diff --git a/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/config/VmConfig.java b/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/config/VmConfig.java
index fcb63ca..599fa69 100644
--- a/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/config/VmConfig.java
+++ b/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/config/VmConfig.java
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
     return platform.name();
   }
 
-  public String workerClassPath() {
-    return platform.workerClassPath();
+  public ImmutableList<String> workerClassPathArgs() {
+    return platform.workerClassPathArgs();
   }
 
   public ImmutableSet<String> workerProcessArgs() {
diff --git a/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/platform/Platform.java b/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/platform/Platform.java
index 44b6cd2..c5392ce 100644
--- a/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/platform/Platform.java
+++ b/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/platform/Platform.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -65,7 +66,17 @@
   /**
    * The class path that should be used to run a worker..
    */
-  public abstract String workerClassPath();
+  protected abstract String workerClassPath();
+
+  /**
+   * Construct the set of arguments that specify the classpath which
+   * is passed to the worker.
+   *
+   * <p>By default this is just the {@code -cp $workerClassPath}.</p>
+   */
+  public ImmutableList<String> workerClassPathArgs() {
+    return ImmutableList.of("-cp", workerClassPath());
+  }
 
   /**
    * Checks to see whether the specific class is supported on this platform.
diff --git a/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/platform/dalvik/DalvikPlatform.java b/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/platform/dalvik/DalvikPlatform.java
index 3f3e56c..00833f0 100644
--- a/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/platform/dalvik/DalvikPlatform.java
+++ b/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/platform/dalvik/DalvikPlatform.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 
@@ -83,11 +84,26 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public String workerClassPath() {
+  protected String workerClassPath() {
     // TODO(user): Find a way to get the class path programmatically from the class loader.
     return System.getProperty("java.class.path");
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Construct the set of arguments that specify the classpath which
+   * is passed to the worker.
+   *
+   * <p>
+   * Use {@code -Djava.class.path=$classpath} for dalvik because it is supported
+   * by dalvikvm and also by app_process (which doesn't recognize "-cp args").
+   * </p>
+   */
+  @Override
+  public ImmutableList<String> workerClassPathArgs() {
+    String classPathArgs = String.format("-Djava.class.path=%s", workerClassPath());
+    return ImmutableList.of(classPathArgs);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Collection<String> inputArguments() {
     return Collections.emptyList();
diff --git a/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/runner/WorkerProcess.java b/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/runner/WorkerProcess.java
index 144a21c..d0c0bb5 100644
--- a/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/runner/WorkerProcess.java
+++ b/caliper/src/main/java/com/google/caliper/runner/WorkerProcess.java
@@ -201,9 +201,11 @@
     logger.fine(String.format("Benchmark(%s) %s args: %s", benchmarkClass.name(), platformName,
         benchmarkJvmOptions));
 
-    String classPath = vmConfig.workerClassPath();
-    Collections.addAll(args, "-cp", classPath);
-    logger.finer(String.format("Class path: %s", classPath));
+    ImmutableList<String> classPathArgs = vmConfig.workerClassPathArgs();
+    args.addAll(classPathArgs);
+    logger.finer(String.format("Class path args: %s", classPathArgs));
+
+    // TODO(iam): consider forwarding -Djava.library.path= for JNI library support.
     return args;
   }
 }