diff --git a/build/sdk_only_whitelist.mk b/build/sdk_only_whitelist.mk
index 16bbe1bde..d325f8e2f 100644
--- a/build/sdk_only_whitelist.mk
+++ b/build/sdk_only_whitelist.mk
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ subdirs += \
 	system/core/fastboot \
 	system/core/libcutils \
 	system/core/liblog \
-	system/core/libzipfile
+	system/core/libzipfile \
+	system/extras/ext4_utils
 
 # -----
 # Whitelist of platform specific projects that DO require Java