diff --git a/core/base_rules.mk b/core/base_rules.mk
index a42d702b6..5f654a677 100644
--- a/core/base_rules.mk
+++ b/core/base_rules.mk
@@ -573,9 +573,14 @@ my_vintf_installed:=
 my_vintf_pairs:=
 ifneq (true,$(LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE))
 ifndef LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE
-ifneq ($(strip $(LOCAL_VINTF_FRAGMENTS)),)
+ifneq ($(strip $(LOCAL_FULL_VINTF_FRAGMENTS)),)
+my_vintf_fragments := $(LOCAL_FULL_VINTF_FRAGMENTS)
+else
+my_vintf_fragments := $(foreach xml,$(LOCAL_VINTF_FRAGMENTS),$(LOCAL_PATH)/$(xml))
+endif
+ifneq ($(strip $(my_vintf_fragments)),)
 
-my_vintf_pairs := $(foreach xml,$(LOCAL_VINTF_FRAGMENTS),$(LOCAL_PATH)/$(xml):$(TARGET_OUT$(partition_tag)_ETC)/vintf/manifest/$(notdir $(xml)))
+my_vintf_pairs := $(foreach xml,$(my_vintf_fragments),$(xml):$(TARGET_OUT$(partition_tag)_ETC)/vintf/manifest/$(notdir $(xml)))
 my_vintf_installed := $(foreach xml,$(my_vintf_pairs),$(call word-colon,2,$(xml)))
 
 # Only set up copy rules once, even if another arch variant shares it
diff --git a/core/clear_vars.mk b/core/clear_vars.mk
index faca97ae8..e2acb678d 100644
--- a/core/clear_vars.mk
+++ b/core/clear_vars.mk
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ LOCAL_FULL_INIT_RC:=
 LOCAL_FULL_LIBS_MANIFEST_FILES:=
 LOCAL_FULL_MANIFEST_FILE:=
 LOCAL_FULL_TEST_CONFIG:=
+LOCAL_FULL_VINTF_FRAGMENTS:=
 LOCAL_FUZZ_ENGINE:=
 LOCAL_FUZZ_INSTALLED_SHARED_DEPS:=
 LOCAL_GCNO_FILES:=