diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 76c1b5e56b..312a3c1e7b 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -694,7 +694,12 @@ recovery_binary := $(call intermediates-dir-for,EXECUTABLES,recovery)/recovery
 recovery_resources_common := $(call project-path-for,recovery)/res
 recovery_resources_extra := $(call project-path-for,recovery)/res-$(TARGET_RECOVERY_SCREEN_WIDTH)
 recovery_resources_private := $(strip $(wildcard $(TARGET_DEVICE_DIR)/recovery/res))
+ifneq ($(TARGET_RECOVERY_DEVICE_DIRS),)
+recovery_root_private := $(strip \
+    $(foreach d,$(TARGET_RECOVERY_DEVICE_DIRS), $(wildcard $(d)/recovery/root)))
+else
 recovery_root_private := $(strip $(wildcard $(TARGET_DEVICE_DIR)/recovery/root))
+endif
 recovery_resource_deps := $(shell find $(recovery_resources_common) $(recovery_resources_extra) \
   $(recovery_resources_private) $(recovery_root_private) -type f)
 ifneq ($(TARGET_RECOVERY_FSTAB),)