diff --git a/core/board_config.mk b/core/board_config.mk
index a6aef87e9..5370b5e75 100644
--- a/core/board_config.mk
+++ b/core/board_config.mk
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ _board_strip_readonly_list += $(_dynamic_partitions_var_list)
 
 _build_broken_var_list := \
   BUILD_BROKEN_DUP_RULES \
+  BUILD_BROKEN_PREBUILT_ELF_FILES \
   BUILD_BROKEN_USES_NETWORK \
 
 _build_broken_var_list += \
diff --git a/core/check_elf_file.mk b/core/check_elf_file.mk
index 0faaadd3f..7a5de6769 100644
--- a/core/check_elf_file.mk
+++ b/core/check_elf_file.mk
@@ -38,12 +38,18 @@ $(check_elf_files_stamp): $(my_prebuilt_src_file) $(my_check_elf_file_shared_lib
 	    $<
 	$(hide) touch $@
 
-ifneq ($(PRODUCT_CHECK_ELF_FILES)$(CHECK_ELF_FILES),)
 ifneq ($(strip $(LOCAL_CHECK_ELF_FILES)),false)
+ifneq ($(strip $(BUILD_BROKEN_PREBUILT_ELF_FILES)),true)
+# TODO(b/141176116): Remove the PRODUCT_CHECK_ELF_FILES condition below and
+# cover `make droid` targets after everything goes well with `make checkbuild`
+# targets.
+ifneq ($(PRODUCT_CHECK_ELF_FILES)$(CHECK_ELF_FILES),)
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(check_elf_files_stamp)
-check-elf-files: $(check_elf_files_stamp)
-endif  # LOCAL_CHECK_ELF_FILES
 endif  # PRODUCT_CHECK_ELF_FILES or CHECK_ELF_FILES
 
+check-elf-files: $(check_elf_files_stamp)
+endif  # BUILD_BROKEN_PREBUILT_ELF_FILES
+endif  # LOCAL_CHECK_ELF_FILES
+
 endif  # SHARED_LIBRARIES, EXECUTABLES, NATIVE_TESTS
 endif  # !LOCAL_IS_HOST_MODULE