diff --git a/ravenwood/Android.bp b/ravenwood/Android.bp
index cc8ccc3..7c8fd42 100644
--- a/ravenwood/Android.bp
+++ b/ravenwood/Android.bp
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@
     srcs: [
         "runtime-common-ravenwood-src/**/*.java",
     ],
-    visibility: ["//frameworks/base"],
+    visibility: [
+        // Some tests need to access the utilities.
+        ":__subpackages__",
+    ],
 }
 
 java_library {
@@ -318,6 +321,9 @@
 
 android_ravenwood_libgroup {
     name: "ravenwood-runtime",
+    data: [
+        "framework-res",
+    ],
     libs: [
         "100-framework-minus-apex.ravenwood",
         "200-kxml2-android",
diff --git a/ravenwood/TEST_MAPPING b/ravenwood/TEST_MAPPING
index f6885e1..fbf27fa 100644
--- a/ravenwood/TEST_MAPPING
+++ b/ravenwood/TEST_MAPPING
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
     {
       "name": "RavenwoodBivalentTest_device"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "RavenwoodResApkTest"
+    },
     // The sysui tests should match vendor/unbundled_google/packages/SystemUIGoogle/TEST_MAPPING
     {
       "name": "SystemUIGoogleTests",
diff --git a/ravenwood/resapk_test/Android.bp b/ravenwood/resapk_test/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c145765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ravenwood/resapk_test/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package {
+    // See: http://go/android-license-faq
+    // A large-scale-change added 'default_applicable_licenses' to import
+    // all of the 'license_kinds' from "frameworks_base_license"
+    // to get the below license kinds:
+    //   SPDX-license-identifier-Apache-2.0
+    default_applicable_licenses: ["frameworks_base_license"],
+}
+
+android_ravenwood_test {
+    name: "RavenwoodResApkTest",
+
+    resource_apk: "RavenwoodResApkTest-apk",
+
+    libs: [
+        // Normally, tests shouldn't directly access it, but we need to access RavenwoodCommonUtils
+        // in this test.
+        "ravenwood-runtime-common-ravenwood",
+    ],
+    static_libs: [
+        "androidx.annotation_annotation",
+        "androidx.test.ext.junit",
+        "androidx.test.rules",
+    ],
+    srcs: [
+        "test/**/*.java",
+    ],
+    sdk_version: "test_current",
+    auto_gen_config: true,
+}
diff --git a/ravenwood/resapk_test/apk/Android.bp b/ravenwood/resapk_test/apk/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10ed5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ravenwood/resapk_test/apk/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package {
+    // See: http://go/android-license-faq
+    // A large-scale-change added 'default_applicable_licenses' to import
+    // all of the 'license_kinds' from "frameworks_base_license"
+    // to get the below license kinds:
+    //   SPDX-license-identifier-Apache-2.0
+    default_applicable_licenses: ["frameworks_base_license"],
+}
+
+android_app {
+    name: "RavenwoodResApkTest-apk",
+
+    sdk_version: "current",
+}
diff --git a/ravenwood/resapk_test/apk/AndroidManifest.xml b/ravenwood/resapk_test/apk/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f34d8b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ravenwood/resapk_test/apk/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+
+     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+     You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+     limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+        package="com.android.ravenwood.restest_apk">
+</manifest>
diff --git a/ravenwood/resapk_test/apk/res/values/strings.xml b/ravenwood/resapk_test/apk/res/values/strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23d4c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ravenwood/resapk_test/apk/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+
+     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+     You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+     limitations under the License.
+-->
+<resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
+    <!-- Test string 1 -->
+    <string name="test_string_1" translatable="false" >Test String 1</string>
+</resources>
diff --git a/ravenwood/resapk_test/test/com/android/ravenwood/resapk_test/RavenwoodResApkTest.java b/ravenwood/resapk_test/test/com/android/ravenwood/resapk_test/RavenwoodResApkTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1029ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ravenwood/resapk_test/test/com/android/ravenwood/resapk_test/RavenwoodResApkTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.android.ravenwood.resapk_test;
+
+
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertTrue;
+
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
+
+import com.android.ravenwood.common.RavenwoodCommonUtils;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+public class RavenwoodResApkTest {
+    /**
+     * Ensure the file "ravenwood-res.apk" exists.
+     * TODO Check the content of it, once Ravenwood supports resources. The file should
+     * be a copy of RavenwoodResApkTest-apk.apk
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testResApkExists() {
+        var file = "ravenwood-res-apks/ravenwood-res.apk";
+
+        assertTrue(new File(file).exists());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFrameworkResExists() {
+        var file = "ravenwood-data/framework-res.apk";
+
+        assertTrue(new File(
+                RavenwoodCommonUtils.getRavenwoodRuntimePath() + "/" + file).exists());
+    }
+}