diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 4e65049..0be56c7 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/combo/select.mk
 endif
 
+ifdef TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT
+TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT_APPS := true
+TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT_EXECUTABLES := true
+endif
+
 # "ro.product.cpu.abilist" is a comma separated list of ABIs (in order
 # of preference) that the target supports. If a TARGET_CPU_ABI_LIST
 # is specified by the board configuration, we use that. If not, we
diff --git a/core/executable.mk b/core/executable.mk
index b67ac36..7a3e08e 100644
--- a/core/executable.mk
+++ b/core/executable.mk
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 LOCAL_NO_2ND_ARCH_MODULE_SUFFIX := true
 endif
 
-# if TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT is set, try to build 32-bit first
+# if TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT_EXECUTABLES is set, try to build 32-bit first
 ifdef TARGET_2ND_ARCH
-ifeq ($(TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT),true)
+ifeq ($(TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT_EXECUTABLES),true)
 LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX := $(TARGET_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)
 else
 LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX :=
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 ifdef TARGET_2ND_ARCH
 
 # check if the non-preferred arch is the primary or secondary
-ifeq ($(TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT),true)
+ifeq ($(TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT_EXECUTABLES),true)
 LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX :=
 else
 LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX := $(TARGET_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)
diff --git a/core/package.mk b/core/package.mk
index fe4d0e4..c7d68d9 100644
--- a/core/package.mk
+++ b/core/package.mk
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
 
 LOCAL_NO_2ND_ARCH_MODULE_SUFFIX := true
 
-# if TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT is set, try to build 32-bit first
+# if TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT_APPS is set, try to build 32-bit first
 ifdef TARGET_2ND_ARCH
-ifeq ($(TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT),true)
+ifeq ($(TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT_APPS),true)
 LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX := $(TARGET_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)
 else
 LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX :=
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/package_internal.mk
 else ifneq (,$(TARGET_2ND_ARCH))
 # check if the non-preferred arch is the primary or secondary
-ifeq ($(TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT),true)
+ifeq ($(TARGET_PREFER_32_BIT_APPS),true)
 LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX :=
 else
 LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX := $(TARGET_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)