diff --git a/chromium/Android.mk b/chromium/Android.mk
index 517ad1b..1052702 100644
--- a/chromium/Android.mk
+++ b/chromium/Android.mk
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
 
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(android_webview_intermediates_pak_additional_deps)
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): PRIVATE_ASSET_DIR += $(android_webview_asset_dirs)
+# This is needed to force the grd->string.xml conversion to run before we
+# attempt to generate the R.java file.
+$(R_file_stamp): $(call intermediates-dir-for,GYP,android_webview_resources)/android_webview_resources.stamp
 
 ifneq ($(strip $(LOCAL_JARJAR_RULES)),)
 # Add build rules to check that the jarjar'ed jar only contains whitelisted