diff --git a/libs/androidfw/AssetManager.cpp b/libs/androidfw/AssetManager.cpp
index 8ea25d6..07044d0 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/AssetManager.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/AssetManager.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 #include <utils/threads.h>
 #include <utils/Timers.h>
 #include <utils/Trace.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#include <sys/file.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
@@ -767,6 +770,12 @@
         return;
     }
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(flock(fileno(fin), LOCK_SH)) != 0) {
+        fclose(fin);
+        return;
+    }
+#endif
     char buf[1024];
     while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fin)) {
         // format of each line:
@@ -797,6 +806,10 @@
             const_cast<AssetManager*>(this)->mZipSet.addOverlay(targetPackagePath, oap);
         }
     }
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(flock(fileno(fin), LOCK_UN));
+#endif
     fclose(fin);
 }