diff --git a/java/androidmk.go b/java/androidmk.go
index cc454b0..21f3012 100644
--- a/java/androidmk.go
+++ b/java/androidmk.go
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@
 					entries.SetString("LOCAL_MODULE_STEM", library.Stem())
 
 					entries.SetOptionalPaths("LOCAL_SOONG_LINT_REPORTS", library.linter.reports)
+
+					if library.dexpreopter.configPath != nil {
+						entries.SetPath("LOCAL_SOONG_DEXPREOPT_CONFIG", library.dexpreopter.configPath)
+					}
 				},
 			},
 		})
diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index e6c9a2d..ce89e9b 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@
 
 func (a *AndroidApp) dexBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) android.Path {
 	a.dexpreopter.installPath = a.installPath(ctx)
+	a.dexpreopter.isApp = true
 	if a.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex == nil {
 		// If the value was not force-set by the user, use reasonable default based on the module.
 		a.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex = proptools.BoolPtr(a.shouldUncompressDex(ctx))
diff --git a/java/app_import.go b/java/app_import.go
index df940f1..6f21bfb 100644
--- a/java/app_import.go
+++ b/java/app_import.go
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@
 		installDir = android.PathForModuleInstall(ctx, "app", a.BaseModuleName())
 	}
 
+	a.dexpreopter.isApp = true
 	a.dexpreopter.installPath = installDir.Join(ctx, a.BaseModuleName()+".apk")
 	a.dexpreopter.isPresignedPrebuilt = Bool(a.properties.Presigned)
 	a.dexpreopter.uncompressedDex = a.shouldUncompressDex(ctx)
diff --git a/java/dexpreopt.go b/java/dexpreopt.go
index b5830c7..ac00592 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 	installPath         android.InstallPath
 	uncompressedDex     bool
 	isSDKLibrary        bool
+	isApp               bool
 	isTest              bool
 	isPresignedPrebuilt bool
 
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@
 	classLoaderContexts dexpreopt.ClassLoaderContextMap
 
 	builtInstalled string
+
+	// A path to a dexpreopt.config file generated by Soong for libraries that may be used as a
+	// <uses-library> by Make modules. The path is passed to Make via LOCAL_SOONG_DEXPREOPT_CONFIG
+	// variable. If the path is nil, no config is generated (which is the case for apps and tests).
+	configPath android.WritablePath
 }
 
 type DexpreoptProperties struct {
@@ -117,7 +123,40 @@
 	// the dexpreopter struct hasn't been fully initialized before we're called,
 	// e.g. in aar.go. This keeps the behaviour that dexpreopting is effectively
 	// disabled, even if installable is true.
-	if d.dexpreoptDisabled(ctx) || d.installPath.Base() == "." {
+	if d.installPath.Base() == "." {
+		return
+	}
+
+	dexLocation := android.InstallPathToOnDevicePath(ctx, d.installPath)
+
+	buildPath := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "dexpreopt", ctx.ModuleName()+".jar").OutputPath
+
+	providesUsesLib := ctx.ModuleName()
+	if ulib, ok := ctx.Module().(ProvidesUsesLib); ok {
+		name := ulib.ProvidesUsesLib()
+		if name != nil {
+			providesUsesLib = *name
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !d.isApp && !d.isTest {
+		// Slim dexpreopt config is serialized to dexpreopt.config files and used by
+		// dex_preopt_config_merger.py to get information about <uses-library> dependencies.
+		// Note that it might be needed even if dexpreopt is disabled for this module.
+		slimDexpreoptConfig := &dexpreopt.ModuleConfig{
+			Name:                 ctx.ModuleName(),
+			DexLocation:          dexLocation,
+			BuildPath:            buildPath,
+			EnforceUsesLibraries: d.enforceUsesLibs,
+			ProvidesUsesLibrary:  providesUsesLib,
+			ClassLoaderContexts:  d.classLoaderContexts,
+			// The rest of the fields are not needed.
+		}
+		d.configPath = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "dexpreopt", "dexpreopt.config")
+		dexpreopt.WriteSlimModuleConfigForMake(ctx, slimDexpreoptConfig, d.configPath)
+	}
+
+	if d.dexpreoptDisabled(ctx) {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -157,8 +196,6 @@
 	// The image locations for all Android variants are identical.
 	imageLocations := bootImage.getAnyAndroidVariant().imageLocations()
 
-	dexLocation := android.InstallPathToOnDevicePath(ctx, d.installPath)
-
 	var profileClassListing android.OptionalPath
 	var profileBootListing android.OptionalPath
 	profileIsTextListing := false
@@ -177,10 +214,11 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Full dexpreopt config, used to create dexpreopt build rules.
 	dexpreoptConfig := &dexpreopt.ModuleConfig{
 		Name:            ctx.ModuleName(),
 		DexLocation:     dexLocation,
-		BuildPath:       android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "dexpreopt", ctx.ModuleName()+".jar").OutputPath,
+		BuildPath:       buildPath,
 		DexPath:         dexJarFile,
 		ManifestPath:    d.manifestFile,
 		UncompressedDex: d.uncompressedDex,
@@ -192,6 +230,7 @@
 		ProfileBootListing:   profileBootListing,
 
 		EnforceUsesLibraries: d.enforceUsesLibs,
+		ProvidesUsesLibrary:  providesUsesLib,
 		ClassLoaderContexts:  d.classLoaderContexts,
 
 		Archs:                   archs,
diff --git a/java/dexpreopt_test.go b/java/dexpreopt_test.go
index 5550a4c..a9e0773 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt_test.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt_test.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			ctx, _ := testJava(t, test.bp)
 
-			dexpreopt := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").MaybeDescription("dexpreopt")
+			dexpreopt := ctx.ModuleForTests("foo", "android_common").MaybeRule("dexpreopt")
 			enabled := dexpreopt.Rule != nil
 
 			if enabled != test.enabled {