diff --git a/linker/linker.mk b/linker/linker.mk
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+LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
+    debugger.cpp \
+    dlfcn.cpp \
+    linker.cpp \
+    linker_environ.cpp \
+    linker_phdr.cpp \
+    rt.cpp \
+
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES_arm     := arch/arm/begin.S
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES_arm64   := arch/arm64/begin.S
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES_x86     := arch/x86/begin.c
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES_x86_64  := arch/x86_64/begin.S
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES_mips    := arch/mips/begin.S
+
+LOCAL_LDFLAGS := \
+    -shared \
+    -Wl,-Bsymbolic \
+    -Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL \
+
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += \
+    -fno-stack-protector \
+    -Wstrict-overflow=5 \
+    -fvisibility=hidden \
+    -Wall -Wextra -Werror \
+
+LOCAL_CONLYFLAGS += \
+    -std=gnu99 \
+
+LOCAL_CPPFLAGS += \
+    -std=gnu++11 \
+
+# We need to access Bionic private headers in the linker.
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -I$(LOCAL_PATH)/../libc/
+
+# we don't want crtbegin.o (because we have begin.o), so unset it
+# just for this module
+LOCAL_NO_CRT := true
+# TODO: split out the asflags.
+LOCAL_ASFLAGS := $(LOCAL_CFLAGS)
+
+LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/Android.mk $(LOCAL_PATH)/linker.mk $(LOCAL_PATH)/linker_executable.mk
+
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libc_nomalloc
+
+LOCAL_FORCE_STATIC_EXECUTABLE := true # not necessary when not including BUILD_EXECUTABLE
+
+LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX := $(linker_2nd_arch_var_prefix)
+
+ifeq ($(TARGET_IS_64_BIT)|$(linker_2nd_arch_var_prefix),true|)
+LOCAL_MODULE := linker64
+else
+LOCAL_MODULE := linker
+endif
+
+include $(LOCAL_PATH)/linker_executable.mk