diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index 2daa958..26aeac2 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@
     srcs: [
         "java/aapt2.go",
         "java/aar.go",
+        "java/android_manifest.go",
         "java/android_resources.go",
         "java/androidmk.go",
         "java/app_builder.go",
diff --git a/android/makevars.go b/android/makevars.go
index 3094a48..accc4d3 100644
--- a/android/makevars.go
+++ b/android/makevars.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 )
@@ -240,8 +241,16 @@
 	return c.ctx
 }
 
+var ninjaDescaper = strings.NewReplacer("$$", "$")
+
 func (c *makeVarsContext) Eval(ninjaStr string) (string, error) {
-	return c.ctx.Eval(c.pctx, ninjaStr)
+	s, err := c.ctx.Eval(c.pctx, ninjaStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	// SingletonContext.Eval returns an exapnded string that is valid for a ninja file, de-escape $$ to $ for use
+	// in a Makefile
+	return ninjaDescaper.Replace(s), nil
 }
 
 func (c *makeVarsContext) addVariableRaw(name, value string, strict, sort bool) {
diff --git a/android/variable.go b/android/variable.go
index 4cd5313..5edcdbc 100644
--- a/android/variable.go
+++ b/android/variable.go
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
 		Eng struct {
 			Cflags   []string
 			Cppflags []string
+			Lto      struct {
+				Never *bool
+			}
 		}
 
 		Pdk struct {
diff --git a/java/aar.go b/java/aar.go
index 91e2f7f..0cfc585 100644
--- a/java/aar.go
+++ b/java/aar.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 	ExportPackage() android.Path
 	ExportedProguardFlagFiles() android.Paths
 	ExportedStaticPackages() android.Paths
+	ExportedManifest() android.Path
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -74,8 +75,8 @@
 	return a.exportPackage
 }
 
-func (a *aapt) aapt2Flags(ctx android.ModuleContext, sdkContext sdkContext) (flags []string, deps android.Paths,
-	resDirs, overlayDirs []globbedResourceDir, overlayFiles, rroDirs android.Paths, manifestPath android.Path) {
+func (a *aapt) aapt2Flags(ctx android.ModuleContext, sdkContext sdkContext, manifestPath android.Path) (flags []string,
+	deps android.Paths, resDirs, overlayDirs []globbedResourceDir, rroDirs android.Paths) {
 
 	hasVersionCode := false
 	hasVersionName := false
@@ -116,21 +117,12 @@
 		assetFiles = append(assetFiles, androidResourceGlob(ctx, dir)...)
 	}
 
-	// App manifest file
-	manifestFile := proptools.StringDefault(a.aaptProperties.Manifest, "AndroidManifest.xml")
-	manifestPath = android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx, manifestFile)
 	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, "--manifest "+manifestPath.String())
 	linkDeps = append(linkDeps, manifestPath)
 
 	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, android.JoinWithPrefix(assetDirs.Strings(), "-A "))
 	linkDeps = append(linkDeps, assetFiles...)
 
-	transitiveStaticLibs, libDeps, libFlags := aaptLibs(ctx, sdkContext)
-
-	overlayFiles = append(overlayFiles, transitiveStaticLibs...)
-	linkDeps = append(linkDeps, libDeps...)
-	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, libFlags...)
-
 	// SDK version flags
 	minSdkVersion := sdkVersionOrDefault(ctx, sdkContext.minSdkVersion())
 
@@ -156,7 +148,7 @@
 		linkFlags = append(linkFlags, "--version-name ", versionName)
 	}
 
-	return linkFlags, linkDeps, resDirs, overlayDirs, overlayFiles, rroDirs, manifestPath
+	return linkFlags, linkDeps, resDirs, overlayDirs, rroDirs
 }
 
 func (a *aapt) deps(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, sdkContext sdkContext) {
@@ -169,8 +161,18 @@
 }
 
 func (a *aapt) buildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext, sdkContext sdkContext, extraLinkFlags ...string) {
-	linkFlags, linkDeps, resDirs, overlayDirs, overlayFiles, rroDirs, manifestPath := a.aapt2Flags(ctx, sdkContext)
+	transitiveStaticLibs, staticLibManifests, libDeps, libFlags := aaptLibs(ctx, sdkContext)
 
