diff --git a/cc/config/bionic.go b/cc/config/bionic.go
index d6e28ee..0258408 100644
--- a/cc/config/bionic.go
+++ b/cc/config/bionic.go
@@ -17,4 +17,10 @@
 type toolchainBionic struct {
 }
 
+var (
+	bionicDefaultSharedLibraries = []string{"libc", "libm", "libdl"}
+)
+
 func (toolchainBionic) Bionic() bool { return true }
+
+func (toolchainBionic) DefaultSharedLibraries() []string { return bionicDefaultSharedLibraries }
diff --git a/cc/config/toolchain.go b/cc/config/toolchain.go
index 496277b..dfb2439 100644
--- a/cc/config/toolchain.go
+++ b/cc/config/toolchain.go
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@
 
 	AvailableLibraries() []string
 
+	// DefaultSharedLibraries returns the list of shared libraries that will be added to all
+	// targets unless they explicitly specify system_shared_libs.
+	DefaultSharedLibraries() []string
+
 	Bionic() bool
 }
 
@@ -165,7 +169,11 @@
 }
 
 func (toolchainBase) AvailableLibraries() []string {
-	return []string{}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (toolchainBase) DefaultSharedLibraries() []string {
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (toolchainBase) Bionic() bool {
diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index d9ee0cf..7b16b40 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
 			// Provide a default system_shared_libs if it is unspecified. Note: If an
 			// empty list [] is specified, it implies that the module declines the
 			// default system_shared_libs.
-			deps.SystemSharedLibs = []string{"libc", "libm", "libdl"}
+			deps.SystemSharedLibs = append(deps.SystemSharedLibs, ctx.toolchain().DefaultSharedLibraries()...)
 		}
 
 		if inList("libdl", deps.SharedLibs) {
@@ -365,10 +365,10 @@
 			indexList("libdl", deps.SystemSharedLibs) < indexList("libc", deps.SystemSharedLibs) {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("system_shared_libs", "libdl must be after libc")
 		}
-
-		deps.LateSharedLibs = append(deps.LateSharedLibs, deps.SystemSharedLibs...)
 	}
 
+	deps.LateSharedLibs = append(deps.LateSharedLibs, deps.SystemSharedLibs...)
+
 	if ctx.Fuchsia() {
 		if ctx.ModuleName() != "libbioniccompat" &&
 			ctx.ModuleName() != "libcompiler_rt-extras" &&