diff --git a/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go b/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go
index 8f44fc5..ce6b7f7 100644
--- a/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go
+++ b/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go
@@ -553,12 +553,66 @@
 			`prebuilt_com.android.art`,
 		})
 
+		// The boot images are installed in the APEX by Soong, so there shouldn't be any dexpreopt-related Make modules.
+		ensureDoesNotContainRequiredDeps(t, result.TestContext, "com.android.art", "android_common_com.android.art_image", []string{
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot.art",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot.oat",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot.vdex",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot-bar.art",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot-bar.oat",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot-bar.vdex",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot.art",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot.oat",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot.vdex",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot-bar.art",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot-bar.oat",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot-bar.vdex",
+		})
+
 		// Make sure that the prebuilt bootclasspath_fragment copies its dex files to the predefined
 		// locations for the art image.
 		module := result.ModuleForTests("prebuilt_mybootclasspathfragment", "android_common_com.android.art")
 		checkCopiesToPredefinedLocationForArt(t, result.Config, module, "bar", "foo")
 	})
 
+	t.Run("boot image files from preferred prebuilt no boot image in apex", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+			commonPreparer,
+
+			// Configure some libraries in the art bootclasspath_fragment that match the source
+			// bootclasspath_fragment's contents property.
+			java.FixtureConfigureBootJars("com.android.art:foo", "com.android.art:bar"),
+			addSource("foo", "bar"),
+
+			// Make sure that a preferred prebuilt with consistent contents doesn't affect the apex.
+			addPrebuilt(true, "foo", "bar"),
+
+			java.FixtureSetBootImageInstallDirOnDevice("art", "system/framework"),
+		).RunTest(t)
+
+		ensureExactContents(t, result.TestContext, "com.android.art", "android_common_com.android.art_image", []string{
+			"etc/boot-image.prof",
+			"etc/classpaths/bootclasspath.pb",
+			"javalib/bar.jar",
+			"javalib/foo.jar",
+		})
+
+		ensureContainsRequiredDeps(t, result.TestContext, "com.android.art", "android_common_com.android.art_image", []string{
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot.art",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot.oat",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot.vdex",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot-bar.art",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot-bar.oat",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm64-boot-bar.vdex",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot.art",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot.oat",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot.vdex",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot-bar.art",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot-bar.oat",
+			"mybootclasspathfragment-dexpreopt-arm-boot-bar.vdex",
+		})
+	})
+
 	t.Run("source with inconsistency between config and contents", func(t *testing.T) {
 		android.GroupFixturePreparers(
 			commonPreparer,
@@ -631,6 +685,7 @@
 
 		// Configure some libraries in the art bootclasspath_fragment.
 		java.FixtureConfigureBootJars("com.android.art:foo", "com.android.art:bar"),
+		java.FixtureSetBootImageInstallDirOnDevice("art", "apex/com.android.art/javalib"),
 	)
 
 	bp := `
diff --git a/apex/prebuilt.go b/apex/prebuilt.go
index 02d8075..158c804 100644
--- a/apex/prebuilt.go
+++ b/apex/prebuilt.go
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
 	// Installed locations of symlinks for backward compatibility.
 	compatSymlinks android.InstallPaths
 
-	hostRequired []string
+	hostRequired        []string
+	requiredModuleNames []string
 }
 
 type sanitizedPrebuilt interface {
@@ -195,9 +196,19 @@
 				}
 				p.apexFilesForAndroidMk = append(p.apexFilesForAndroidMk, af)
 			}
-		} else if tag == exportedBootclasspathFragmentTag ||
-			tag == exportedSystemserverclasspathFragmentTag {
-			// Visit the children of the bootclasspath_fragment and systemserver_fragment.
+		} else if tag == exportedBootclasspathFragmentTag {
+			bcpfModule, ok := child.(*java.PrebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule)
+			if !ok {
+				ctx.PropertyErrorf("exported_bootclasspath_fragments", "%q is not a prebuilt_bootclasspath_fragment module", name)
+				return false
+			}
+			for _, makeModuleName := range bcpfModule.BootImageDeviceInstallMakeModules() {
+				p.requiredModuleNames = append(p.requiredModuleNames, makeModuleName)
+			}
+			// Visit the children of the bootclasspath_fragment.
+			return true
+		} else if tag == exportedSystemserverclasspathFragmentTag {
+			// Visit the children of the systemserver_fragment.
 			return true
 		}
 
