diff --git a/fastboot/Android.mk b/fastboot/Android.mk
index 26333f922..5610cc089 100644
--- a/fastboot/Android.mk
+++ b/fastboot/Android.mk
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ LOCAL_C_INCLUDES_windows := development/host/windows/usb/api
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := \
     libziparchive \
     libext4_utils \
-    libsparse_host \
+    libsparse \
     libutils \
     liblog \
     libz \
diff --git a/fs_mgr/Android.mk b/fs_mgr/Android.mk
index f93620350..9e06bc520 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/Android.mk
+++ b/fs_mgr/Android.mk
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libfs_mgr \
     libcutils \
     liblog \
     libc \
-    libsparse_static \
+    libsparse \
     libz \
     libselinux
 LOCAL_CXX_STL := libc++_static
diff --git a/init/Android.mk b/init/Android.mk
index 60b37b94b..661569242 100644
--- a/init/Android.mk
+++ b/init/Android.mk
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := \
     libcrypto \
     libc++_static \
     libdl \
-    libsparse_static \
+    libsparse \
     libz \
     libprocessgroup \
     libnl \
diff --git a/libsparse/Android.bp b/libsparse/Android.bp
index 7a6ae8a54..dd8b5fd1d 100644
--- a/libsparse/Android.bp
+++ b/libsparse/Android.bp
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright 2010 The Android Open Source Project
 
-cc_defaults {
-    name: "libsparse_defaults",
+cc_library {
+    name: "libsparse",
+    host_supported: true,
+    unique_host_soname: true,
     srcs: [
         "backed_block.c",
         "output_file.c",
@@ -13,32 +15,19 @@ cc_defaults {
     cflags: ["-Werror"],
     local_include_dirs: ["include"],
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
-}
-
-cc_library_host_static {
-    name: "libsparse_host",
-    defaults: ["libsparse_defaults"],
-    static_libs: ["libz"],
     target: {
+        host: {
+            shared_libs: ["libz-host"],
+        },
+        android: {
+            shared_libs: ["libz"],
+        },
         windows: {
             enabled: true,
         },
     },
 }
 
-cc_library_shared {
-    name: "libsparse",
-    defaults: ["libsparse_defaults"],
-    shared_libs: ["libz"],
-}
-
-cc_library_static {
-    name: "libsparse_static",
-    host_supported: true,
-    defaults: ["libsparse_defaults"],
-    static_libs: ["libz"],
-}
-
 cc_binary {
     name: "simg2img",
     host_supported: true,
@@ -47,7 +36,7 @@ cc_binary {
         "sparse_crc32.c",
     ],
     static_libs: [
-        "libsparse_static",
+        "libsparse",
         "libz",
     ],
 
@@ -59,7 +48,7 @@ cc_binary {
     host_supported: true,
     srcs: ["img2simg.c"],
     static_libs: [
-        "libsparse_static",
+        "libsparse",
         "libz",
     ],
 
@@ -70,7 +59,7 @@ cc_binary_host {
     name: "append2simg",
     srcs: ["append2simg.c"],
     static_libs: [
-        "libsparse_static",
+        "libsparse",
         "libz",
     ],