diff --git a/java/hiddenapi.go b/java/hiddenapi.go
index 1e83824..c9e3c29 100644
--- a/java/hiddenapi.go
+++ b/java/hiddenapi.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 		  echo "--output-dex=$tmpDir/dex-output/$$(basename $${INPUT_DEX})";
 		done | xargs ${config.HiddenAPI} encode --api-flags=$flagsCsv $hiddenapiFlags &&
 		${config.SoongZipCmd} $soongZipFlags -o $tmpDir/dex.jar -C $tmpDir/dex-output -f "$tmpDir/dex-output/classes*.dex" &&
-		${config.MergeZipsCmd} -D -zipToNotStrip $tmpDir/dex.jar -stripFile "classes*.dex" -stripFile "**/*.uau" $out $tmpDir/dex.jar $in`,
+		${config.MergeZipsCmd} -j -D -zipToNotStrip $tmpDir/dex.jar -stripFile "classes*.dex" -stripFile "**/*.uau" $out $tmpDir/dex.jar $in`,
 	CommandDeps: []string{
 		"${config.HiddenAPI}",
 		"${config.SoongZipCmd}",