diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/Androlib.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/Androlib.java
index 2325bcdd..e22917bc 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/Androlib.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/Androlib.java
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ public class Androlib {
         mAndRes.setPackageRenamed(meta.packageInfo);
         mAndRes.setVersionInfo(meta.versionInfo);
         mAndRes.setSharedLibrary(meta.sharedLibrary);
+        mAndRes.setSparseResources(meta.sparseResources);
 
         if (meta.sdkInfo != null && meta.sdkInfo.get("minSdkVersion") != null) {
             String minSdkVersion = meta.sdkInfo.get("minSdkVersion");
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 211e068f..d974a789 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
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
         mSharedLibrary = flag;
     }
 
+    public void setSparseResources(boolean flag) {
+        mSparseResources = flag;
+    }
+
     public String checkTargetSdkVersionBounds() {
         int target = mapSdkShorthandToVersion(mTargetSdkVersion);
 
@@ -407,7 +411,9 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
         cmd.add("--no-version-transitions");
         cmd.add("--no-resource-deduping");
 
-        // TODO Sparse Resources
+        if (mSparseResources) {
+            cmd.add("--enable-sparse-encoding");
+        }
 
         if (apkOptions.isFramework) {
             cmd.add("-x");
@@ -1016,6 +1022,7 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
     private String mPackageId = null;
 
     private boolean mSharedLibrary = false;
+    private boolean mSparseResources = false;
 
     private final static String[] IGNORED_PACKAGES = new String[] {
             "android", "com.htc", "miui", "com.lge", "com.lge.internal", "yi", "com.miui.core", "flyme",