diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/EmbeddedResourcesInfo.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/EmbeddedResourcesInfo.java
index 3e2078fafc0c..4dd8ddadccdf 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/EmbeddedResourcesInfo.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/EmbeddedResourcesInfo.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public static EmbeddedResourcesInfo singleton() {
     }
 
     public void declareResourceAsRegistered(Module module, String resource, String source) {
-        if (!ResourcesFeature.Options.GenerateEmbeddedResourcesFile.getValue()) {
+        if (!ImageSingletons.lookup(ResourcesFeature.class).collectEmbeddedResourcesInfo()) {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ResourcesFeature.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ResourcesFeature.java
index 43def391c34b..5759eb2c8605 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ResourcesFeature.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ResourcesFeature.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  * questions.
  */
-
 package com.oracle.svm.hosted;
 
 import static com.oracle.svm.core.jdk.Resources.RESOURCES_INTERNAL_PATH_SEPARATOR;
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@
  * @see NativeImageResourceFileAttributesView
  */
 @AutomaticallyRegisteredFeature
-public final class ResourcesFeature implements InternalFeature {
+public class ResourcesFeature implements InternalFeature {
 
     static final String MODULE_NAME_ALL_UNNAMED = "ALL-UNNAMED";
 
@@ -389,6 +388,10 @@ private static ResourcesRegistryImpl resourceRegistryImpl() {
         return (ResourcesRegistryImpl) ImageSingletons.lookup(ResourcesRegistry.class);
     }
 
+    protected boolean collectEmbeddedResourcesInfo() {
+        return Options.GenerateEmbeddedResourcesFile.getValue();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void beforeAnalysis(BeforeAnalysisAccess access) {
         /* load and parse resource configuration files */