diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 3726435..bab77c5 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@
 	resDeps = append(resDeps, fileDeps...)
 
 	if proptools.Bool(j.properties.Include_srcs) {
-		srcArgs, srcDeps := ResourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Srcs, j.properties.Exclude_srcs)
+		srcArgs, srcDeps := SourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Srcs, j.properties.Exclude_srcs)
 		resArgs = append(resArgs, srcArgs...)
 		resDeps = append(resDeps, srcDeps...)
 	}
diff --git a/java/resources.go b/java/resources.go
index 85ebd52..d552428 100644
--- a/java/resources.go
+++ b/java/resources.go
@@ -75,8 +75,27 @@
 	return args, deps
 }
 
+// Convert java_resources properties to arguments to soong_zip -jar, ignoring common patterns
+// that should not be treated as resources (including *.java).
 func ResourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx android.ModuleContext,
 	res, exclude []string) (args []string, deps android.Paths) {
+
+	exclude = append([]string(nil), exclude...)
+	exclude = append(exclude, resourceExcludes...)
+	return resourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, res, exclude)
+}
+
+// Convert java_resources properties to arguments to soong_zip -jar, keeping files that should
+// normally not used as resources like *.java
+func SourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx android.ModuleContext,
+	res, exclude []string) (args []string, deps android.Paths) {
+
+	return resourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, res, exclude)
+}
+
+func resourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx android.ModuleContext,
+	res, exclude []string) (args []string, deps android.Paths) {
+
 	files := ctx.ExpandSources(res, exclude)
 
 	for _, f := range files {