 100644
--- a/android/deapexer.go
+++ b/android/deapexer.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 	// exported file name is the apex relative path, e.g. javalib/core-libart.jar.
 	//
 	// See Prebuilt.ApexInfoMutator for more information.
-	exports map[string]Path
+	exports map[string]WritablePath
 }
 
 // PrebuiltExportPath provides the path, or nil if not available, of a file exported from the
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 // The exported file is identified by the apex relative path, e.g. "javalib/core-libart.jar".
 //
 // See apex/deapexer.go for more information.
-func (i DeapexerInfo) PrebuiltExportPath(apexRelativePath string) Path {
+func (i DeapexerInfo) PrebuiltExportPath(apexRelativePath string) WritablePath {
 	path := i.exports[apexRelativePath]
 	return path
 }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 // for use with a prebuilt_apex module.
 //
 // See apex/deapexer.go for more information.
-func NewDeapexerInfo(exports map[string]Path) DeapexerInfo {
+func NewDeapexerInfo(exports map[string]WritablePath) DeapexerInfo {
 	return DeapexerInfo{
 		exports: exports,
 	}
diff --git a/apex/deapexer.go b/apex/deapexer.go
index c70da15..2c1835a 100644
--- a/apex/deapexer.go
+++ b/apex/deapexer.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 	// Create and remember the directory into which the .apex file's contents will be unpacked.
 	deapexerOutput := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "deapexer")
 
-	exports := make(map[string]android.Path)
+	exports := make(map[string]android.WritablePath)
 
 	// Create mappings from apex relative path to the extracted file's path.
 	exportedPaths := make(android.Paths, 0, len(exports))
diff --git a/apex/prebuilt.go b/apex/prebuilt.go
index c4794dc..4833a64 100644
--- a/apex/prebuilt.go
+++ b/apex/prebuilt.go
@@ -178,13 +178,19 @@
 			// If the exported java module provides a dex jar path then add it to the list of apexFiles.
 			path := child.(interface{ DexJarBuildPath() android.Path }).DexJarBuildPath()
 			if path != nil {
-				p.apexFilesForAndroidMk = append(p.apexFilesForAndroidMk, apexFile{
+				af := apexFile{
 					module:              child,
 					moduleDir:           ctx.OtherModuleDir(child),
 					androidMkModuleName: name,
 					builtFile:           path,
 					class:               javaSharedLib,
-				})
+				}
+				if module, ok := child.(java.DexpreopterInterface); ok {
+					for _, install := range module.DexpreoptBuiltInstalledForApex() {
+						af.requiredModuleNames = append(af.requiredModuleNames, install.FullModuleName())
+					}
+				}
+				p.apexFilesForAndroidMk = append(p.apexFilesForAndroidMk, af)
 			}
 		} else if tag == exportedBootclasspathFragmentTag {
 			// Visit the children of the bootclasspath_fragment.
@@ -195,6 +201,14 @@
 	})
 }
 
+func (p *prebuiltCommon) addRequiredModules(entries *android.AndroidMkEntries) {
+	for _, fi := range p.apexFilesForAndroidMk {
+		entries.AddStrings("LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES", fi.requiredModuleNames...)
+		entries.AddStrings("LOCAL_TARGET_REQUIRED_MODULES", fi.targetRequiredModuleNames...)
+		entries.AddStrings("LOCAL_HOST_REQUIRED_MODULES", fi.hostRequiredModuleNames...)
+	}
+}
+
 func (p *prebuiltCommon) AndroidMkEntries() []android.AndroidMkEntries {
 	entriesList := []android.AndroidMkEntries{
 		{
@@ -213,6 +227,7 @@
 					if len(postInstallCommands) > 0 {
 						entries.SetString("LOCAL_POST_INSTALL_CMD", strings.Join(postInstallCommands, " && "))
 					}
+					p.addRequiredModules(entries)
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/java/dexpreopt.go b/java/dexpreopt.go
index cdd42ed..b852615 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt.go
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if !android.IsModulePreferred(ctx.Module()) {
+		return true
+	}
+
 	// TODO: contains no java code
 
