diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/AndrolibResources.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/AndrolibResources.java
index 08978eb3..1d6f6363 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/AndrolibResources.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/AndrolibResources.java
@@ -332,21 +332,30 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
 
 		// path for aapt binary
 		if (!aaptPath.isEmpty()) {
-			File aaptFile = new File(aaptPath);
-			if (aaptFile.canRead() && aaptFile.exists()) {
-				aaptFile.setExecutable(true);
-				cmd.add(aaptFile.getPath());
+		  File aaptFile = new File(aaptPath);
+		  if (aaptFile.canRead() && aaptFile.exists()) {
+		    aaptFile.setExecutable(true);
+		    cmd.add(aaptFile.getPath());
 
-				if (flags.get("verbose")) {
-					LOGGER.info(aaptFile.getPath()
-							+ " being used as aapt location.");
-				}
-			} else {
-				LOGGER.warning("aapt location could not be found. Defaulting back to default");
-				cmd.add("aapt");
-			}
+		    if (flags.get("verbose")) {
+		      LOGGER.info(aaptFile.getPath()
+		          + " being used as aapt location.");
+		    }
+		  } else {
+		    LOGGER.warning("aapt location could not be found. Defaulting back to default");
+
+		    try {
+		      cmd.add(getAaptBinaryFile().getAbsolutePath());
+		    } catch (BrutException ignored) {
+		      cmd.add("aapt");
+		    }
+		  }
 		} else {
-			cmd.add("aapt");
+		  try {
+		    cmd.add(getAaptBinaryFile().getAbsolutePath());
+		  } catch (BrutException ignored) {
+		    cmd.add("aapt");
+		  }
 		}
 
 		cmd.add("p");
@@ -728,7 +737,7 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
 		// if a framework path was specified on the command line, use it
 		if (sFrameworkFolder != null) {
 			path = sFrameworkFolder;
-		} else if (System.getProperty("os.name").equals("Mac OS X")) {
+		} else if (OSDetection.isMacOSX()) {
 			// store in user-home, for Mac OS X
 			path = System.getProperty("user.home") + File.separatorChar + "Library/apktool/framework";
 		} else {
@@ -747,6 +756,33 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
 		}
 		return dir;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @see https://github.com/iBotPeaches/platform_frameworks_base
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws AndrolibException
+	 */
+	public File getAaptBinaryFile() throws AndrolibException {
+	  try {
+  	  if (OSDetection.isMacOSX()) {
+  	    mAaptBinary = Jar
+  	        .getResourceAsFile("/aapt/macosx/aapt");
+  	  } else if (OSDetection.isUnix()) {
+  	    mAaptBinary = Jar
+  	        .getResourceAsFile("/aapt/linux/aapt");
+  	  } else if (OSDetection.isWindows()) {
+  	    mAaptBinary = Jar
+  	        .getResourceAsFile("/aapt/windows/aapt.exe");
+  	  } else {
+  	    return null;
+  	  }
+	  } catch (BrutException ex) {
+	    throw new AndrolibException(ex);
+	  }
+	  mAaptBinary.setExecutable(true);
+	  return mAaptBinary;
+	}
 
 	public File getAndroidResourcesFile() throws AndrolibException {
 		try {
@@ -776,5 +812,6 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
 	private String mVersionName = null;
 
 	private String mPackageRenamed = null;
+	private File mAaptBinary = null;
 
 }
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/resources/prebuilt/aapt/linux/aapt b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/resources/prebuilt/aapt/linux/aapt
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..71022e94
Binary files /dev/null and b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/resources/prebuilt/aapt/linux/aapt differ
diff --git a/brut.j.util/src/main/java/brut/util/OSDetection.java b/brut.j.util/src/main/java/brut/util/OSDetection.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..781a7249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brut.j.util/src/main/java/brut/util/OSDetection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2010 Ryszard Wiśniewski <brut.alll@gmail.com>
+ *  Copyright 2013 Connor Tumbleson <connor.tumbleson@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package brut.util;
+
+public class OSDetection {
+  private static String OS = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
+  
+  public static boolean isWindows() {
+    return (OS.indexOf("win") >= 0);
+  }
+  
+  public static boolean isMacOSX() {
+    return (OS.indexOf("mac") >= 0);
+  }
+  
+  public static boolean isUnix() {
+    return (OS.indexOf("nix") >= 0 || OS.indexOf("nux") >= 0 || OS.indexOf("aix") > 0 || (OS.indexOf("sunos") >= 0));
+  }
+}