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 16a3395145..38c20897d4 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
@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ private ResType readTableType() throws IOException, AndrolibException {
 
         mHeader.checkForUnreadHeader(mIn);
 
-        if ((typeFlags & 0x01) != 0) {
+        // Be sure we don't poison mResTable by marking the application as sparse
+        // Only flag the ResTable as sparse if the main package is not loaded.
+        if ((typeFlags & 0x01) != 0 && !mResTable.isMainPkgLoaded()) {
             mResTable.setSparseResources(true);
         }
 
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/decode/SparseFlagTest.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/decode/SparseFlagTest.java
index 276fbf63ed..c3959250f4 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/decode/SparseFlagTest.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/decode/SparseFlagTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public void decodeWithExpectationOfSparseResources() throws BrutException, IOExc
 
         LOGGER.info("Decoding sparse.apk...");
         Config config = Config.getDefaultConfig();
+        config.frameworkTag = "issue-3298";
 
         ApkDecoder apkDecoder = new ApkDecoder(config, testApk);
         ApkInfo apkInfo = apkDecoder.decode(sTestNewDir);
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ public void decodeWithExpectationOfNoSparseResources() throws BrutException, IOE
 
         LOGGER.info("Decoding not-sparse.apk...");
         Config config = Config.getDefaultConfig();
+        config.frameworkTag = "issue-3298";
 
         ApkDecoder apkDecoder = new ApkDecoder(config, testApk);
         ApkInfo apkInfo = apkDecoder.decode(sTestNewDir);