diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/AaptInvoker.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/AaptInvoker.java
index a249869b1f..a31a3dcd50 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/AaptInvoker.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/AaptInvoker.java
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ private void invokeAapt2(File apkFile, File manifest, File resDir, File rawDir,
             cmd.add("--enable-sparse-encoding");
         }
 
+        if (mApkInfo.compactEntries) {
+            cmd.add("--enable-compact-entries");
+        }
+
         if (mApkInfo.isFrameworkApk) {
             cmd.add("-x");
         }
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/apk/ApkInfo.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/apk/ApkInfo.java
index 38a036d583..3bdd7a2e4d 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/apk/ApkInfo.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/apk/ApkInfo.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class ApkInfo implements YamlSerializable {
     public Map<String, Boolean> featureFlags = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     public boolean sharedLibrary;
     public boolean sparseResources;
+    public boolean compactEntries;
     public List<String> doNotCompress = new ArrayList<>();
 
     public ApkInfo() {
@@ -266,6 +267,10 @@ public void readItem(YamlReader reader) throws AndrolibException {
                 sparseResources = line.getValueBool();
                 break;
             }
+            case "compactEntries": {
+                compactEntries = line.getValueBool();
+                break;
+            }
             case "doNotCompress": {
                 doNotCompress.clear();
                 reader.readStringList(doNotCompress);
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ public void write(YamlWriter writer) {
         }
         writer.writeBool("sharedLibrary", sharedLibrary);
         writer.writeBool("sparseResources", sparseResources);
+        writer.writeBool("compactEntries", compactEntries);
         if (!doNotCompress.isEmpty()) {
             writer.writeList("doNotCompress", doNotCompress);
         }
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/ResTable.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/ResTable.java
index c058f61cfa..11a0208264 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/ResTable.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/ResTable.java
@@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ public void setSparseResources(boolean flag) {
         mApkInfo.sparseResources = flag;
     }
 
+    public void setCompactEntries(boolean flag) {
+        if (mApkInfo.compactEntries != flag) {
+            LOGGER.info("Compactly packed resource entries detected.");
+        }
+        mApkInfo.compactEntries = flag;
+    }
+
     public void addSdkInfo(String key, String value) {
         mApkInfo.sdkInfo.put(key, value);
     }
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/ARSCDecoder.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/ARSCDecoder.java
index 3267edefbb..1a33c692d8 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/ARSCDecoder.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/ARSCDecoder.java
@@ -366,6 +366,12 @@ private EntryData readEntryData() throws IOException, AndrolibException {
             return null;
         }
 
+        // Be sure we don't poison mResTable by marking the application as compact
+        // Only flag the ResTable as compact if the main package is not loaded.
+        if (isCompact && !mResTable.isMainPkgLoaded()) {
+            mResTable.setCompactEntries(true);
+        }
+
         // #3366 - In a compactly packed entry, the key index is the size & type is higher 8 bits on flags.
         // We assume a size of 8 bytes for compact entries and the specNamesId is the data itself encoded.
         ResValue value;