diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index e516891..62767f4 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package java
 
 import (
+	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -2492,6 +2493,8 @@
 
 func init() {
 	android.SetJarJarPrefixHandler(mergeJarJarPrefixes)
+
+	gob.Register(BaseJarJarProviderData{})
 }
 
 // BaseJarJarProviderData contains information that will propagate across dependencies regardless of