diff --git a/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/native_loader.h b/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/native_loader.h
index d606a760e..2a6aaec50 100644
--- a/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/native_loader.h
+++ b/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/native_loader.h
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ void* OpenNativeLibrary(JNIEnv* env,
                         jobject class_loader,
                         jstring library_path);
 
+__attribute__((visibility("default")))
+bool CloseNativeLibrary(void* handle);
+
 #if defined(__ANDROID__)
 // Look up linker namespace by class_loader. Returns nullptr if
 // there is no namespace associated with the class_loader.
diff --git a/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp b/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
index baad197fe..8cf140e03 100644
--- a/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
+++ b/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ void* OpenNativeLibrary(JNIEnv* env,
 #endif
 }
 
+bool CloseNativeLibrary(void* handle) {
+  return dlclose(handle) == 0;
+}
+
 #if defined(__ANDROID__)
 android_namespace_t* FindNamespaceByClassLoader(JNIEnv* env, jobject class_loader) {
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(g_namespaces_mutex);