diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/Android.bp b/packages/SystemUI/Android.bp
index 71ad886129bd9..eb58703d1bdd8 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/Android.bp
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/Android.bp
@@ -66,6 +66,24 @@ filegroup {
     ],
 }
 
+//Create a library to expose SystemUI's resources to other modules.
+android_library {
+    name: "SystemUI-res",
+    resource_dirs: [
+        "res-product",
+        "res-keyguard",
+        "res",
+    ],
+    static_libs: [
+        "SystemUISharedLib",
+        "SettingsLib",
+        "androidx.leanback_leanback",
+        "androidx.slice_slice-core",
+        "androidx.slice_slice-view",
+    ],
+    manifest: "AndroidManifest-res.xml",
+}
+
 android_library {
     name: "SystemUI-core",
     srcs: [
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/AndroidManifest-res.xml b/packages/SystemUI/AndroidManifest-res.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..58e9dc6be3dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/AndroidManifest-res.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ -->
+<manifest package= "com.android.systemui.res">
+    <application/>
+</manifest>
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