+	// App manifest file
+	manifestFile := proptools.StringDefault(a.aaptProperties.Manifest, "AndroidManifest.xml")
+	manifestSrcPath := android.PathForModuleSrc(ctx, manifestFile)
+
+	manifestPath := manifestMerger(ctx, manifestSrcPath, sdkContext, staticLibManifests)
+
+	linkFlags, linkDeps, resDirs, overlayDirs, rroDirs := a.aapt2Flags(ctx, sdkContext, manifestPath)
+
+	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, libFlags...)
+	linkDeps = append(linkDeps, libDeps...)
 	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, extraLinkFlags...)
 
 	packageRes := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "package-res.apk")
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@
 		compiledOverlay = append(compiledOverlay, aapt2Compile(ctx, dir.dir, dir.files).Paths()...)
 	}
 
-	compiledOverlay = append(compiledOverlay, overlayFiles...)
+	compiledOverlay = append(compiledOverlay, transitiveStaticLibs...)
 
 	aapt2Link(ctx, packageRes, srcJar, proguardOptionsFile, rTxt, extraPackages,
 		linkFlags, linkDeps, compiledRes, compiledOverlay)
@@ -203,8 +205,8 @@
 }
 
 // aaptLibs collects libraries from dependencies and sdk_version and converts them into paths
-func aaptLibs(ctx android.ModuleContext, sdkContext sdkContext) (transitiveStaticLibs, deps android.Paths,
-	flags []string) {
+func aaptLibs(ctx android.ModuleContext, sdkContext sdkContext) (transitiveStaticLibs, staticLibManifests,
+	deps android.Paths, flags []string) {
 
 	var sharedLibs android.Paths
 
@@ -229,6 +231,7 @@
 			if exportPackage != nil {
 				transitiveStaticLibs = append(transitiveStaticLibs, exportPackage)
 				transitiveStaticLibs = append(transitiveStaticLibs, aarDep.ExportedStaticPackages()...)
+				staticLibManifests = append(staticLibManifests, aarDep.ExportedManifest())
 			}
 		}
 	})
@@ -246,7 +249,7 @@
 
 	transitiveStaticLibs = android.FirstUniquePaths(transitiveStaticLibs)
 
-	return transitiveStaticLibs, deps, flags
+	return transitiveStaticLibs, staticLibManifests, deps, flags
 }
 
 type AndroidLibrary struct {
@@ -269,6 +272,10 @@
 	return a.exportedStaticPackages
 }
 
+func (a *AndroidLibrary) ExportedManifest() android.Path {
+	return a.manifestPath
+}
+
 var _ AndroidLibraryDependency = (*AndroidLibrary)(nil)
 
 func (a *AndroidLibrary) DepsMutator(ctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
@@ -382,6 +389,10 @@
 	return a.exportedStaticPackages
 }
 
+func (a *AARImport) ExportedManifest() android.Path {
+	return a.manifest
+}
+
 func (a *AARImport) Prebuilt() *android.Prebuilt {
 	return &a.prebuilt
 }
@@ -459,7 +470,9 @@
 	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, "--manifest "+a.manifest.String())
 	linkDeps = append(linkDeps, a.manifest)
 
-	transitiveStaticLibs, libDeps, libFlags := aaptLibs(ctx, sdkContext(a))
+	transitiveStaticLibs, staticLibManifests, libDeps, libFlags := aaptLibs(ctx, sdkContext(a))
+
+	_ = staticLibManifests
 
