diff --git a/cc/config/bionic.go b/cc/config/bionic.go
index a1e3851..ed724f5 100644
--- a/cc/config/bionic.go
+++ b/cc/config/bionic.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 	bionicCrtBeginStaticBinary, bionicCrtEndStaticBinary   = []string{"crtbegin_static"}, []string{"crtend_android"}
 	bionicCrtBeginSharedBinary, bionicCrtEndSharedBinary   = []string{"crtbegin_dynamic"}, []string{"crtend_android"}
 	bionicCrtBeginSharedLibrary, bionicCrtEndSharedLibrary = []string{"crtbegin_so"}, []string{"crtend_so"}
+	bionicCrtPadSegmentSharedLibrary                       = []string{"crt_pad_segment"}
 )
 
 func (toolchainBionic) Bionic() bool { return true }
@@ -36,9 +37,10 @@
 
 func (toolchainBionic) AvailableLibraries() []string { return nil }
 
-func (toolchainBionic) CrtBeginStaticBinary() []string  { return bionicCrtBeginStaticBinary }
-func (toolchainBionic) CrtBeginSharedBinary() []string  { return bionicCrtBeginSharedBinary }
-func (toolchainBionic) CrtBeginSharedLibrary() []string { return bionicCrtBeginSharedLibrary }
-func (toolchainBionic) CrtEndStaticBinary() []string    { return bionicCrtEndStaticBinary }
-func (toolchainBionic) CrtEndSharedBinary() []string    { return bionicCrtEndSharedBinary }
-func (toolchainBionic) CrtEndSharedLibrary() []string   { return bionicCrtEndSharedLibrary }
+func (toolchainBionic) CrtBeginStaticBinary() []string       { return bionicCrtBeginStaticBinary }
+func (toolchainBionic) CrtBeginSharedBinary() []string       { return bionicCrtBeginSharedBinary }
+func (toolchainBionic) CrtBeginSharedLibrary() []string      { return bionicCrtBeginSharedLibrary }
+func (toolchainBionic) CrtEndStaticBinary() []string         { return bionicCrtEndStaticBinary }
+func (toolchainBionic) CrtEndSharedBinary() []string         { return bionicCrtEndSharedBinary }
+func (toolchainBionic) CrtEndSharedLibrary() []string        { return bionicCrtEndSharedLibrary }
+func (toolchainBionic) CrtPadSegmentSharedLibrary() []string { return bionicCrtPadSegmentSharedLibrary }
diff --git a/cc/config/toolchain.go b/cc/config/toolchain.go
index 62f75d1..71e98fe 100644
--- a/cc/config/toolchain.go
+++ b/cc/config/toolchain.go
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 	CrtEndStaticBinary() []string
 	CrtEndSharedBinary() []string
 	CrtEndSharedLibrary() []string
+	CrtPadSegmentSharedLibrary() []string
 
 	// DefaultSharedLibraries returns the list of shared libraries that will be added to all
 	// targets unless they explicitly specify system_shared_libs.
@@ -155,12 +156,13 @@
 
 type toolchainNoCrt struct{}
 
-func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtBeginStaticBinary() []string  { return nil }
-func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtBeginSharedBinary() []string  { return nil }
-func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtBeginSharedLibrary() []string { return nil }
-func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtEndStaticBinary() []string    { return nil }
-func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtEndSharedBinary() []string    { return nil }
-func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtEndSharedLibrary() []string   { return nil }
+func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtBeginStaticBinary() []string       { return nil }
+func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtBeginSharedBinary() []string       { return nil }
+func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtBeginSharedLibrary() []string      { return nil }
+func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtEndStaticBinary() []string         { return nil }
+func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtEndSharedBinary() []string         { return nil }
+func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtEndSharedLibrary() []string        { return nil }
+func (toolchainNoCrt) CrtPadSegmentSharedLibrary() []string { return nil }
 
