diff --git a/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/DelegateClassAdapter.java b/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/DelegateClassAdapter.java
index 49ddf1d..0e24cc0 100644
--- a/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/DelegateClassAdapter.java
+++ b/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/DelegateClassAdapter.java
@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@
 
         int accessDelegate = access;
         // change access to public for the original one
-        access &= ~(Opcodes.ACC_PROTECTED | Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE);
-        access |= Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC;
+        if (Main.sOptions.generatePublicAccess) {
+            access &= ~(Opcodes.ACC_PROTECTED | Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE);
+            access |= Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC;
+        }
 
         MethodVisitor mwOriginal = super.visitMethod(access, name + ORIGINAL_SUFFIX,
                                                      desc, signature, exceptions);
diff --git a/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/Main.java b/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/Main.java
index 0fce7ef..c539578 100644
--- a/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/Main.java
+++ b/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/Main.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  * which does:
  * <pre>
  * $ make layoutlib_create &lt;bunch of framework jars&gt;
- * $ out/host/linux-x86/framework/bin/layoutlib_create \
+ * $ java -jar out/host/linux-x86/framework/layoutlib_create.jar \
  *        out/host/common/obj/JAVA_LIBRARIES/temp_layoutlib_intermediates/javalib.jar \
  *        out/target/common/obj/JAVA_LIBRARIES/core_intermediates/classes.jar \
  *        out/target/common/obj/JAVA_LIBRARIES/framework_intermediates/classes.jar
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
  */
 public class Main {
 
+    public static class Options {
+        public boolean generatePublicAccess = true;
+    }
+
+    public static final Options sOptions = new Options();
+
     public static void main(String[] args) {
 
         Log log = new Log();
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@
         String[] osDestJar = { null };
 
         if (!processArgs(log, args, osJarPath, osDestJar)) {
-            log.error("Usage: layoutlib_create [-v] output.jar input.jar ...");
+            log.error("Usage: layoutlib_create [-v] [-p] output.jar input.jar ...");
             System.exit(1);
         }
 
@@ -135,6 +141,8 @@
             String s = args[i];
             if (s.equals("-v")) {
                 log.setVerbose(true);
+            } else if (s.equals("-p")) {
+                sOptions.generatePublicAccess = false;
             } else if (!s.startsWith("-")) {
                 if (osDestJar[0] == null) {
                     osDestJar[0] = s;
diff --git a/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/TransformClassAdapter.java b/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/TransformClassAdapter.java
index f2d9755..5a0a44a4 100644
--- a/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/TransformClassAdapter.java
+++ b/tools/layoutlib/create/src/com/android/tools/layoutlib/create/TransformClassAdapter.java
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@
         name = mClassName;
 
         // remove protected or private and set as public
-        access = access & ~(Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE | Opcodes.ACC_PROTECTED);
-        access |= Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC;
+        if (Main.sOptions.generatePublicAccess) {
+            access = access & ~(Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE | Opcodes.ACC_PROTECTED);
+            access |= Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC;
+        }
         // remove final
         access = access & ~Opcodes.ACC_FINAL;
         // note: leave abstract classes as such
@@ -87,8 +89,10 @@
     @Override
     public void visitInnerClass(String name, String outerName, String innerName, int access) {
         // remove protected or private and set as public
-        access = access & ~(Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE | Opcodes.ACC_PROTECTED);
-        access |= Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC;
+        if (Main.sOptions.generatePublicAccess) {
+            access = access & ~(Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE | Opcodes.ACC_PROTECTED);
+            access |= Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC;
+        }
         // remove final
         access = access & ~Opcodes.ACC_FINAL;
         // note: leave abstract classes as such
@@ -117,8 +121,10 @@
         String methodSignature = mClassName.replace('/', '.') + "#" + name;
 
         // change access to public
-        access &= ~(Opcodes.ACC_PROTECTED | Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE);
-        access |= Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC;
+        if (Main.sOptions.generatePublicAccess) {
+            access &= ~(Opcodes.ACC_PROTECTED | Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE);
+            access |= Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC;
+        }
 
         // remove final
         access = access & ~Opcodes.ACC_FINAL;
@@ -155,9 +161,10 @@
     public FieldVisitor visitField(int access, String name, String desc, String signature,
             Object value) {
         // change access to public
-        access &= ~(Opcodes.ACC_PROTECTED | Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE);
-        access |= Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC;
-
+        if (Main.sOptions.generatePublicAccess) {
+            access &= ~(Opcodes.ACC_PROTECTED | Opcodes.ACC_PRIVATE);
+            access |= Opcodes.ACC_PUBLIC;
+        }
         return super.visitField(access, name, desc, signature, value);
     }