@@ -211,6 +222,7 @@
 		entries.AddStrings("LOCAL_TARGET_REQUIRED_MODULES", fi.targetRequiredModuleNames...)
 		entries.AddStrings("LOCAL_HOST_REQUIRED_MODULES", fi.hostRequiredModuleNames...)
 	}
+	entries.AddStrings("LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES", p.requiredModuleNames...)
 }
 
 func (p *prebuiltCommon) AndroidMkEntries() []android.AndroidMkEntries {
diff --git a/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go b/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
index fee51d7..96b76f5 100644
--- a/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
+++ b/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@
 // At the moment this is basically just a bootclasspath_fragment module that can be used as a
 // prebuilt. Eventually as more functionality is migrated into the bootclasspath_fragment module
 // type from the various singletons then this will diverge.
-type prebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule struct {
+type PrebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule struct {
 	BootclasspathFragmentModule
 	prebuilt android.Prebuilt
 
@@ -1079,16 +1079,16 @@
 	prebuiltProperties prebuiltBootclasspathFragmentProperties
 }
 
-func (module *prebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule) Prebuilt() *android.Prebuilt {
+func (module *PrebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule) Prebuilt() *android.Prebuilt {
 	return &module.prebuilt
 }
 
-func (module *prebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule) Name() string {
+func (module *PrebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule) Name() string {
 	return module.prebuilt.Name(module.ModuleBase.Name())
 }
 
 // produceHiddenAPIOutput returns a path to the prebuilt all-flags.csv or nil if none is specified.
-func (module *prebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule) produceHiddenAPIOutput(ctx android.ModuleContext, contents []android.Module, input HiddenAPIFlagInput) *HiddenAPIOutput {
+func (module *PrebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule) produceHiddenAPIOutput(ctx android.ModuleContext, contents []android.Module, input HiddenAPIFlagInput) *HiddenAPIOutput {
 	pathForOptionalSrc := func(src *string, defaultPath android.Path) android.Path {
 		if src == nil {
 			return defaultPath
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@
 }
 
 // produceBootImageFiles extracts the boot image files from the APEX if available.
-func (module *prebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule) produceBootImageFiles(ctx android.ModuleContext, imageConfig *bootImageConfig) bootImageFilesByArch {
+func (module *PrebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule) produceBootImageFiles(ctx android.ModuleContext, imageConfig *bootImageConfig) bootImageFilesByArch {
 	if !shouldCopyBootFilesToPredefinedLocations(ctx, imageConfig) {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -1139,37 +1139,53 @@
 		return nil // An error has been reported by FindDeapexerProviderForModule.
 	}
 
-	files := bootImageFilesByArch{}
-	for _, variant := range imageConfig.apexVariants() {
-		arch := variant.target.Arch.ArchType
-		for _, toPath := range variant.imagesDeps {
-			apexRelativePath := apexRootRelativePathToBootImageFile(arch, toPath.Base())
-			// Get the path to the file that the deapexer extracted from the prebuilt apex file.
-			fromPath := di.PrebuiltExportPath(apexRelativePath)
-
-			// Return the toPath as the calling code expects the paths in the returned map to be the
-			// paths predefined in the bootImageConfig.
-			files[arch] = append(files[arch], toPath)
-
-			// Copy the file to the predefined location.
-			ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
-				Rule:   android.Cp,
-				Input:  fromPath,
-				Output: toPath,
-			})
-		}
+	profile := (android.WritablePath)(nil)
+	if imageConfig.profileInstallPathInApex != "" {
+		profile = di.PrebuiltExportPath(imageConfig.profileInstallPathInApex)
 	}
 
