diff --git a/android/sh_binary.go b/android/sh_binary.go
index 6db9892..2b649c4 100644
--- a/android/sh_binary.go
+++ b/android/sh_binary.go
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@
 // executable binary to <partition>/bin.
 func ShBinaryFactory() Module {
 	module := &ShBinary{}
+	module.Prefer32(func(ctx BaseModuleContext, base *ModuleBase, class OsClass) bool {
+		return class == Device && ctx.Config().DevicePrefer32BitExecutables()
+	})
 	InitShBinaryModule(module)
 	InitAndroidArchModule(module, HostAndDeviceSupported, MultilibFirst)
 	return module