diff --git a/apex/builder.go b/apex/builder.go
index 4b42b74..cd7599a 100644
--- a/apex/builder.go
+++ b/apex/builder.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 	pctx.HostBinToolVariable("deapexer", "deapexer")
 	pctx.HostBinToolVariable("debugfs_static", "debugfs_static")
 	pctx.SourcePathVariable("genNdkUsedbyApexPath", "build/soong/scripts/gen_ndk_usedby_apex.sh")
+	pctx.HostBinToolVariable("conv_linker_config", "conv_linker_config")
 }
 
 var (
@@ -222,6 +223,12 @@
 		CommandDeps: []string{"${apex_sepolicy_tests}", "${deapexer}", "${debugfs_static}"},
 		Description: "run apex_sepolicy_tests",
 	})
+
+	apexLinkerconfigValidationRule = pctx.StaticRule("apexLinkerconfigValidationRule", blueprint.RuleParams{
+		Command:     `${conv_linker_config} validate --type apex ${image_dir} && touch ${out}`,
+		CommandDeps: []string{"${conv_linker_config}"},
+		Description: "run apex_linkerconfig_validation",
+	}, "image_dir")
 )
 
 // buildManifest creates buile rules to modify the input apex_manifest.json to add information
@@ -843,6 +850,7 @@
 		args["outCommaList"] = signedOutputFile.String()
 	}
 	var validations android.Paths
+	validations = append(validations, runApexLinkerconfigValidation(ctx, unsignedOutputFile.OutputPath, imageDir.OutputPath))
 	// TODO(b/279688635) deapexer supports [ext4]
 	if suffix == imageApexSuffix && ext4 == a.payloadFsType {
 		validations = append(validations, runApexSepolicyTests(ctx, unsignedOutputFile.OutputPath))
@@ -1097,6 +1105,19 @@
 	return cannedFsConfig.OutputPath
 }
 
+func runApexLinkerconfigValidation(ctx android.ModuleContext, apexFile android.OutputPath, imageDir android.OutputPath) android.Path {
+	timestamp := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "apex_linkerconfig_validation.timestamp")
+	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
+		Rule:   apexLinkerconfigValidationRule,
+		Input:  apexFile,
+		Output: timestamp,
+		Args: map[string]string{
+			"image_dir": imageDir.String(),
+		},
+	})
+	return timestamp
+}
+
 // Runs apex_sepolicy_tests
 //
 // $ deapexer list -Z {apex_file} > {file_contexts}