diff --git a/java/androidmk.go b/java/androidmk.go
index 62cf169..e73b030 100644
--- a/java/androidmk.go
+++ b/java/androidmk.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 	} else {
 		mainEntries = android.AndroidMkEntries{
 			Class:      "JAVA_LIBRARIES",
-			DistFile:   android.OptionalPathForPath(library.distFile),
+			DistFiles:  library.distFiles,
 			OutputFile: android.OptionalPathForPath(library.outputFile),
 			Include:    "$(BUILD_SYSTEM)/soong_java_prebuilt.mk",
 			ExtraEntries: []android.AndroidMkExtraEntriesFunc{
@@ -550,14 +550,14 @@
 	// needed because an invalid output file would prevent the make entries from
 	// being written.
 	// TODO(b/146727827): Revert when we do not need to generate stubs and API separately.
-	distFile := android.OptionalPathForPath(dstubs.apiFile)
+	distFile := dstubs.apiFile
 	outputFile := android.OptionalPathForPath(dstubs.stubsSrcJar)
 	if !outputFile.Valid() {
-		outputFile = distFile
+		outputFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(distFile)
 	}
 	return []android.AndroidMkEntries{android.AndroidMkEntries{
 		Class:      "JAVA_LIBRARIES",
-		DistFile:   distFile,
+		DistFiles:  android.MakeDefaultDistFiles(distFile),
 		OutputFile: outputFile,
 		Include:    "$(BUILD_SYSTEM)/soong_droiddoc_prebuilt.mk",
 		ExtraEntries: []android.AndroidMkExtraEntriesFunc{
diff --git a/java/androidmk_test.go b/java/androidmk_test.go
index d471fb7..075b7aa 100644
--- a/java/androidmk_test.go
+++ b/java/androidmk_test.go
@@ -156,17 +156,158 @@
 		}
 	`)
 
-	without_tag_entries := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, config, "", ctx.ModuleForTests("foo_without_tag", "android_common").Module())
-	with_tag_entries := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, config, "", ctx.ModuleForTests("foo_with_tag", "android_common").Module())
+	withoutTagEntries := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, config, "", ctx.ModuleForTests("foo_without_tag", "android_common").Module())
+	withTagEntries := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, config, "", ctx.ModuleForTests("foo_with_tag", "android_common").Module())
 
