diff --git a/android/config.go b/android/config.go
index 3db798081..79917adf4 100644
--- a/android/config.go
+++ b/android/config.go
@@ -1564,6 +1564,15 @@ func (l *ConfiguredJarList) containsApexJarPair(apex, jar string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// ApexOfJar returns the apex component of the first pair with the given jar name on the list, or
+// an empty string if not found.
+func (l *ConfiguredJarList) ApexOfJar(jar string) string {
+	if idx := IndexList(jar, l.jars); idx != -1 {
+		return l.Apex(IndexList(jar, l.jars))
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 // IndexOfJar returns the first pair with the given jar name on the list, or -1
 // if not found.
 func (l *ConfiguredJarList) IndexOfJar(jar string) int {
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index bfc6b50ce..4b345c5e4 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -2049,6 +2049,11 @@ func apexBootclasspathFragmentFiles(ctx android.ModuleContext, module blueprint.
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Add classpaths.proto config.
+	classpathProtoOutput := bootclasspathFragmentInfo.ClasspathFragmentProtoOutput
+	classpathProto := newApexFile(ctx, classpathProtoOutput, classpathProtoOutput.Base(), bootclasspathFragmentInfo.ClasspathFragmentProtoInstallDir.Rel(), etc, nil)
+	filesToAdd = append(filesToAdd, classpathProto)
+
 	return filesToAdd
 }
 
diff --git a/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go b/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go
index e2b320ca0..7bb3ff611 100644
--- a/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go
+++ b/apex/bootclasspath_fragment_test.go
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ func TestBootclasspathFragmentInArtApex(t *testing.T) {
 		).RunTest(t)
 
 		ensureExactContents(t, result.TestContext, "com.android.art", "android_common_com.android.art_image", []string{
+			"etc/classpaths/mybootclasspathfragment.pb",
 			"javalib/arm/boot.art",
 			"javalib/arm/boot.oat",
 			"javalib/arm/boot.vdex",
@@ -481,6 +482,7 @@ func TestBootclasspathFragmentContentsNoName(t *testing.T) {
 	ensureExactContents(t, result.TestContext, "myapex", "android_common_myapex_image", []string{
 		// This does not include art, oat or vdex files as they are only included for the art boot
 		// image.
+		"etc/classpaths/mybootclasspathfragment.pb",
 		"javalib/bar.jar",
 		"javalib/foo.jar",
 	})
diff --git a/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go b/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
index 6270b5b35..bed629da3 100644
--- a/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
+++ b/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ type BootclasspathFragmentModule struct {
 	android.ModuleBase
 	android.ApexModuleBase
 	android.SdkBase
+	ClasspathFragmentBase
+
 	properties bootclasspathFragmentProperties
 }
 
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ func bootclasspathFragmentFactory() android.Module {
 	m.AddProperties(&m.properties)
 	android.InitApexModule(m)
 	android.InitSdkAwareModule(m)
+	initClasspathFragment(m, BOOTCLASSPATH)
 	android.InitAndroidArchModule(m, android.HostAndDeviceSupported, android.MultilibCommon)
 
 	android.AddLoadHook(m, func(ctx android.LoadHookContext) {
@@ -242,6 +245,22 @@ var BootclasspathFragmentApexContentInfoProvider = blueprint.NewProvider(Bootcla
 // BootclasspathFragmentApexContentInfo contains the bootclasspath_fragments contributions to the
 // apex contents.
 type BootclasspathFragmentApexContentInfo struct {
+	// ClasspathFragmentProtoOutput is an output path for the generated classpaths.proto config of this module.
+	//
+	// The file should be copied to a relevant place on device, see ClasspathFragmentProtoInstallDir
+	// for more details.
+	ClasspathFragmentProtoOutput android.OutputPath
+
+	// ClasspathFragmentProtoInstallDir contains information about on device location for the generated classpaths.proto file.
+	//
+	// The path encodes expected sub-location within partitions, i.e. etc/classpaths/<proto-file>,
+	// for ClasspathFragmentProtoOutput. To get sub-location, instead of the full output / make path
+	// use android.InstallPath#Rel().
+	//
+	// This is only relevant for APEX modules as they perform their own installation; while regular
+	// system files are installed via ClasspathFragmentBase#androidMkEntries().
+	ClasspathFragmentProtoInstallDir android.InstallPath
+
 	// The image config, internal to this module (and the dex_bootjars singleton).
 	//
 	// Will be nil if the BootclasspathFragmentApexContentInfo has not been provided for a specific module. That can occur
@@ -339,30 +358,47 @@ func (b *BootclasspathFragmentModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.Mo
 		b.bootclasspathImageNameContentsConsistencyCheck(ctx)
 	}
 
