diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index 5b1daa4..21ee34e 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -586,10 +586,16 @@
 	}
 	a.onDeviceDir = android.InstallPathToOnDevicePath(ctx, a.installDir)
 
-	noticeFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "NOTICE", "NOTICE.html.gz")
-	android.BuildNoticeHtmlOutputFromLicenseMetadata(ctx, noticeFile)
 	if Bool(a.appProperties.Embed_notices) || ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("ALWAYS_EMBED_NOTICES") {
-		a.aapt.noticeFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(noticeFile)
+		noticeFile := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "NOTICE.html.gz")
+		android.BuildNoticeHtmlOutputFromLicenseMetadata(ctx, noticeFile)
+		noticeAssetPath := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "NOTICE", "NOTICE.html.gz")
+		builder := android.NewRuleBuilder(pctx, ctx)
+		builder.Command().Text("cp").
+			Input(noticeFile).
+			Output(noticeAssetPath)
+		builder.Build("notice_dir", "Building notice dir")
+		a.aapt.noticeFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(noticeAssetPath)
 	}
 
 	a.classLoaderContexts = a.usesLibrary.classLoaderContextForUsesLibDeps(ctx)