-	if len(without_tag_entries) != 2 || len(with_tag_entries) != 2 {
-		t.Errorf("two mk entries per module expected, got %d and %d", len(without_tag_entries), len(with_tag_entries))
+	if len(withoutTagEntries) != 2 || len(withTagEntries) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("two mk entries per module expected, got %d and %d", len(withoutTagEntries), len(withTagEntries))
 	}
-	if !with_tag_entries[0].DistFile.Valid() || !strings.Contains(with_tag_entries[0].DistFile.String(), "/javac/foo_with_tag.jar") {
-		t.Errorf("expected classes.jar DistFile, got %v", with_tag_entries[0].DistFile)
+	if len(withTagEntries[0].DistFiles[".jar"]) != 1 ||
+		!strings.Contains(withTagEntries[0].DistFiles[".jar"][0].String(), "/javac/foo_with_tag.jar") {
+		t.Errorf("expected DistFiles to contain classes.jar, got %v", withTagEntries[0].DistFiles)
 	}
-	if without_tag_entries[0].DistFile.Valid() {
-		t.Errorf("did not expect explicit DistFile, got %v", without_tag_entries[0].DistFile)
+	if len(withoutTagEntries[0].DistFiles[".jar"]) > 0 {
+		t.Errorf("did not expect explicit DistFile for .jar tag, got %v", withoutTagEntries[0].DistFiles[".jar"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDistWithDest(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, config := testJava(t, `
+		java_library {
+			name: "foo",
+			srcs: ["a.java"],
+			compile_dex: true,
+			dist: {
+				targets: ["my_goal"],
+				dest: "my/custom/dest/dir",
+			},
+		}
+	`)
+
+	module := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").Module()
+	entries := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, config, "", module)
+	if len(entries) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 2 AndroidMk entries, got %d", len(entries))
+	}
+
+	distStrings := entries[0].GetDistForGoals(module)
+
+	if len(distStrings) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 2 entries for dist: PHONY and dist-for-goals, but got %q", distStrings)
+	}
+
+	if distStrings[0] != ".PHONY: my_goal\n" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected .PHONY entry to declare my_goal, but got: %s", distStrings[0])
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(distStrings[1], "$(call dist-for-goals,my_goal") ||
+		!strings.Contains(distStrings[1], ".intermediates/foo/android_common/dex/foo.jar:my/custom/dest/dir") {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"Expected dist-for-goals entry to contain my_goal and new dest dir, but got: %s", distStrings[1])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDistsWithAllProperties(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, config := testJava(t, `
+		java_library {
+			name: "foo",
+			srcs: ["a.java"],
+			compile_dex: true,
+			dist: {
+				targets: ["baz"],
+			},
+			dists: [
+				{
+					targets: ["bar"],
+					tag: ".jar",
+					dest: "bar.jar",
+					dir: "bar/dir",
+					suffix: ".qux",
+				},
+			]
+		}
+	`)
+
+	module := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").Module()
+	entries := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, config, "", module)
+	if len(entries) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 2 AndroidMk entries, got %d", len(entries))
+	}
+
+	distStrings := entries[0].GetDistForGoals(module)
+
+	if len(distStrings) != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 4 entries for dist: PHONY and dist-for-goals, but got %d", len(distStrings))
+	}
+
+	if distStrings[0] != ".PHONY: bar\n" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected .PHONY entry to declare bar, but got: %s", distStrings[0])
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(distStrings[1], "$(call dist-for-goals,bar") ||
+		!strings.Contains(
+			distStrings[1],
+			".intermediates/foo/android_common/javac/foo.jar:bar/dir/bar.qux.jar") {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"Expected dist-for-goals entry to contain bar and new dest dir, but got: %s", distStrings[1])
+	}
+
+	if distStrings[2] != ".PHONY: baz\n" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected .PHONY entry to declare baz, but got: %s", distStrings[2])
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(distStrings[3], "$(call dist-for-goals,baz") ||
+		!strings.Contains(distStrings[3], ".intermediates/foo/android_common/dex/foo.jar:foo.jar") {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"Expected dist-for-goals entry to contain my_other_goal and new dest dir, but got: %s",
+			distStrings[3])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDistsWithTag(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, config := testJava(t, `
+		java_library {
+			name: "foo_without_tag",
+			srcs: ["a.java"],
+			compile_dex: true,
+			dists: [
+				{
+					targets: ["hi"],
+				},
+			],
+		}
+		java_library {
+			name: "foo_with_tag",
+			srcs: ["a.java"],
+			compile_dex: true,
+			dists: [
+				{
+					targets: ["hi"],
+					tag: ".jar",
+				},
+			],
+		}
+	`)
+
+	moduleWithoutTag := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo_without_tag", "android_common").Module()
+	moduleWithTag := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo_with_tag", "android_common").Module()
+
+	withoutTagEntries := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, config, "", moduleWithoutTag)
+	withTagEntries := android.AndroidMkEntriesForTest(t, config, "", moduleWithTag)
+
+	if len(withoutTagEntries) != 2 || len(withTagEntries) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("two mk entries per module expected, got %d and %d", len(withoutTagEntries), len(withTagEntries))
+	}
+
+	distFilesWithoutTag := withoutTagEntries[0].DistFiles
+	distFilesWithTag := withTagEntries[0].DistFiles
+
+	if len(distFilesWithTag[".jar"]) != 1 ||
+		!strings.Contains(distFilesWithTag[".jar"][0].String(), "/javac/foo_with_tag.jar") {
+		t.Errorf("expected foo_with_tag's .jar-tagged DistFiles to contain classes.jar, got %v", distFilesWithTag[".jar"])
+	}
+	if len(distFilesWithoutTag[".jar"]) > 0 {
+		t.Errorf("did not expect foo_without_tag's .jar-tagged DistFiles to contain files, but got %v", distFilesWithoutTag[".jar"])
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 5b31630..0a8eb99 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
 	// list of the xref extraction files
 	kytheFiles android.Paths
 
-	distFile android.Path
+	distFiles android.TaggedDistFiles
 
 	// Collect the module directory for IDE info in java/jdeps.go.
 	modulePaths []string
@@ -1921,18 +1921,9 @@
 // Java libraries (.jar file)
 //
 
-type LibraryProperties struct {
-	Dist struct {
-		// The tag of the output of this module that should be output.
-		Tag *string `android:"arch_variant"`
-	} `android:"arch_variant"`
-}
-
 type Library struct {
 	Module
 
-	libraryProperties LibraryProperties
-
 	InstallMixin func(ctx android.ModuleContext, installPath android.Path) (extraInstallDeps android.Paths)
 }
 
@@ -1994,14 +1985,7 @@
 			j.Stem()+".jar", j.outputFile, extraInstallDeps...)
 	}
 
-	// Verify Dist.Tag is set to a supported output
-	if j.libraryProperties.Dist.Tag != nil {
-		distFiles, err := j.OutputFiles(*j.libraryProperties.Dist.Tag)
-		if err != nil {
-			ctx.PropertyErrorf("dist.tag", "%s", err.Error())
-		}
-		j.distFile = distFiles[0]
-	}
+	j.distFiles = j.GenerateTaggedDistFiles(ctx)
 }
 
 func (j *Library) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
@@ -2119,7 +2103,6 @@
 	module := &Library{}
 
 	module.addHostAndDeviceProperties()
-	module.AddProperties(&module.libraryProperties)
 
 	module.initModuleAndImport(&module.ModuleBase)