diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index 90e365f7f..cac9c59a7 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -97,11 +97,21 @@ clean-dex-files:
 # (must be defined before including definitions.make)
 INTERNAL_MODIFIER_TARGETS := all
 
-# EMMA_INSTRUMENT_STATIC merges the static emma library to each emma-enabled module.
+# EMMA_INSTRUMENT_STATIC merges the static jacoco library to each
+# jacoco-enabled module.
 ifeq (true,$(EMMA_INSTRUMENT_STATIC))
 EMMA_INSTRUMENT := true
 endif
 
+ifeq (true,$(EMMA_INSTRUMENT))
+# Adding the jacoco library can cause the inclusion of
+# some typically banned classes
+# So if the user didn't specify SKIP_BOOT_JARS_CHECK, enable it here
+ifndef SKIP_BOOT_JARS_CHECK
+SKIP_BOOT_JARS_CHECK := true
+endif
+endif
+
 #
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # Validate ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_PROPERTIES.