diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index a959394..8480ab7 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -1122,11 +1122,11 @@
                                    off64_t* file_offset) {
   TRACE("Trying zip file open from path '%s'", path);
 
-  // Treat an '!' character inside a path as the separator between the name
+  // Treat an '!/' separator inside a path as the separator between the name
   // of the zip file on disk and the subdirectory to search within it.
-  // For example, if path is "foo.zip!bar/bas/x.so", then we search for
+  // For example, if path is "foo.zip!/bar/bas/x.so", then we search for
   // "bar/bas/x.so" within "foo.zip".
-  const char* separator = strchr(path, '!');
+  const char* separator = strstr(path, "!/");
   if (separator == nullptr) {
     return -1;
   }
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@
   buf[separator - path] = '\0';
 
   const char* zip_path = buf;
-  const char* file_path = &buf[separator - path + 1];
+  const char* file_path = &buf[separator - path + 2];
   int fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(zip_path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
   if (fd == -1) {
     return -1;
diff --git a/tests/dlext_test.cpp b/tests/dlext_test.cpp
index 56a8f6f..f901708 100644
--- a/tests/dlext_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/dlext_test.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 TEST(dlfcn, dlopen_from_zip_absolute_path) {
   const std::string lib_path = std::string(getenv("ANDROID_DATA")) + LIBZIPPATH;
 
-  void* handle = dlopen((lib_path + "!libdir/libdlext_test_fd.so").c_str(), RTLD_NOW);
+  void* handle = dlopen((lib_path + "!/libdir/libdlext_test_fd.so").c_str(), RTLD_NOW);
   ASSERT_TRUE(handle != nullptr) << dlerror();
 
   int (*fn)(void);
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 }
 
 TEST(dlfcn, dlopen_from_zip_ld_library_path) {
-  const std::string lib_path = std::string(getenv("ANDROID_DATA")) + LIBZIPPATH + "!libdir";
+  const std::string lib_path = std::string(getenv("ANDROID_DATA")) + LIBZIPPATH + "!/libdir";
 
   typedef void (*fn_t)(const char*);
   fn_t android_update_LD_LIBRARY_PATH =