diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index 53f0608..736d3b0 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -2185,18 +2185,36 @@
   android_namespace_t* ns = new (g_namespace_allocator.alloc()) android_namespace_t();
   ns->set_name(name);
   ns->set_isolated((type & ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_ISOLATED) != 0);
-  ns->set_ld_library_paths(std::move(ld_library_paths));
-  ns->set_default_library_paths(std::move(default_library_paths));
-  ns->set_permitted_paths(std::move(permitted_paths));
 
   if ((type & ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_SHARED) != 0) {
+    // append parent namespace paths.
+    std::copy(parent_namespace->get_ld_library_paths().begin(),
+              parent_namespace->get_ld_library_paths().end(),
+              back_inserter(ld_library_paths));
+
+    std::copy(parent_namespace->get_default_library_paths().begin(),
+              parent_namespace->get_default_library_paths().end(),
+              back_inserter(default_library_paths));
+
+    std::copy(parent_namespace->get_permitted_paths().begin(),
+              parent_namespace->get_permitted_paths().end(),
+              back_inserter(permitted_paths));
+
     // If shared - clone the parent namespace
     add_soinfos_to_namespace(parent_namespace->soinfo_list(), ns);
+    // and copy parent namespace links
+    for (auto& link : parent_namespace->linked_namespaces()) {
+      ns->add_linked_namespace(link.linked_namespace(), link.shared_lib_sonames());
+    }
   } else {
     // If not shared - copy only the shared group
     add_soinfos_to_namespace(get_shared_group(parent_namespace), ns);
   }
 
+  ns->set_ld_library_paths(std::move(ld_library_paths));
+  ns->set_default_library_paths(std::move(default_library_paths));
+  ns->set_permitted_paths(std::move(permitted_paths));
+
   return ns;
 }
 
diff --git a/linker/linker_namespaces.h b/linker/linker_namespaces.h
index e7d9b2e..c3260fd 100644
--- a/linker/linker_namespaces.h
+++ b/linker/linker_namespaces.h
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
     return linked_namespace_;
   }
 
+  const std::unordered_set<std::string>& shared_lib_sonames() const {
+    return shared_lib_sonames_;
+  }
+
   bool is_accessible(const char* soname) const {
     return shared_lib_sonames_.find(soname) != shared_lib_sonames_.end();
   }
diff --git a/tests/dlext_test.cpp b/tests/dlext_test.cpp
index 35dff2a..73d42ff 100644
--- a/tests/dlext_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/dlext_test.cpp
@@ -1350,6 +1350,70 @@
   dlclose(handle2);
 }
 
+TEST(dlext, ns_shared_links_and_paths) {
+  // Create parent namespace (isolated, not shared)
+  android_namespace_t* ns_isolated =
+          android_create_namespace("private_isolated",
+                                   nullptr,
+                                   (get_testlib_root() + "/private_namespace_libs").c_str(),
+                                   ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_ISOLATED,
+                                   (get_testlib_root() + "/public_namespace_libs").c_str(),
+                                   nullptr);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ns_isolated != nullptr) << dlerror();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(android_link_namespaces(ns_isolated, nullptr, g_core_shared_libs.c_str())) << dlerror();
+
+  // Create shared namespace with ns_isolated parent
+  android_namespace_t* ns_shared =
+          android_create_namespace("private_shared",
+                                   nullptr,
+                                   nullptr,
+                                   ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_SHARED | ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_ISOLATED,
+                                   nullptr,
+                                   ns_isolated);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ns_shared != nullptr) << dlerror();
+
+  // 1. Load a library in ns_shared to check that it has inherited
+  // search path and the link to the default namespace.
+  android_dlextinfo extinfo;
+  extinfo.flags = ANDROID_DLEXT_USE_NAMESPACE;
+  extinfo.library_namespace = ns_shared;
+
+  {
+    void* handle = android_dlopen_ext("libnstest_private.so", RTLD_NOW, &extinfo);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(handle != nullptr) << dlerror();
+    const char** ns_private_extern_string = static_cast<const char**>(dlsym(handle, "g_private_extern_string"));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(ns_private_extern_string != nullptr) << dlerror();
+    ASSERT_STREQ("This string is from private namespace", *ns_private_extern_string);
+
+    dlclose(handle);
+  }
+  // 2. Load another test library by absolute path to check that
+  // it has inherited permitted_when_isolated_path
+  {
+    void* handle = android_dlopen_ext(
+            (get_testlib_root() + "/public_namespace_libs/libnstest_public.so").c_str(),
+            RTLD_NOW,
+            &extinfo);
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(handle != nullptr) << dlerror();
+    const char** ns_public_extern_string = static_cast<const char**>(dlsym(handle, "g_public_extern_string"));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(ns_public_extern_string != nullptr) << dlerror();
+    ASSERT_STREQ("This string is from public namespace", *ns_public_extern_string);
+
+    dlclose(handle);
+  }
+
+  // 3. Check that it is still isolated.
+  {
+    void* handle = android_dlopen_ext(
+            (get_testlib_root() + "/libtest_empty.so").c_str(),
+            RTLD_NOW,
+            &extinfo);
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(handle == nullptr);
+  }
+}
+
 TEST(dlext, ns_shared_dlclose) {
   android_set_application_target_sdk_version(42U); // something > 23