diff --git a/include/androidfw/ResourceTypes.h b/include/androidfw/ResourceTypes.h
index 5b45d70..ccccc2e 100644
--- a/include/androidfw/ResourceTypes.h
+++ b/include/androidfw/ResourceTypes.h
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@
     static bool getIdmapInfo(const void* idmap, size_t size,
                              uint32_t* pOriginalCrc, uint32_t* pOverlayCrc);
 
-#ifndef HAVE_ANDROID_OS
+#ifdef STATIC_ANDROIDFW_FOR_TOOLS
     void print(bool inclValues) const;
     static String8 normalizeForOutput(const char* input);
 #endif
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/Android.mk b/libs/androidfw/Android.mk
index 3ed75a2..018ed40 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/Android.mk
+++ b/libs/androidfw/Android.mk
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
 
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DSTATIC_ANDROIDFW_FOR_TOOLS
+
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := \
 	external/zlib
 
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@
 
 ifeq ($(TARGET_OS),linux)
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DSTATIC_ANDROIDFW_FOR_TOOLS
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += \
 	external/skia/include/core \
 	external/zlib \
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/ResourceTypes.cpp b/libs/androidfw/ResourceTypes.cpp
index a730065..9c58513 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/ResourceTypes.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/ResourceTypes.cpp
@@ -5324,7 +5324,7 @@
 }
 
 
-#ifndef HAVE_ANDROID_OS
+#ifdef STATIC_ANDROIDFW_FOR_TOOLS
 #define CHAR16_TO_CSTR(c16, len) (String8(String16(c16,len)).string())
 
 #define CHAR16_ARRAY_EQ(constant, var, len) \
@@ -5621,6 +5621,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-#endif // HAVE_ANDROID_OS
+#endif // STATIC_ANDROIDFW_FOR_TOOLS
 
 }   // namespace android
diff --git a/tools/aapt/Android.mk b/tools/aapt/Android.mk
index 9b1658a..7934757 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/Android.mk
+++ b/tools/aapt/Android.mk
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
 # This tool is prebuilt if we're doing an app-only build.
 ifeq ($(TARGET_BUILD_APPS),)
 
-LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
-include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
+aapt_src_files := \
 	AaptAssets.cpp \
 	Command.cpp \
 	CrunchCache.cpp \
@@ -24,23 +22,27 @@
 	ResourceTable.cpp \
 	Images.cpp \
 	Resource.cpp \
+    pseudolocalize.cpp \
     SourcePos.cpp \
     ZipEntry.cpp \
     ZipFile.cpp
 
+LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(aapt_src_files)
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-format-y2k
 ifeq (darwin,$(HOST_OS))
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -D_DARWIN_UNLIMITED_STREAMS
 endif
 
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DSTATIC_ANDROIDFW_FOR_TOOLS
 
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libpng
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/zlib
-LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += build/libs/host/include
 
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := \
-	libhost \
 	libandroidfw \
 	libutils \
 	libcutils \
@@ -64,4 +66,35 @@
 
 include $(BUILD_HOST_EXECUTABLE)
 
+# aapt for running on the device
+# =========================================================
+ifneq ($(SDK_ONLY),true)
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(aapt_src_files)
+
+LOCAL_MODULE := aapt
+
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += bionic
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += bionic/libstdc++/include
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/stlport/stlport
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/libpng
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += external/zlib
+
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DSTATIC_ANDROIDFW_FOR_TOOLS
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-non-virtual-dtor
+
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := \
+        libstlport_static \
+        libandroidfw \
+        libutils \
+        libcutils \
+        libexpat_static \
+        libpng \
+        liblog \
+        libz
+
+include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
+endif
+
 endif # TARGET_BUILD_APPS
diff --git a/tools/aapt/XMLNode.cpp b/tools/aapt/XMLNode.cpp
index dcbe7db..a663ad5 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/XMLNode.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt/XMLNode.cpp
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 #include "XMLNode.h"
 #include "ResourceTable.h"
+#include "pseudolocalize.h"
 
