diff --git a/core/java/android/os/ZygoteProcess.java b/core/java/android/os/ZygoteProcess.java
index 70452006da276..93826d808c3ad 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/ZygoteProcess.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/ZygoteProcess.java
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ public class ZygoteProcess {
      * Instructs the zygote to pre-load the classes and native libraries at the given paths
      * for the specified abi. Not all zygotes support this function.
      */
-    public void preloadPackageForAbi(String packagePath, String libsPath, String cacheKey,
-                                     String abi) throws ZygoteStartFailedEx, IOException {
+    public boolean preloadPackageForAbi(String packagePath, String libsPath, String cacheKey,
+                                        String abi) throws ZygoteStartFailedEx, IOException {
         synchronized(mLock) {
             ZygoteState state = openZygoteSocketIfNeeded(abi);
             state.writer.write("4");
@@ -483,6 +483,8 @@ public class ZygoteProcess {
             state.writer.newLine();
 
             state.writer.flush();
+
+            return (state.inputStream.readInt() == 0);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WebViewZygoteInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WebViewZygoteInit.java
index e28079fd5cdd6..58e4a3ed8deb8 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WebViewZygoteInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/WebViewZygoteInit.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import android.util.Log;
 import android.webkit.WebViewFactory;
 import android.webkit.WebViewFactoryProvider;
 
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
@@ -87,17 +88,28 @@ class WebViewZygoteInit {
             // Once we have the classloader, look up the WebViewFactoryProvider implementation and
             // call preloadInZygote() on it to give it the opportunity to preload the native library
             // and perform any other initialisation work that should be shared among the children.
+            boolean preloadSucceeded = false;
             try {
                 Class<WebViewFactoryProvider> providerClass =
                         WebViewFactory.getWebViewProviderClass(loader);
                 Object result = providerClass.getMethod("preloadInZygote").invoke(null);
-                if (!((Boolean)result).booleanValue()) {
+                preloadSucceeded = ((Boolean) result).booleanValue();
+                if (!preloadSucceeded) {
                     Log.e(TAG, "preloadInZygote returned false");
                 }
             } catch (ClassNotFoundException | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException |
                      IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
                 Log.e(TAG, "Exception while preloading package", e);
             }
+
+            try {
+                DataOutputStream socketOut = getSocketOutputStream();
+                socketOut.writeInt(preloadSucceeded ? 1 : 0);
+            } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                Log.e(TAG, "Error writing to command socket", ioe);
+                return true;
+            }
+
             Log.i(TAG, "Package preload done");
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
index 45cb8405468de..d459bc31beba0 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ class ZygoteConnection {
         return ZygoteInit.isPreloadComplete();
     }
 
+    protected DataOutputStream getSocketOutputStream() {
+        return mSocketOutStream;
+    }
+
     protected boolean handlePreloadPackage(String packagePath, String libsPath, String cacheKey) {
         throw new RuntimeException("Zyogte does not support package preloading");
     }