+	// Generate classpaths.proto config
+	b.generateClasspathProtoBuildActions(ctx)
+
 	// Perform hidden API processing.
 	b.generateHiddenAPIBuildActions(ctx)
 
-	// Nothing to do if skipping the dexpreopt of boot image jars.
-	if SkipDexpreoptBootJars(ctx) {
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Force the GlobalSoongConfig to be created and cached for use by the dex_bootjars
-	// GenerateSingletonBuildActions method as it cannot create it for itself.
-	dexpreopt.GetGlobalSoongConfig(ctx)
-
-	imageConfig := b.getImageConfig(ctx)
-	if imageConfig == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
 	// Construct the boot image info from the config.
-	info := BootclasspathFragmentApexContentInfo{imageConfig: imageConfig}
+	info := BootclasspathFragmentApexContentInfo{
+		ClasspathFragmentProtoInstallDir: b.classpathFragmentBase().installDirPath,
+		ClasspathFragmentProtoOutput:     b.classpathFragmentBase().outputFilepath,
+		imageConfig:                      nil,
+	}
+
+	if !SkipDexpreoptBootJars(ctx) {
+		// Force the GlobalSoongConfig to be created and cached for use by the dex_bootjars
+		// GenerateSingletonBuildActions method as it cannot create it for itself.
+		dexpreopt.GetGlobalSoongConfig(ctx)
+		info.imageConfig = b.getImageConfig(ctx)
+	}
 
 	// Make it available for other modules.
 	ctx.SetProvider(BootclasspathFragmentApexContentInfoProvider, info)
 }
 
+// generateClasspathProtoBuildActions generates all required build actions for classpath.proto config
+func (b *BootclasspathFragmentModule) generateClasspathProtoBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
+	var classpathJars []classpathJar
+	if "art" == proptools.String(b.properties.Image_name) {
+		// ART and platform boot jars must have a corresponding entry in DEX2OATBOOTCLASSPATH
+		classpathJars = configuredJarListToClasspathJars(ctx, b.ClasspathFragmentToConfiguredJarList(ctx), BOOTCLASSPATH, DEX2OATBOOTCLASSPATH)
+	} else {
+		classpathJars = configuredJarListToClasspathJars(ctx, b.ClasspathFragmentToConfiguredJarList(ctx), b.classpathType)
+	}
+	b.classpathFragmentBase().generateClasspathProtoBuildActions(ctx, classpathJars)
+}
+
+func (b *BootclasspathFragmentModule) ClasspathFragmentToConfiguredJarList(ctx android.ModuleContext) android.ConfiguredJarList {
+	// TODO(satayev): populate with actual content
+	return android.EmptyConfiguredJarList()
+}
+
 func (b *BootclasspathFragmentModule) getImageConfig(ctx android.EarlyModuleContext) *bootImageConfig {
 	// Get a map of the image configs that are supported.
 	imageConfigs := genBootImageConfigs(ctx)
diff --git a/java/classpath_fragment.go b/java/classpath_fragment.go
index 2e0582390..7422fa2d5 100644
--- a/java/classpath_fragment.go
+++ b/java/classpath_fragment.go
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ func writeClasspathsJson(ctx android.ModuleContext, output android.WritablePath,
 	android.WriteFileRule(ctx, output, content.String())
 }
 
+// Returns AndroidMkEntries objects to install generated classpath.proto.
+// Do not use this to install into APEXes as the injection of the generated files happen separately for APEXes.
 func (c *ClasspathFragmentBase) androidMkEntries() []android.AndroidMkEntries {
 	return []android.AndroidMkEntries{{
 		Class:      "ETC",
diff --git a/java/platform_bootclasspath.go b/java/platform_bootclasspath.go
index 1caffe48c..c787e4797 100644
--- a/java/platform_bootclasspath.go
+++ b/java/platform_bootclasspath.go
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ func (b *platformBootclasspathModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.Mo
 func (b *platformBootclasspathModule) generateClasspathProtoBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	// ART and platform boot jars must have a corresponding entry in DEX2OATBOOTCLASSPATH
 	classpathJars := configuredJarListToClasspathJars(ctx, b.ClasspathFragmentToConfiguredJarList(ctx), BOOTCLASSPATH, DEX2OATBOOTCLASSPATH)
+
 	// TODO(satayev): remove updatable boot jars once each apex has its own fragment
 	global := dexpreopt.GetGlobalConfig(ctx)
 	classpathJars = append(classpathJars, configuredJarListToClasspathJars(ctx, global.UpdatableBootJars, BOOTCLASSPATH)...)