-#include <host/pseudolocalize.h>
 #include <utils/ByteOrder.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/tools/aapt/pseudolocalize.cpp b/tools/aapt/pseudolocalize.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e50c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/aapt/pseudolocalize.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#include "pseudolocalize.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+static const char*
+pseudolocalize_char(char c)
+{
+    switch (c) {
+        case 'a':   return "\xc4\x83";
+        case 'b':   return "\xcf\x84";
+        case 'c':   return "\xc4\x8b";
+        case 'd':   return "\xc4\x8f";
+        case 'e':   return "\xc4\x99";
+        case 'f':   return "\xc6\x92";
+        case 'g':   return "\xc4\x9d";
+        case 'h':   return "\xd1\x9b";
+        case 'i':   return "\xcf\x8a";
+        case 'j':   return "\xc4\xb5";
+        case 'k':   return "\xc4\xb8";
+        case 'l':   return "\xc4\xba";
+        case 'm':   return "\xe1\xb8\xbf";
+        case 'n':   return "\xd0\xb8";
+        case 'o':   return "\xcf\x8c";
+        case 'p':   return "\xcf\x81";
+        case 'q':   return "\x51";
+        case 'r':   return "\xd2\x91";
+        case 's':   return "\xc5\xa1";
+        case 't':   return "\xd1\x82";
+        case 'u':   return "\xce\xb0";
+        case 'v':   return "\x56";
+        case 'w':   return "\xe1\xba\x85";
+        case 'x':   return "\xd1\x85";
+        case 'y':   return "\xe1\xbb\xb3";
+        case 'z':   return "\xc5\xba";
+        case 'A':   return "\xc3\x85";
+        case 'B':   return "\xce\xb2";
+        case 'C':   return "\xc4\x88";
+        case 'D':   return "\xc4\x90";
+        case 'E':   return "\xd0\x84";
+        case 'F':   return "\xce\x93";
+        case 'G':   return "\xc4\x9e";
+        case 'H':   return "\xc4\xa6";
+        case 'I':   return "\xd0\x87";
+        case 'J':   return "\xc4\xb5";
+        case 'K':   return "\xc4\xb6";
+        case 'L':   return "\xc5\x81";
+        case 'M':   return "\xe1\xb8\xbe";
+        case 'N':   return "\xc5\x83";
+        case 'O':   return "\xce\x98";
+        case 'P':   return "\xcf\x81";
+        case 'Q':   return "\x71";
+        case 'R':   return "\xd0\xaf";
+        case 'S':   return "\xc8\x98";
+        case 'T':   return "\xc5\xa6";
+        case 'U':   return "\xc5\xa8";
+        case 'V':   return "\xce\xbd";
+        case 'W':   return "\xe1\xba\x84";
+        case 'X':   return "\xc3\x97";
+        case 'Y':   return "\xc2\xa5";
+        case 'Z':   return "\xc5\xbd";
+        default:    return NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts characters so they look like they've been localized.
+ *
+ * Note: This leaves escape sequences untouched so they can later be
+ * processed by ResTable::collectString in the normal way.
+ */
+string
+pseudolocalize_string(const string& source)
+{
+    const char* s = source.c_str();
+    string result;
+    const size_t I = source.length();
+    for (size_t i=0; i<I; i++) {
+        char c = s[i];
+        if (c == '\\') {
+            if (i<I-1) {
+                result += '\\';
+                i++;
+                c = s[i];
+                switch (c) {
+                    case 'u':
+                        // this one takes up 5 chars
+                        result += string(s+i, 5);
+                        i += 4;
+                        break;
+                    case 't':
+                    case 'n':
+                    case '#':
+                    case '@':
+                    case '?':
+                    case '"':
+                    case '\'':
+                    case '\\':
+                    default:
+                        result += c;
+                        break;
+                }
+            } else {
+                result += c;
+            }
+        } else {
+            const char* p = pseudolocalize_char(c);
+            if (p != NULL) {
+                result += p;
+            } else {
+                result += c;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    //printf("result=\'%s\'\n", result.c_str());
+    return result;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/tools/aapt/pseudolocalize.h b/tools/aapt/pseudolocalize.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94cb034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/aapt/pseudolocalize.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef HOST_PSEUDOLOCALIZE_H
+#define HOST_PSEUDOLOCALIZE_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+std::string pseudolocalize_string(const std::string& source);
+
+#endif // HOST_PSEUDOLOCALIZE_H
+