diff --git a/tools/aapt2/java/ProguardRules.cpp b/tools/aapt2/java/ProguardRules.cpp
index b06607e41c073..0db1807c75d9e 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/java/ProguardRules.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/java/ProguardRules.cpp
@@ -160,13 +160,19 @@ class MenuVisitor : public BaseVisitor {
   void Visit(xml::Element* node) override {
     if (node->namespace_uri.empty() && node->name == "item") {
       for (const auto& attr : node->attributes) {
-        if (attr.namespace_uri == xml::kSchemaAndroid) {
-          if ((attr.name == "actionViewClass" || attr.name == "actionProviderClass") &&
-              util::IsJavaClassName(attr.value)) {
-            AddClass(node->line_number, attr.value, "android.content.Context");
-          } else if (attr.name == "onClick") {
-            AddMethod(node->line_number, attr.value, "android.view.MenuItem");
-          }
+        // AppCompat-v7 defines its own versions of Android attributes if
+        // they're defined after SDK 7 (the below are from 11 and 14,
+        // respectively), so don't bother checking the XML namespace.
+        //
+        // Given the names of the containing XML files and the attribute
+        // names, it's unlikely that keeping these classes would be wrong.
+        if ((attr.name == "actionViewClass" || attr.name == "actionProviderClass") &&
+            util::IsJavaClassName(attr.value)) {
+          AddClass(node->line_number, attr.value, "android.content.Context");
+        }
+
+        if (attr.namespace_uri == xml::kSchemaAndroid && attr.name == "onClick") {
+          AddMethod(node->line_number, attr.value, "android.view.MenuItem");
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/java/ProguardRules_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/java/ProguardRules_test.cpp
index 87205973566b9..b6e76021ccc17 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/java/ProguardRules_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/java/ProguardRules_test.cpp
@@ -326,6 +326,25 @@ TEST(ProguardRulesTest, MenuRulesAreEmitted) {
   EXPECT_THAT(actual, Not(HasSubstr("com.foo.Bat")));
 }
 
+TEST(ProguardRulesTest, MenuRulesAreEmittedForActionClasses) {
+  std::unique_ptr<IAaptContext> context = test::ContextBuilder().Build();
+  std::unique_ptr<xml::XmlResource> menu = test::BuildXmlDom(R"(
+      <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+            xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
+        <item android:id="@+id/my_item"
+            app:actionViewClass="com.foo.Bar"
+            app:actionProviderClass="com.foo.Baz" />
+      </menu>)");
+  menu->file.name = test::ParseNameOrDie("menu/foo");
+
+  proguard::KeepSet set;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(proguard::CollectProguardRules(context.get(), menu.get(), &set));
+
+  std::string actual = GetKeepSetString(set, /** minimal_rules */ false);
+  EXPECT_THAT(actual, HasSubstr("-keep class com.foo.Bar"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(actual, HasSubstr("-keep class com.foo.Baz"));
+}
+
 TEST(ProguardRulesTest, TransitionPathMotionRulesAreEmitted) {
   std::unique_ptr<IAaptContext> context = test::ContextBuilder().Build();
   std::unique_ptr<xml::XmlResource> transition = test::BuildXmlDom(R"(