diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/ARSCDecoder.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/ARSCDecoder.java
index c2a947c859..9bd1727819 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/ARSCDecoder.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/ARSCDecoder.java
@@ -516,9 +516,11 @@ private void addMissingResSpecs() throws AndrolibException {
                     mType = mPkg.getOrCreateConfig(new ResConfigFlags());
                 }
 
-                ResValue value = new ResBoolValue(false, 0, null);
-                ResResource res = new ResResource(mType, spec, value);
+                // We are going to make dummy attributes a null reference (@null) now instead of a boolean false.
+                // This is because aapt2 is much more strict when it comes to what we can put in an application.
+                ResValue value = new ResReferenceValue(mPkg, 0, "");
 
+                ResResource res = new ResResource(mType, spec, value);
                 mPkg.addResource(res);
                 mType.addResource(res);
                 spec.addResource(res);