diff --git a/java/Makefile.in b/java/Makefile.in
index 941631b8411..465f99162ec 100644
--- a/java/Makefile.in
+++ b/java/Makefile.in
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ emacs.apk-in: install_temp AndroidManifest.xml classes.dex
 	    | xargs $(ZIP) ../$@ &> /dev/null;			\
 	  echo "Packaging files already compressed...">&2;	\
 	  cd assets_gz; find assets -type f			\
-	    | xargs $(ZIP) ../../$@ &> /dev/null;		\
+	    | xargs $(ZIP) -0 ../../$@ &> /dev/null;		\
 	  echo "Packaging shared libraries and code..." >&2;	\
 	  cd ..; $(ZIP) ../$@ `find lib -type f`;		\
 	fi