diff --git a/core/base_rules.mk b/core/base_rules.mk
index f1a2f73..c515313 100644
--- a/core/base_rules.mk
+++ b/core/base_rules.mk
@@ -384,8 +384,10 @@
   full_java_lib_deps += $(link_instr_intermediates_dir.COMMON)/classes-full-names.jar
 endif
 
+jar_manifest_file :=
 ifneq ($(strip $(LOCAL_JAR_MANIFEST)),)
-$(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_JAR_MANIFEST := $(LOCAL_PATH)/$(LOCAL_JAR_MANIFEST)
+jar_manifest_file := $(LOCAL_PATH)/$(LOCAL_JAR_MANIFEST)
+$(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_JAR_MANIFEST := $(jar_manifest_file)
 else
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_JAR_MANIFEST :=
 endif
diff --git a/core/host_java_library.mk b/core/host_java_library.mk
index 1977115..3307bf3 100644
--- a/core/host_java_library.mk
+++ b/core/host_java_library.mk
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/base_rules.mk
 
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): PRIVATE_JAVACFLAGS := $(LOCAL_JAVACFLAGS)
-$(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(java_sources) $(java_resource_sources) $(full_java_lib_deps)
+$(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(java_sources) $(java_resource_sources) $(full_java_lib_deps) $(jar_manifest_file)
 	$(transform-host-java-to-package)
diff --git a/core/java.mk b/core/java.mk
index dd46b5d..da53a5c 100644
--- a/core/java.mk
+++ b/core/java.mk
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 # Deps for generated source files must be handled separately,
 # via deps on the target that generates the sources.
 $(full_classes_compiled_jar): PRIVATE_JAVACFLAGS := $(LOCAL_JAVACFLAGS)
-$(full_classes_compiled_jar): $(java_sources) $(full_java_lib_deps)
+$(full_classes_compiled_jar): $(java_sources) $(full_java_lib_deps) $(jar_manifest_file)
 	$(transform-java-to-classes.jar)
 
 # source files generated from RenderScript must be generated before java compiling