 	linkDeps = append(linkDeps, libDeps...)
 	linkFlags = append(linkFlags, libFlags...)
diff --git a/java/android_manifest.go b/java/android_manifest.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fcdcba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/android_manifest.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright 2018 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package java
+
+import (
+	"android/soong/java/config"
+
+	"github.com/google/blueprint"
+
+	"android/soong/android"
+)
+
+var manifestFixerRule = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("manifestFixer",
+	blueprint.RuleParams{
+		Command:     `${config.ManifestFixerCmd} --minSdkVersion ${minSdkVersion} $usesLibraries $in $out`,
+		CommandDeps: []string{"${config.ManifestFixerCmd}"},
+	},
+	"minSdkVersion", "usesLibraries")
+
+var manifestMergerRule = pctx.AndroidStaticRule("manifestMerger",
+	blueprint.RuleParams{
+		Command: `${config.JavaCmd} -classpath ${config.ManifestMergerClasspath} com.android.manifmerger.Merger ` +
+			`--main $in $libs --out $out`,
+		CommandDeps: config.ManifestMergerClasspath,
+	},
+	"libs")
+
+func manifestMerger(ctx android.ModuleContext, manifest android.Path, sdkContext sdkContext,
+	staticLibManifests android.Paths) android.Path {
+
+	// Inject minSdkVersion into the manifest
+	fixedManifest := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "manifest_fixer", "AndroidManifest.xml")
+	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
+		Rule:   manifestFixerRule,
+		Input:  manifest,
+		Output: fixedManifest,
+		Args: map[string]string{
+			"minSdkVersion": sdkVersionOrDefault(ctx, sdkContext.minSdkVersion()),
+		},
+	})
+	manifest = fixedManifest
+
+	// Merge static aar dependency manifests if necessary
+	if len(staticLibManifests) > 0 {
+		mergedManifest := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "manifest_merger", "AndroidManifest.xml")
+		ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
+			Rule:      manifestMergerRule,
+			Input:     manifest,
+			Implicits: staticLibManifests,
+			Output:    mergedManifest,
+			Args: map[string]string{
+				"libs": android.JoinWithPrefix(staticLibManifests.Strings(), "--uses-library "),
+			},
+		})
+		manifest = mergedManifest
+	}
+
+	return manifest
+}
diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index a6a06fd..7ad525d 100644
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (a *AndroidApp) ExportedManifest() android.Path {
+	return a.manifestPath
+}
+
 var _ AndroidLibraryDependency = (*AndroidApp)(nil)
 
 type certificate struct {
diff --git a/java/app_test.go b/java/app_test.go
index 6770119..c7c94ec 100644
--- a/java/app_test.go
+++ b/java/app_test.go
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@
 
 			foo := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common")
 
-			expectedLinkImplicits := []string{"AndroidManifest.xml"}
+			var expectedLinkImplicits []string
+
+			manifestFixer := foo.Output("manifest_fixer/AndroidManifest.xml")
+			expectedLinkImplicits = append(expectedLinkImplicits, manifestFixer.Output.String())
 
 			frameworkRes := ctx.ModuleForTests("framework-res", "android_common")
 			expectedLinkImplicits = append(expectedLinkImplicits,
diff --git a/java/config/config.go b/java/config/config.go
index 2fa48cb..ae497a6 100644
--- a/java/config/config.go
+++ b/java/config/config.go
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@
 		"android.car",
 		"android.car7",
 	}
+
+	ManifestMergerClasspath = []string{
+		"prebuilts/gradle-plugin/com/android/tools/build/manifest-merger/26.1.0/manifest-merger-26.1.0.jar",
+		"prebuilts/gradle-plugin/com/android/tools/common/26.1.0/common-26.1.0.jar",
+		"prebuilts/gradle-plugin/com/android/tools/sdk-common/26.1.0/sdk-common-26.1.0.jar",
+		"prebuilts/gradle-plugin/com/android/tools/sdklib/26.1.0/sdklib-26.1.0.jar",
+		"prebuilts/gradle-plugin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-runtime/1.0.5/kotlin-runtime-1.0.5.jar",
+		"prebuilts/gradle-plugin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/1.1.3/kotlin-stdlib-1.1.3.jar",
+		"prebuilts/misc/common/guava/guava-21.0.jar",
+	}
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -134,4 +144,7 @@
 	hostBinToolVariableWithPrebuilt("Aapt2Cmd", "prebuilts/sdk/tools", "aapt2")
 
 	pctx.SourcePathVariable("ManifestFixerCmd", "build/soong/scripts/manifest_fixer.py")
+
+	pctx.SourcePathsVariable("ManifestMergerJars", " ", ManifestMergerClasspath...)
+	pctx.SourcePathsVariable("ManifestMergerClasspath", ":", ManifestMergerClasspath...)
 }
diff --git a/java/config/makevars.go b/java/config/makevars.go
index d378877..275f496 100644
--- a/java/config/makevars.go
+++ b/java/config/makevars.go
@@ -73,4 +73,8 @@
 	ctx.Strict("EXTRACT_JAR_PACKAGES", "${ExtractJarPackagesCmd}")
 
 	ctx.Strict("MANIFEST_FIXER", "${ManifestFixerCmd}")
+
+	ctx.Strict("ANDROID_MANIFEST_MERGER_DEPS", "${ManifestMergerJars}")
+	ctx.Strict("ANDROID_MANIFEST_MERGER",
+		"${JavaCmd} -classpath ${ManifestMergerClasspath} com.android.manifmerger.Merger")
 }