diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index e96bfcb..a1593ee 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@
 
 	Target struct {
 		Vendor struct {
+			// list of shared libs that only should be used to build the vendor
+			// variant of the C/C++ module.
+			Shared_libs []string
+
 			// list of shared libs that should not be used to build the vendor variant
 			// of the C/C++ module.
 			Exclude_shared_libs []string
@@ -116,6 +120,10 @@
 			Exclude_runtime_libs []string
 		}
 		Recovery struct {
+			// list of shared libs that only should be used to build the recovery
+			// variant of the C/C++ module.
+			Shared_libs []string
+
 			// list of shared libs that should not be used to build
 			// the recovery variant of the C/C++ module.
 			Exclude_shared_libs []string
@@ -200,6 +208,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if ctx.useVndk() {
+		deps.SharedLibs = append(deps.SharedLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Vendor.Shared_libs...)
 		deps.SharedLibs = removeListFromList(deps.SharedLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Vendor.Exclude_shared_libs)
 		deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders, linker.Properties.Target.Vendor.Exclude_shared_libs)
 		deps.StaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.StaticLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Vendor.Exclude_static_libs)
@@ -210,6 +219,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if ctx.inRecovery() {
+		deps.SharedLibs = append(deps.SharedLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Shared_libs...)
 		deps.SharedLibs = removeListFromList(deps.SharedLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_shared_libs)
 		deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_shared_libs)
 		deps.StaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.StaticLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_static_libs)