diff --git a/core/prebuilt_internal.mk b/core/prebuilt_internal.mk
index 18277f9ea..ea4e66b26 100644
--- a/core/prebuilt_internal.mk
+++ b/core/prebuilt_internal.mk
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ ifneq ($(prebuilt_module_is_dex_javalib),true)
 
 # We may be building classes.jack from a host jar for host dalvik Java library.
 $(intermediates.COMMON)/classes.jack : PRIVATE_JACK_FLAGS:=$(LOCAL_JACK_FLAGS)
-$(intermediates.COMMON)/classes.jack : PRIVATE_JACK_MIN_SDK_VERSION := 1
+$(intermediates.COMMON)/classes.jack : PRIVATE_JACK_MIN_SDK_VERSION := $(if $(strip $(LOCAL_MIN_SDK_VERSION)),$(LOCAL_MIN_SDK_VERSION),1)
 $(intermediates.COMMON)/classes.jack : $(my_src_jar) \
         $(LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES) $(JACK_DEFAULT_ARGS) $(JACK) \
         | setup-jack-server