 func (toolchainBase) DefaultSharedLibraries() []string {
 	return nil
diff --git a/cc/config/x86_linux_host.go b/cc/config/x86_linux_host.go
index f95da0b..f497bf9 100644
--- a/cc/config/x86_linux_host.go
+++ b/cc/config/x86_linux_host.go
@@ -328,12 +328,13 @@
 
 func (toolchainMusl) Musl() bool { return true }
 
-func (toolchainMusl) CrtBeginStaticBinary() []string  { return muslCrtBeginStaticBinary }
-func (toolchainMusl) CrtBeginSharedBinary() []string  { return muslCrtBeginSharedBinary }
-func (toolchainMusl) CrtBeginSharedLibrary() []string { return muslCrtBeginSharedLibrary }
-func (toolchainMusl) CrtEndStaticBinary() []string    { return muslCrtEndStaticBinary }
-func (toolchainMusl) CrtEndSharedBinary() []string    { return muslCrtEndSharedBinary }
-func (toolchainMusl) CrtEndSharedLibrary() []string   { return muslCrtEndSharedLibrary }
+func (toolchainMusl) CrtBeginStaticBinary() []string       { return muslCrtBeginStaticBinary }
+func (toolchainMusl) CrtBeginSharedBinary() []string       { return muslCrtBeginSharedBinary }
+func (toolchainMusl) CrtBeginSharedLibrary() []string      { return muslCrtBeginSharedLibrary }
+func (toolchainMusl) CrtEndStaticBinary() []string         { return muslCrtEndStaticBinary }
+func (toolchainMusl) CrtEndSharedBinary() []string         { return muslCrtEndSharedBinary }
+func (toolchainMusl) CrtEndSharedLibrary() []string        { return muslCrtEndSharedLibrary }
+func (toolchainMusl) CrtPadSegmentSharedLibrary() []string { return nil }
 
 func (toolchainMusl) DefaultSharedLibraries() []string { return MuslDefaultSharedLibraries }
 
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index 4b6ac59..d091261 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -974,6 +974,10 @@
 		if library.baseLinker.Properties.crt() {
 			deps.CrtBegin = append(deps.CrtBegin, ctx.toolchain().CrtBeginSharedLibrary()...)
 			deps.CrtEnd = append(deps.CrtEnd, ctx.toolchain().CrtEndSharedLibrary()...)
+
+		}
+		if library.baseLinker.Properties.crtPadSegment() {
+			deps.CrtEnd = append(deps.CrtEnd, ctx.toolchain().CrtPadSegmentSharedLibrary()...)
 		}
 		deps.WholeStaticLibs = append(deps.WholeStaticLibs, library.SharedProperties.Shared.Whole_static_libs...)
 		deps.StaticLibs = append(deps.StaticLibs, library.SharedProperties.Shared.Static_libs...)
diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index 85c128e..2c50db2 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@
 	// compiling crt or libc.
 	Nocrt *bool `android:"arch_variant"`
 
+	// don't link in crt_pad_segment. This flag is currently only used internal to
+	// soong for testing and for vndk prebuilt shared libraries.
+	No_crt_pad_segment *bool `android:"arch_variant"`
+
 	// deprecated and ignored because lld makes it unnecessary. See b/189475744.
 	Group_static_libs *bool `android:"arch_variant"`
 
@@ -253,6 +257,10 @@
 	return blp.No_libcrt == nil || !*blp.No_libcrt
 }
 
+func (blp *BaseLinkerProperties) crtPadSegment() bool {
+	return blp.No_crt_pad_segment == nil || !*blp.No_crt_pad_segment
+}
+
 func NewBaseLinker(sanitize *sanitize) *baseLinker {
 	return &baseLinker{sanitize: sanitize}
 }
diff --git a/cc/testing.go b/cc/testing.go
index bac41e7..9c2900c 100644
--- a/cc/testing.go
+++ b/cc/testing.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 			no_libcrt: true,
 			sdk_version: "minimum",
 			nocrt: true,
+			no_crt_pad_segment: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
 			check_elf_files: false,
@@ -385,6 +386,11 @@
 		}
 
