diff --git a/android/package_ctx.go b/android/package_ctx.go
index b40e0a9..3f6a253 100644
--- a/android/package_ctx.go
+++ b/android/package_ctx.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@
 	})
 }
 
-// HostBinVariable returns a Variable whose value is the path to a host tool
+// HostBinToolVariable returns a Variable whose value is the path to a host tool
 // in the bin directory for host targets. It may only be called during a Go
 // package's initialization - either from the init() function or as part of a
 // package-scoped variable's initialization.
@@ -164,6 +165,33 @@
 	return pa, nil
 }
 
+// HostJNIToolVariable returns a Variable whose value is the path to a host tool
+// in the lib directory for host targets. It may only be called during a Go
+// package's initialization - either from the init() function or as part of a
+// package-scoped variable's initialization.
+func (p PackageContext) HostJNIToolVariable(name, path string) blueprint.Variable {
+	return p.VariableFunc(name, func(config Config) (string, error) {
+		po, err := p.HostJNIToolPath(config, path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		return po.String(), nil
+	})
+}
+
+func (p PackageContext) HostJNIToolPath(config Config, path string) (Path, error) {
+	ctx := &configErrorWrapper{p, config, []error{}}
+	ext := ".so"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		ext = ".dylib"
+	}
+	pa := PathForOutput(ctx, "host", ctx.config.PrebuiltOS(), "lib64", path+ext)
+	if len(ctx.errors) > 0 {
+		return nil, ctx.errors[0]
+	}
+	return pa, nil
+}
+
 // HostJavaToolVariable returns a Variable whose value is the path to a host
 // tool in the frameworks directory for host targets. It may only be called
 // during a Go package's initialization - either from the init() function or as