diff --git a/libc/include/android/dlext.h b/libc/include/android/dlext.h
index 7979c43..d5ec386 100644
--- a/libc/include/android/dlext.h
+++ b/libc/include/android/dlext.h
@@ -142,6 +142,33 @@
 extern bool android_init_namespaces(const char* public_ns_sonames,
                                     const char* anon_ns_library_path);
 
+
+enum {
+  /* A regular namespace is the namespace with a custom search path that does
+   * not impose any restrictions on the location of native libraries.
+   */
+  ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_REGULAR = 0,
+
+  /* An isolated namespace requires all the libraries to be on the search path
+   * or under permitted_when_isolated_path. The search path is the union of
+   * ld_library_path and default_library_path.
+   */
+  ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_ISOLATED = 1,
+
+  /* The shared namespace clones the list of libraries of the caller namespace upon creation
+   * which means that they are shared between namespaces - the caller namespace and the new one
+   * will use the same copy of a library if it was loaded prior to android_create_namespace call.
+   *
+   * Note that libraries loaded after the namespace is created will not be shared.
+   *
+   * Shared namespaces can be isolated or regular. Note that they do not inherit the search path nor
+   * permitted_path from the caller's namespace.
+   */
+  ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_SHARED = 2,
+  ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_SHARED_ISOLATED = ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_SHARED |
+                                           ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_ISOLATED,
+};
+
 /*
  * Creates new linker namespace.
  * ld_library_path and default_library_path represent the search path
@@ -152,19 +179,19 @@
  * 2. In directories specified by DT_RUNPATH of the "needed by" binary.
  * 3. deault_library_path (This of this as namespace-local default library path)
  *
- * When is_isolated is true the resulting namespace requires all of the libraries
- * to be on the search path or under the permitted_when_isolated_path; the search_path is
- * ld_library_path:default_library_path. Note that the permitted_when_isolated_path path
- * is not part of the search_path and does not affect the search order. It is a way
- * to allow loading libraries from specific locations when using absolute path.
- *
+ * When type is ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_ISOLATED the resulting namespace requires all of
+ * the libraries to be on the search path or under the permitted_when_isolated_path;
+ * the search_path is ld_library_path:default_library_path. Note that the
+ * permitted_when_isolated_path path is not part of the search_path and
+ * does not affect the search order. It is a way to allow loading libraries from specific
+ * locations when using absolute path.
  * If a library or any of its dependencies are outside of the permitted_when_isolated_path
  * and search_path, and it is not part of the public namespace dlopen will fail.
  */
 extern struct android_namespace_t* android_create_namespace(const char* name,
                                                             const char* ld_library_path,
                                                             const char* default_library_path,
-                                                            bool is_isolated,
+                                                            uint64_t type,
                                                             const char* permitted_when_isolated_path);
 
 __END_DECLS