diff --git a/dexpreopt/dexpreopt.go b/dexpreopt/dexpreopt.go
index 0e1bfc615..f984966b4 100644
--- a/dexpreopt/dexpreopt.go
+++ b/dexpreopt/dexpreopt.go
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ import (
 const SystemPartition = "/system/"
 const SystemOtherPartition = "/system_other/"
 
+var DexpreoptRunningInSoong = false
+
 // GenerateDexpreoptRule generates a set of commands that will preopt a module based on a GlobalConfig and a
 // ModuleConfig.  The produced files and their install locations will be available through rule.Installs().
 func GenerateDexpreoptRule(ctx android.PathContext, globalSoong *GlobalSoongConfig,
@@ -589,7 +591,14 @@ func NonUpdatableSystemServerJars(ctx android.PathContext, global *GlobalConfig)
 // at that time (Soong processes the jars in dependency order, which may be different from the
 // the system server classpath order).
 func SystemServerDexJarHostPath(ctx android.PathContext, jar string) android.OutputPath {
-	return android.PathForOutput(ctx, "system_server_dexjars", jar+".jar")
+	if DexpreoptRunningInSoong {
+		// Soong module, just use the default output directory $OUT/soong.
+		return android.PathForOutput(ctx, "system_server_dexjars", jar+".jar")
+	} else {
+		// Make module, default output directory is $OUT (passed via the "null config" created
+		// by dexpreopt_gen). Append Soong subdirectory to match Soong module paths.
+		return android.PathForOutput(ctx, "soong", "system_server_dexjars", jar+".jar")
+	}
 }
 
 func contains(l []string, s string) bool {
diff --git a/java/dexpreopt.go b/java/dexpreopt.go
index fba0b97fb..4725b0781 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt.go
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ type DexpreoptProperties struct {
 	}
 }
 
+func init() {
+	dexpreopt.DexpreoptRunningInSoong = true
+}
+
 func (d *dexpreopter) dexpreoptDisabled(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) bool {
 	global := dexpreopt.GetGlobalConfig(ctx)