diff --git a/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/AsmAnalyzer.java b/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/AsmAnalyzer.java
index 48544cac16ab9..11d4c81c6dc7d 100644
--- a/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/AsmAnalyzer.java
+++ b/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/AsmAnalyzer.java
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ public class AsmAnalyzer {
 
             try {
                 // exclude classes that are part of the default JRE (the one executing this program)
-                if (getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(className) != null) {
+                if (className.startsWith("java.") ||
+                        getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(className) != null) {
                     return;
                 }
             } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {