diff --git a/dexpreopt/dexpreopt.go b/dexpreopt/dexpreopt.go
index 46e0f0a..18a38fb 100644
--- a/dexpreopt/dexpreopt.go
+++ b/dexpreopt/dexpreopt.go
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@
 		return true
 	}
 
+	// Don't preopt system server jars that are updatable.
+	for _, p := range global.UpdatableSystemServerJars {
+		if _, jar := SplitApexJarPair(p); jar == module.Name {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
 	// If OnlyPreoptBootImageAndSystemServer=true and module is not in boot class path skip
 	// Also preopt system server jars since selinux prevents system server from loading anything from
 	// /data. If we don't do this they will need to be extracted which is not favorable for RAM usage
@@ -537,6 +544,16 @@
 	}
 }
 
+// Expected format for apexJarValue = <apex name>:<jar name>
+func SplitApexJarPair(apexJarValue string) (string, string) {
+	var apexJarPair []string = strings.SplitN(apexJarValue, ":", 2)
+	if apexJarPair == nil || len(apexJarPair) != 2 {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("malformed apexJarValue: %q, expected format: <apex>:<jar>",
+			apexJarValue))
+	}
+	return apexJarPair[0], apexJarPair[1]
+}
+
 func contains(l []string, s string) bool {
 	for _, e := range l {
 		if e == s {