diff --git a/core/clear_vars.mk b/core/clear_vars.mk
index 33257528c..292f842eb 100644
--- a/core/clear_vars.mk
+++ b/core/clear_vars.mk
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ LOCAL_DEX_PREOPT_IMAGE_LOCATION:=
 LOCAL_DEX_PREOPT_PROFILE_CLASS_LISTING:=
 LOCAL_DEX_PREOPT:= # '',true,false,nostripping
 LOCAL_DISABLE_AUTO_GENERATE_TEST_CONFIG:=
+LOCAL_DISABLE_RESOLVE_SUPPORT_LIBRARIES:=
 LOCAL_DONT_CHECK_MODULE:=
 # Don't delete the META_INF dir when merging static Java libraries.
 LOCAL_DONT_DELETE_JAR_META_INF:=
diff --git a/core/package_internal.mk b/core/package_internal.mk
index ac4b53c49..f8e610bd9 100644
--- a/core/package_internal.mk
+++ b/core/package_internal.mk
@@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ LOCAL_RESOURCE_DIR := $(data_binding_res_out)
 LOCAL_AAPT_FLAGS += --auto-add-overlay --extra-packages com.android.databinding.library
 endif  # LOCAL_DATA_BINDING
 
+# Process Support Library dependencies.
+include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/support_libraries.mk
+
 # If the module is a compressed module, we don't pre-opt it because its final
 # installation location will be the data partition.
 ifdef LOCAL_COMPRESSED_MODULE
diff --git a/core/static_java_library.mk b/core/static_java_library.mk
index a3f560ce8..8ef28b8e1 100644
--- a/core/static_java_library.mk
+++ b/core/static_java_library.mk
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ ifdef LOCAL_AAPT2_ONLY
 LOCAL_USE_AAPT2 := true
 endif
 
+# Process Support Library dependencies.
+include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/support_libraries.mk
+
 # Hack to build static Java library with Android resource
 # See bug 5714516
 all_resources :=
diff --git a/core/support_libraries.mk b/core/support_libraries.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e204cc415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/support_libraries.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 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.
+#
+
+###########################################################
+## Rules for resolving Support Library dependencies.
+##
+## The following variables may be modified:
+## - LOCAL_JAVA_LIBRARIES
+## - LOCAL_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARIES
+## - LOCAL_SHARED_ANDROID_LIBRARIES
+## - LOCAL_STATIC_ANDROID_LIBRARIES
+###########################################################
+
+# Some projects don't work correctly yet. Allow them to skip resolution.
+ifndef LOCAL_DISABLE_RESOLVE_SUPPORT_LIBRARIES
+
+# Clear these out so we don't accidentally get old values.
+support_android_deps :=
+support_java_deps :=
+
+# Delegate dependency expansion to the Support Library's rules. This will store
+# its output in the variables support_android_deps and support_java_deps.
+include $(RESOLVE_SUPPORT_LIBRARIES)
+
+# Store the expanded dependencies in the appropriate variables. Libraries
+# should NEVER statically include Support Library modules with resources.
+ifdef support_android_deps
+    ifdef LOCAL_IS_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARY
+        LOCAL_SHARED_ANDROID_LIBRARIES += $(support_android_deps)
+    else
+        LOCAL_STATIC_ANDROID_LIBRARIES += $(support_android_deps)
+    endif # LOCAL_IS_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARY
+endif #support_android_deps
+LOCAL_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARIES += $(support_java_deps)
+
+# We have consumed these values. Clean them up.
+support_android_deps :=
+support_java_deps :=
+
+endif #LOCAL_DISABLE_RESOLVE_SUPPORT_LIBRARIES
+LOCAL_DISABLE_RESOLVE_SUPPORT_LIBRARIES :=