diff --git a/linker/Android.bp b/linker/Android.bp
index 697c260..779cd3f 100644
--- a/linker/Android.bp
+++ b/linker/Android.bp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     // We need to access Bionic private headers in the linker.
     include_dirs: ["bionic/libc"],
 
-    static_libs: ["libasync_safe"],
+    static_libs: ["libasync_safe", "libbase"],
 }
 
 // This is used for bionic on (host) Linux to bootstrap our linker embedded into