diff --git a/rootdir/etc/linker.config.json b/rootdir/etc/linker.config.json
index d9f552651..83cb6ff13 100644
--- a/rootdir/etc/linker.config.json
+++ b/rootdir/etc/linker.config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "requireLibs": [
-    "libdexfile.so",
-    "libdexfiled.so",
+    // Keep in sync with the "platform" namespace in art/build/apex/ld.config.txt.
+    "libdexfile_external.so",
+    "libdexfiled_external.so",
     "libnativebridge.so",
     "libnativehelper.so",
     "libnativeloader.so",