diff --git a/java/hiddenapi_singleton_test.go b/java/hiddenapi_singleton_test.go
index 330013e..6229797 100644
--- a/java/hiddenapi_singleton_test.go
+++ b/java/hiddenapi_singleton_test.go
@@ -198,13 +198,22 @@
 				hiddenApiFixtureFactory,
 				tc.preparer,
 				prepareForTestWithDefaultPlatformBootclasspath,
+				// Make sure that we have atleast one platform library so that we can check the monolithic hiddenapi
+				// file creation.
+				FixtureConfigureBootJars("platform:foo"),
 				android.FixtureModifyProductVariables(func(variables android.FixtureProductVariables) {
 					variables.Always_use_prebuilt_sdks = proptools.BoolPtr(tc.unbundledBuild)
 					variables.BuildFlags = map[string]string{
 						"RELEASE_HIDDEN_API_EXPORTABLE_STUBS": "true",
 					}
 				}),
-			).RunTest(t)
+			).RunTestWithBp(t, `
+		java_library {
+			name: "foo",
+			srcs: ["a.java"],
+			compile_dex: true,
+		}
+		`)
 
 			hiddenAPI := result.ModuleForTests("platform-bootclasspath", "android_common")
 			hiddenapiRule := hiddenAPI.Rule("platform-bootclasspath-monolithic-hiddenapi-stub-flags")
diff --git a/java/platform_bootclasspath.go b/java/platform_bootclasspath.go
index b3c9ce5..0f87b27 100644
--- a/java/platform_bootclasspath.go
+++ b/java/platform_bootclasspath.go
@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@
 	// the fragments will have already provided the flags that are needed.
 	classesJars := monolithicInfo.ClassesJars
 
+	if len(classesJars) == 0 {
+		// This product does not include any monolithic jars. Monolithic hiddenapi flag generation is not required.
+		return bootDexJarByModule
+	}
+
 	// Create the input to pass to buildRuleToGenerateHiddenAPIStubFlagsFile
 	input := newHiddenAPIFlagInput()