diff --git a/cc/binary.go b/cc/binary.go
index 630a68d..7794eab 100644
--- a/cc/binary.go
+++ b/cc/binary.go
@@ -323,6 +323,12 @@
 			flagsToBuilderFlags(flags), afterPrefixSymbols)
 	}
 
+	if Bool(binary.baseLinker.Properties.Use_version_lib) && ctx.Host() {
+		versionedOutputFile := outputFile
+		outputFile = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "unversioned", fileName)
+		binary.injectVersionSymbol(ctx, outputFile, versionedOutputFile)
+	}
+
 	linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, deps.SharedLibsDeps...)
 	linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, deps.LateSharedLibsDeps...)
 	linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, objs.tidyFiles...)