diff --git a/linker/linker_config.cpp b/linker/linker_config.cpp
index ada25a5..aaa3a03 100644
--- a/linker/linker_config.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker_config.cpp
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@
           value = "," + value;
           (*properties)[name].append_value(std::move(value));
         } else if (android::base::EndsWith(name, ".paths") ||
-                   android::base::EndsWith(name, ".shared_libs")) {
+                   android::base::EndsWith(name, ".shared_libs") ||
+                   android::base::EndsWith(name, ".whitelisted")) {
           value = ":" + value;
           (*properties)[name].append_value(std::move(value));
         } else {
diff --git a/linker/linker_config_test.cpp b/linker/linker_config_test.cpp
index 4937056..3caa4d4 100644
--- a/linker/linker_config_test.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker_config_test.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #define ARCH_SUFFIX ""
 #endif
 
+// clang-format off
 static const char* config_str =
   "# comment \n"
   "dir.test = /data/local/tmp\n"
@@ -88,8 +89,10 @@
   "namespace.vndk_in_system.visible = true\n"
   "namespace.vndk_in_system.search.paths = /system/${LIB}\n"
   "namespace.vndk_in_system.permitted.paths = /system/${LIB}\n"
-  "namespace.vndk_in_system.whitelisted = libz.so:libyuv.so:libtinyxml2.so\n"
+  "namespace.vndk_in_system.whitelisted = libz.so:libyuv.so\n"
+  "namespace.vndk_in_system.whitelisted += libtinyxml2.so\n"
   "\n";
+// clang-format on
 
 static bool write_version(const std::string& path, uint32_t version) {
   std::string content = android::base::StringPrintf("%d", version);