diff --git a/apex/androidmk.go b/apex/androidmk.go
index da38c2a..6c76ad3f 100644
--- a/apex/androidmk.go
+++ b/apex/androidmk.go
@@ -360,7 +360,11 @@
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := ETC") // do we need a new class?
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_PREBUILT_MODULE_FILE :=", a.outputFile.String())
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_PATH :=", a.installDir.ToMakePath().String())
-				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_STEM :=", name+apexType.suffix())
+				stemSuffix := apexType.suffix()
+				if a.isCompressed {
+					stemSuffix = ".capex"
+				}
+				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_MODULE_STEM :=", name+stemSuffix)
 				fmt.Fprintln(w, "LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE :=", !a.installable())
 
 				// Because apex writes .mk with Custom(), we need to write manually some common properties