-	// Build the boot image files for the host variants. These are built from the dex files provided
-	// by the contents of this module as prebuilt versions of the host boot image files are not
-	// available, i.e. there is no host specific prebuilt apex containing them. This has to be built
-	// without a profile as the prebuilt modules do not provide a profile.
-	buildBootImageVariantsForBuildOs(ctx, imageConfig, nil)
+	// Build the boot image files for the host variants. These are always built from the dex files
+	// provided by the contents of this module as prebuilt versions of the host boot image files are
+	// not available, i.e. there is no host specific prebuilt apex containing them. This has to be
+	// built without a profile as the prebuilt modules do not provide a profile.
+	buildBootImageVariantsForBuildOs(ctx, imageConfig, profile)
 
-	return files
+	if imageConfig.shouldInstallInApex() {
+		// If the boot image files for the android variants are in the prebuilt apex, we must use those
+		// rather than building new ones because those boot image files are going to be used on device.
+		files := bootImageFilesByArch{}
+		for _, variant := range imageConfig.apexVariants() {
+			arch := variant.target.Arch.ArchType
+			for _, toPath := range variant.imagesDeps {
+				apexRelativePath := apexRootRelativePathToBootImageFile(arch, toPath.Base())
+				// Get the path to the file that the deapexer extracted from the prebuilt apex file.
+				fromPath := di.PrebuiltExportPath(apexRelativePath)
+
+				// Return the toPath as the calling code expects the paths in the returned map to be the
+				// paths predefined in the bootImageConfig.
+				files[arch] = append(files[arch], toPath)
+
+				// Copy the file to the predefined location.
+				ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
+					Rule:   android.Cp,
+					Input:  fromPath,
+					Output: toPath,
+				})
+			}
+		}
+		return files
+	} else {
+		if profile == nil {
+			ctx.ModuleErrorf("Unable to produce boot image files: neither boot image files nor profiles exists in the prebuilt apex")
+			return nil
+		}
+		// Build boot image files for the android variants from the dex files provided by the contents
+		// of this module.
+		return buildBootImageVariantsForAndroidOs(ctx, imageConfig, profile)
+	}
 }
 
-var _ commonBootclasspathFragment = (*prebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule)(nil)
+var _ commonBootclasspathFragment = (*PrebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule)(nil)
 
 // createBootImageTag creates the tag to uniquely identify the boot image file among all of the
 // files that a module requires from the prebuilt .apex file.
@@ -1183,16 +1199,22 @@
 //
 // If there is no image config associated with this fragment then it returns nil. Otherwise, it
 // returns the files that are listed in the image config.
-func (module *prebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule) RequiredFilesFromPrebuiltApex(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) []string {
+func (module *PrebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule) RequiredFilesFromPrebuiltApex(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) []string {
 	imageConfig := module.getImageConfig(ctx)
 	if imageConfig != nil {
-		// Add the boot image files, e.g. .art, .oat and .vdex files.
 		files := []string{}
-		for _, variant := range imageConfig.apexVariants() {
-			arch := variant.target.Arch.ArchType
-			for _, path := range variant.imagesDeps.Paths() {
-				base := path.Base()
-				files = append(files, apexRootRelativePathToBootImageFile(arch, base))
+		if imageConfig.profileInstallPathInApex != "" {
+			// Add the boot image profile.
+			files = append(files, imageConfig.profileInstallPathInApex)
+		}
+		if imageConfig.shouldInstallInApex() {
+			// Add the boot image files, e.g. .art, .oat and .vdex files.
+			for _, variant := range imageConfig.apexVariants() {
+				arch := variant.target.Arch.ArchType
+				for _, path := range variant.imagesDeps.Paths() {
+					base := path.Base()
+					files = append(files, apexRootRelativePathToBootImageFile(arch, base))
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		return files
@@ -1204,10 +1226,10 @@
 	return filepath.Join("javalib", arch.String(), base)
 }
 
-var _ android.RequiredFilesFromPrebuiltApex = (*prebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule)(nil)
+var _ android.RequiredFilesFromPrebuiltApex = (*PrebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule)(nil)
 
 func prebuiltBootclasspathFragmentFactory() android.Module {
-	m := &prebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule{}
+	m := &PrebuiltBootclasspathFragmentModule{}
 	m.AddProperties(&m.properties, &m.prebuiltProperties)
 	// This doesn't actually have any prebuilt files of its own so pass a placeholder for the srcs
 	// array.