diff --git a/apex/platform_bootclasspath_test.go b/apex/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
index bd4a9d5..bc35479 100644
--- a/apex/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
+++ b/apex/platform_bootclasspath_test.go
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@
 			name: "foo",
 			prefer: false,
 			shared_library: false,
+			permitted_packages: ["foo"],
 			public: {
 				jars: ["sdk_library/public/foo-stubs.jar"],
 				stub_srcs: ["sdk_library/public/foo_stub_sources"],
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 727cef5..bbed42d 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -1192,6 +1192,12 @@
 	minSdkVersion android.SdkSpec
 }
 
+var _ PermittedPackagesForUpdatableBootJars = (*Import)(nil)
+
+func (j *Import) PermittedPackagesForUpdatableBootJars() []string {
+	return j.properties.Permitted_packages
+}
+
 func (j *Import) SdkVersion(ctx android.EarlyModuleContext) android.SdkSpec {
 	return android.SdkSpecFrom(ctx, String(j.properties.Sdk_version))
 }
diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index c0e5662..8c66438 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -1991,6 +1991,12 @@
 	return module
 }
 
+var _ PermittedPackagesForUpdatableBootJars = (*SdkLibraryImport)(nil)
+
+func (module *SdkLibraryImport) PermittedPackagesForUpdatableBootJars() []string {
+	return module.properties.Permitted_packages
+}
+
 func (module *SdkLibraryImport) Prebuilt() *android.Prebuilt {
 	return &module.prebuilt
 }
diff --git a/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go b/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
index c30324a..412e806 100644
--- a/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
+++ b/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
@@ -532,6 +532,12 @@
 				out/soong/.intermediates/frameworks/base/boot/platform-bootclasspath/android_common/hiddenapi-monolithic/index-from-classes.csv
         snapshot/hiddenapi/index.csv
 			`, rule)
+
+			// Make sure that the permitted packages from the prebuilts end up in the
+			// updatable-bcp-packages.txt file.
+			rule = module.Output("updatable-bcp-packages.txt")
+			expectedContents := `'mybootlib\nmyothersdklibrary\n'`
+			android.AssertStringEquals(t, "updatable-bcp-packages.txt", expectedContents, rule.Args["content"])
 		}),
 		snapshotTestPreparer(checkSnapshotWithSourcePreferred, preparerForSnapshot),
 		snapshotTestPreparer(checkSnapshotPreferredWithSource, preparerForSnapshot),