diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewFactory.java b/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewFactory.java
index 01d15664f24a1..6aa5e2f573bd3 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewFactory.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewFactory.java
@@ -133,6 +133,25 @@ public final class WebViewFactory {
     private static String TAG_DESCRIPTION = "description";
     private static String TAG_SIGNATURE = "signature";
 
+    /**
+     * Reads all signatures at the current depth (within the current provider) from the XML parser.
+     */
+    private static String[] readSignatures(XmlResourceParser parser) throws IOException,
+            XmlPullParserException {
+        List<String> signatures = new ArrayList<String>();
+        int outerDepth = parser.getDepth();
+        while(XmlUtils.nextElementWithin(parser, outerDepth)) {
+            if (parser.getName().equals(TAG_SIGNATURE)) {
+                // Parse the value within the signature tag
+                String signature = parser.nextText();
+                signatures.add(signature);
+            } else {
+                Log.e(LOGTAG, "Found an element in a webview provider that is not a signature");
+            }
+        }
+        return signatures.toArray(new String[signatures.size()]);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns all packages declared in the framework resources as potential WebView providers.
      * @hide
@@ -161,9 +180,9 @@ public final class WebViewFactory {
                         throw new MissingWebViewPackageException(
                                 "WebView provider in framework resources missing description");
                     }
-                    String signature = parser.getAttributeValue(null, TAG_SIGNATURE);
                     webViewProviders.add(
-                            new WebViewProviderInfo(packageName, description, signature));
+                            new WebViewProviderInfo(packageName, description,
+                                readSignatures(parser)));
                 }
                 else {
                     Log.e(LOGTAG, "Found an element that is not a webview provider");
diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewProviderInfo.java b/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewProviderInfo.java
index d5e3a230919b5..7bad6521b7340 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewProviderInfo.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/WebViewProviderInfo.java
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ public class WebViewProviderInfo implements Parcelable {
         public WebViewPackageNotFoundException(Exception e) { super(e); }
     }
 
-    public WebViewProviderInfo(String packageName, String description, String signature) {
+    public WebViewProviderInfo(String packageName, String description, String[] signatures) {
         this.packageName = packageName;
         this.description = description;
-        this.signature = signature;
+        this.signatures = signatures;
     }
 
     private boolean hasValidSignature() {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class WebViewProviderInfo implements Parcelable {
         try {
             // If no signature is declared, instead check whether the package is included in the
             // system.
-            if (signature == null)
+            if (signatures == null || signatures.length == 0)
                 return getPackageInfo().applicationInfo.isSystemApp();
 
             packageSignatures = getPackageInfo().signatures;
@@ -62,8 +62,15 @@ public class WebViewProviderInfo implements Parcelable {
         }
         if (packageSignatures.length != 1)
             return false;
-        final byte[] releaseSignature = Base64.decode(signature, Base64.DEFAULT);
-        return Arrays.equals(releaseSignature, packageSignatures[0].toByteArray());
+
+        final byte[] packageSignature = packageSignatures[0].toByteArray();
+        // Return whether the package signature matches any of the valid signatures
+        for (String signature : signatures) {
+            final byte[] validSignature = Base64.decode(signature, Base64.DEFAULT);
+            if (Arrays.equals(packageSignature, validSignature))
+                return true;
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ public class WebViewProviderInfo implements Parcelable {
     private WebViewProviderInfo(Parcel in) {
         packageName = in.readString();
         description = in.readString();
-        signature = in.readString();
+        signatures = in.createStringArray();
         packageInfo = null;
     }
 
@@ -122,14 +129,14 @@ public class WebViewProviderInfo implements Parcelable {
     public void writeToParcel(Parcel out, int flags) {
         out.writeString(packageName);
         out.writeString(description);
-        out.writeString(signature);
+        out.writeStringArray(signatures);
     }
 
     // fields read from framework resource
     public String packageName;
     public String description;
 
-    private String signature;
+    private String[] signatures;
 
     private PackageInfo packageInfo;
     // flags declaring we want extra info from the package manager
diff --git a/core/res/res/xml/config_webview_packages.xml b/core/res/res/xml/config_webview_packages.xml
index 6f9c58d2f9b72..fd443c15702d5 100644
--- a/core/res/res/xml/config_webview_packages.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/xml/config_webview_packages.xml
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
 
 <webviewproviders>
     <!-- The default WebView implementation -->
-    <webviewprovider description="Android WebView" packageName="com.android.webview" />
+    <webviewprovider description="Android WebView" packageName="com.android.webview">
+    </webviewprovider>
 </webviewproviders>