diff --git a/cc/compiler.go b/cc/compiler.go
index bbece1c..5ef20f0 100644
--- a/cc/compiler.go
+++ b/cc/compiler.go
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 		// behavior here, and the NDK always has all the NDK headers available.
 		flags.SystemIncludeFlags = append(flags.SystemIncludeFlags,
 			"-isystem "+getCurrentIncludePath(ctx).String(),
-			"-isystem "+getCurrentIncludePath(ctx).Join(ctx, tc.ClangTriple()).String())
+			"-isystem "+getCurrentIncludePath(ctx).Join(ctx, config.NDKTriple(tc)).String())
 
 		// Traditionally this has come from android/api-level.h, but with the
 		// libc headers unified it must be set by the build system since we
diff --git a/cc/config/arm_device.go b/cc/config/arm_device.go
index 0d3750e..66b3b38 100644
--- a/cc/config/arm_device.go
+++ b/cc/config/arm_device.go
@@ -325,6 +325,12 @@
 }
 
 func (t *toolchainArm) ClangTriple() string {
+	// http://b/72619014 work around llvm LTO bug.
+	return "armv7a-linux-androideabi"
+}
+
+func (t *toolchainArm) ndkTriple() string {
+	// Use current NDK include path, while ClangTriple is changed.
 	return t.GccTriple()
 }
 
diff --git a/cc/config/toolchain.go b/cc/config/toolchain.go
index 279ceef..7961575 100644
--- a/cc/config/toolchain.go
+++ b/cc/config/toolchain.go
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 	ClangLdflags() string
 	ClangInstructionSetFlags(string) (string, error)
 
+	ndkTriple() string
+
 	YasmFlags() string
 
 	WindresFlags() string
@@ -87,6 +89,19 @@
 type toolchainBase struct {
 }
 
+func (t *toolchainBase) ndkTriple() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func NDKTriple(toolchain Toolchain) string {
+	triple := toolchain.ndkTriple()
+	if triple == "" {
+		// Use the clang triple if there is no explicit NDK triple
+		triple = toolchain.ClangTriple()
+	}
+	return triple
+}
+
 func (toolchainBase) InstructionSetFlags(s string) (string, error) {
 	if s != "" {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("instruction_set: %s is not a supported instruction set", s)
diff --git a/cc/makevars.go b/cc/makevars.go
index 7d226d4..042af2a 100644
--- a/cc/makevars.go
+++ b/cc/makevars.go
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 		ctx.Strict(makePrefix+"STRIP", gccCmd(toolchain, "strip"))
 		ctx.Strict(makePrefix+"GCC_VERSION", toolchain.GccVersion())
 		ctx.Strict(makePrefix+"NDK_GCC_VERSION", toolchain.GccVersion())
-		ctx.Strict(makePrefix+"NDK_TRIPLE", toolchain.ClangTriple())
+		ctx.Strict(makePrefix+"NDK_TRIPLE", config.NDKTriple(toolchain))
 	}
 
 	if target.Os.Class == android.Host || target.Os.Class == android.HostCross {