 	return false
diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index ce8f179..1d39071 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -1907,6 +1907,7 @@
 	android.SdkBase
 
 	hiddenAPI
+	dexpreopter
 
 	properties sdkLibraryImportProperties
 
@@ -2111,6 +2112,14 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func (module *SdkLibraryImport) AndroidMkEntries() []android.AndroidMkEntries {
+	// For an SDK library imported from a prebuilt APEX, we don't need a Make module for itself, as we
+	// don't need to install it. However, we need to add its dexpreopt outputs as sub-modules, if it
+	// is preopted.
+	dexpreoptEntries := module.dexpreopter.AndroidMkEntriesForApex()
+	return append(dexpreoptEntries, android.AndroidMkEntries{Disabled: true})
+}
+
 var _ android.ApexModule = (*SdkLibraryImport)(nil)
 
 // Implements android.ApexModule
@@ -2208,8 +2217,16 @@
 			di := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(deapexerModule, android.DeapexerProvider).(android.DeapexerInfo)
 			if dexOutputPath := di.PrebuiltExportPath(apexRootRelativePathToJavaLib(module.BaseModuleName())); dexOutputPath != nil {
 				module.dexJarFile = dexOutputPath
-				module.installFile = android.PathForModuleInPartitionInstall(ctx, "apex", ai.ApexVariationName, apexRootRelativePathToJavaLib(module.BaseModuleName()))
+				installPath := android.PathForModuleInPartitionInstall(
+					ctx, "apex", ai.ApexVariationName, apexRootRelativePathToJavaLib(module.BaseModuleName()))
+				module.installFile = installPath
 				module.initHiddenAPI(ctx, dexOutputPath, module.findScopePaths(apiScopePublic).stubsImplPath[0], nil)
+
+				// Dexpreopting.
+				module.dexpreopter.installPath = module.dexpreopter.getInstallPath(ctx, installPath)
+				module.dexpreopter.isSDKLibrary = true
+				module.dexpreopter.uncompressedDex = shouldUncompressDex(ctx, &module.dexpreopter)
+				module.dexpreopt(ctx, dexOutputPath)
 			} else {
 				// This should never happen as a variant for a prebuilt_apex is only created if the
 				// prebuilt_apex has been configured to export the java library dex file.
@@ -2328,6 +2345,11 @@
 	}
 }
 
+// to satisfy java.DexpreopterInterface interface
+func (module *SdkLibraryImport) IsInstallable() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
 var _ android.RequiredFilesFromPrebuiltApex = (*SdkLibraryImport)(nil)
 
 func (module *SdkLibraryImport) RequiredFilesFromPrebuiltApex(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) []string {
diff --git a/java/sdk_library_test.go b/java/sdk_library_test.go
index 938bb28..d6c0946 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library_test.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library_test.go
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@
 	}
 
 	CheckModuleDependencies(t, result.TestContext, "sdklib", "android_common", []string{
+		`dex2oatd`,
 		`prebuilt_sdklib.stubs`,
 		`prebuilt_sdklib.stubs.source.test`,
 		`prebuilt_sdklib.stubs.system`,
@@ -674,7 +675,6 @@
 		`)
 
 	CheckModuleDependencies(t, result.TestContext, "sdklib", "android_common", []string{
-		`dex2oatd`,
 		`prebuilt_sdklib`,
 		`sdklib.impl`,
 		`sdklib.stubs`,
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@
 	})
 
 	CheckModuleDependencies(t, result.TestContext, "prebuilt_sdklib", "android_common", []string{
+		`dex2oatd`,
 		`prebuilt_sdklib.stubs`,
 		`sdklib.impl`,
 		`sdklib.xml`,