diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-cli/src/main/java/brut/apktool/Main.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-cli/src/main/java/brut/apktool/Main.java
index 6f3fb8ca..3371a6c3 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-cli/src/main/java/brut/apktool/Main.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-cli/src/main/java/brut/apktool/Main.java
@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ public class Main {
 	  }
 	}
 	
-	
 	private static void usage(CommandLine commandLine) {
 	  
 	    // load basicOptions
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 9d7f4743..59b830b0 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
@@ -369,6 +369,11 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
 		if (mMaxSdkVersion != null) {
 			cmd.add("--max-sdk-version");
 			cmd.add(mMaxSdkVersion);
+			
+			// if we have max sdk version, set --max-res-version
+			// so we can ignore anything over that during build.
+			cmd.add("--max-res-version");
+			cmd.add(mMaxSdkVersion);
 		}
 		if (mPackageRenamed != null) {
 			cmd.add("--rename-manifest-package");
@@ -407,7 +412,6 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
 		if (rawDir != null) {
 			cmd.add(rawDir.getAbsolutePath());
 		}
-
 		try {
 			OS.exec(cmd.toArray(new String[0]));
 		} catch (BrutException ex) {