 		cc_object {
+			name: "crt_pad_segment",
+			defaults: ["crt_defaults"],
+		}
+
+		cc_object {
 			name: "crtbrand",
 			defaults: ["crt_defaults"],
 			srcs: ["crtbrand.c"],
diff --git a/cc/vendor_snapshot_test.go b/cc/vendor_snapshot_test.go
index 890a533..0a55431 100644
--- a/cc/vendor_snapshot_test.go
+++ b/cc/vendor_snapshot_test.go
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@
 		vendor: true,
 		nocrt: true,
 		no_libcrt: true,
+		no_crt_pad_segment: true,
 		stl: "none",
 		system_shared_libs: [],
 		compile_multilib: "64",
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@
 		vendor: true,
 		nocrt: true,
 		no_libcrt: true,
+		no_crt_pad_segment: true,
 		stl: "none",
 		system_shared_libs: [],
 	}
@@ -467,6 +469,7 @@
 		vendor: true,
 		nocrt: true,
 		no_libcrt: true,
+		no_crt_pad_segment: true,
 		stl: "none",
 		system_shared_libs: [],
 		shared_libs: ["libvndk", "libvendor_available", "libllndk"],
@@ -487,6 +490,7 @@
 		vendor: true,
 		nocrt: true,
 		no_libcrt: true,
+		no_crt_pad_segment: true,
 		stl: "none",
 		system_shared_libs: [],
 		static_libs: ["libvendor"],
@@ -501,6 +505,7 @@
 		vendor: true,
 		nocrt: true,
 		no_libcrt: true,
+		no_crt_pad_segment: true,
 		stl: "none",
 		system_shared_libs: [],
 		vndk: {
@@ -597,6 +602,7 @@
 		target_arch: "arm64",
 		compile_multilib: "both",
 		vendor: true,
+		no_crt_pad_segment: true,
 		shared_libs: [
 			"libvendor_without_snapshot",
 			"libvendor_available",
@@ -620,6 +626,7 @@
 		target_arch: "arm64",
 		compile_multilib: "both",
 		vendor: true,
+		no_crt_pad_segment: true,
 		overrides: ["libvendor"],
 		shared_libs: [
 			"libvendor_without_snapshot",
@@ -657,6 +664,7 @@
 		target_arch: "arm64",
 		compile_multilib: "32",
 		vendor: true,
+		no_crt_pad_segment: true,
 		arch: {
 			arm: {
 				src: "lib32.so",
@@ -683,6 +691,7 @@
 		target_arch: "arm64",
 		compile_multilib: "64",
 		vendor: true,
+		no_crt_pad_segment: true,
 		arch: {
 			arm64: {
 				src: "lib64.so",
@@ -722,6 +731,7 @@
 		target_arch: "arm64",
 		compile_multilib: "both",
 		vendor: true,
+		no_crt_pad_segment: true,
 		arch: {
 			arm64: {
 				src: "libvendor_available.so",
diff --git a/cc/vndk_prebuilt.go b/cc/vndk_prebuilt.go
index eb1790f..62870b8 100644
--- a/cc/vndk_prebuilt.go
+++ b/cc/vndk_prebuilt.go
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
 	prebuilt.properties.Check_elf_files = BoolPtr(false)
 	prebuilt.baseLinker.Properties.No_libcrt = BoolPtr(true)
 	prebuilt.baseLinker.Properties.Nocrt = BoolPtr(true)
+	prebuilt.baseLinker.Properties.No_crt_pad_segment = BoolPtr(true)
 
 	// Prevent default system libs (libc, libm, and libdl) from being linked
 	if prebuilt.baseLinker.Properties.System_shared_libs == nil {