diff --git a/config/copyright-header b/config/copyright-header
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+++ b/config/copyright-header
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# 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.
+#
diff --git a/config/generate-preloaded-classes.sh b/config/generate-preloaded-classes.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/config/generate-preloaded-classes.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# 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.
+if [ "$#" -lt 2 ]; then
+  echo "Usage $0 <input classes file> <blacklist file> [extra classes files]"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "# Preloaded-classes filter file for phones.
+#
+# Classes in this file will be allocated into the boot image, and forcibly initialized in
+# the zygote during initialization. This is a trade-off, using virtual address space to share
+# common heap between apps.
+#
+# This file has been derived for mainline phone (and tablet) usage.
+#"
+input=$1
+blacklist=$2
+shift 2
+extra_classes_files=("$@")
+sort "$input" "${extra_classes_files[@]}" | uniq | grep -f "$blacklist" -v -F -x
+
diff --git a/config/preloaded-classes-blacklist b/config/preloaded-classes-blacklist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..48cdce8528724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/preloaded-classes-blacklist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+placeholder