diff --git a/libnativebridge/Android.bp b/libnativebridge/Android.bp
index c54570e..10d42e4 100644
--- a/libnativebridge/Android.bp
+++ b/libnativebridge/Android.bp
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
+cc_defaults {
+    name: "libnativebridge-defaults",
+    cflags: [
+        "-Werror",
+        "-Wall",
+    ],
+    cppflags: [
+        "-fvisibility=protected",
+    ],
+    header_libs: ["libnativebridge-headers"],
+    export_header_lib_headers: ["libnativebridge-headers"],
+}
+
 cc_library_headers {
-    name: "libnativebridge-dummy-headers",
+    name: "libnativebridge-headers",
 
     host_supported: true,
     export_include_dirs: ["include"],
@@ -7,6 +20,7 @@
 
 cc_library {
     name: "libnativebridge",
+    defaults: ["libnativebridge-defaults"],
 
     host_supported: true,
     srcs: ["native_bridge.cc"],
@@ -16,6 +30,8 @@
     shared_libs: [
         "liblog",
     ],
+    // TODO(jiyong): remove this line after aosp/885921 lands
+    export_include_dirs: ["include"],
 
     target: {
         android: {
@@ -30,16 +46,16 @@
         symbol_file: "libnativebridge.map.txt",
         versions: ["1"],
     },
+}
 
-    export_include_dirs: ["include"],
+// TODO(b/124250621): eliminate the need for this library
+cc_library {
+    name: "libnativebridge_lazy",
+    defaults: ["libnativebridge-defaults"],
 
-    cflags: [
-        "-Werror",
-        "-Wall",
-    ],
-    cppflags: [
-        "-fvisibility=protected",
-    ],
+    host_supported: false,
+    srcs: ["native_bridge_lazy.cc"],
+    required: ["libnativebridge"],
 }
 
 subdirs = ["tests"]
diff --git a/libnativebridge/native_bridge_lazy.cc b/libnativebridge/native_bridge_lazy.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94c8084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libnativebridge/native_bridge_lazy.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "nativebridge/native_bridge.h"
+#define LOG_TAG "nativebridge"
+
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <log/log.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+namespace {
+
+void* GetLibHandle() {
+  static void* handle = dlopen("libnativebridge.so", RTLD_NOW);
+  LOG_FATAL_IF(handle == nullptr, "Failed to load libnativebridge.so: %s", dlerror());
+  return handle;
+}
+
+template <typename FuncPtr>
+FuncPtr GetFuncPtr(const char* function_name) {
+  auto f = reinterpret_cast<FuncPtr>(dlsym(GetLibHandle(), function_name));
+  LOG_FATAL_IF(f == nullptr, "Failed to get address of %s: %s", function_name, dlerror());
+  return f;
+}
+
+#define GET_FUNC_PTR(name) GetFuncPtr<decltype(&name)>(#name)
+
+}  // namespace
+
+bool LoadNativeBridge(const char* native_bridge_library_filename,
+                      const struct NativeBridgeRuntimeCallbacks* runtime_callbacks) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(LoadNativeBridge);
+  return f(native_bridge_library_filename, runtime_callbacks);
+}
+
+bool NeedsNativeBridge(const char* instruction_set) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NeedsNativeBridge);
+  return f(instruction_set);
+}
+
+bool PreInitializeNativeBridge(const char* app_data_dir, const char* instruction_set) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(PreInitializeNativeBridge);
+  return f(app_data_dir, instruction_set);
+}
+
+bool InitializeNativeBridge(JNIEnv* env, const char* instruction_set) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(InitializeNativeBridge);
+  return f(env, instruction_set);
+}
+
+void UnloadNativeBridge() {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(UnloadNativeBridge);
+  return f();
+}
+
+bool NativeBridgeAvailable() {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeAvailable);
+  return f();
+}
+
+bool NativeBridgeInitialized() {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeInitialized);
+  return f();
+}
+
+void* NativeBridgeLoadLibrary(const char* libpath, int flag) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeLoadLibrary);
+  return f(libpath, flag);
+}
+
+void* NativeBridgeGetTrampoline(void* handle, const char* name, const char* shorty, uint32_t len) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeGetTrampoline);
+  return f(handle, name, shorty, len);
+}
+
+bool NativeBridgeIsSupported(const char* libpath) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeIsSupported);
+  return f(libpath);
+}
+
+uint32_t NativeBridgeGetVersion() {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeGetVersion);
+  return f();
+}
+
+NativeBridgeSignalHandlerFn NativeBridgeGetSignalHandler(int signal) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeGetSignalHandler);
+  return f(signal);
+}
+
+bool NativeBridgeError() {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeError);
+  return f();
+}
+
+bool NativeBridgeNameAcceptable(const char* native_bridge_library_filename) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeNameAcceptable);
+  return f(native_bridge_library_filename);
+}
+
+int NativeBridgeUnloadLibrary(void* handle) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeUnloadLibrary);
+  return f(handle);
+}
+
+const char* NativeBridgeGetError() {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeGetError);
+  return f();
+}
+
+bool NativeBridgeIsPathSupported(const char* path) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeIsPathSupported);
+  return f(path);
+}
+
+bool NativeBridgeInitAnonymousNamespace(const char* public_ns_sonames,
+                                        const char* anon_ns_library_path) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeInitAnonymousNamespace);
+  return f(public_ns_sonames, anon_ns_library_path);
+}
+
+struct native_bridge_namespace_t* NativeBridgeCreateNamespace(
+    const char* name, const char* ld_library_path, const char* default_library_path, uint64_t type,
+    const char* permitted_when_isolated_path, struct native_bridge_namespace_t* parent_ns) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeCreateNamespace);
+  return f(name, ld_library_path, default_library_path, type, permitted_when_isolated_path,
+           parent_ns);
+}
+
+bool NativeBridgeLinkNamespaces(struct native_bridge_namespace_t* from,
+                                struct native_bridge_namespace_t* to,
+                                const char* shared_libs_sonames) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeLinkNamespaces);
+  return f(from, to, shared_libs_sonames);
+}
+
+void* NativeBridgeLoadLibraryExt(const char* libpath, int flag,
+                                 struct native_bridge_namespace_t* ns) {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeLoadLibraryExt);
+  return f(libpath, flag, ns);
+}
+
+struct native_bridge_namespace_t* NativeBridgeGetVendorNamespace() {
+  static auto f = GET_FUNC_PTR(NativeBridgeGetVendorNamespace);
+  return f();
+}
+
+#undef GET_FUNC_PTR
+
+}  // namespace android
diff --git a/libnativebridge/tests/Android.bp b/libnativebridge/tests/Android.bp
index 744a4a8..2bb8467 100644
--- a/libnativebridge/tests/Android.bp
+++ b/libnativebridge/tests/Android.bp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         "-Wextra",
         "-Werror",
     ],
-    header_libs: ["libnativebridge-dummy-headers"],
+    header_libs: ["libnativebridge-headers"],
     cppflags: ["-fvisibility=protected"],
 }
 
@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@
 }
 
 // Build the unit tests.
-cc_test {
-    name: "libnativebridge-tests",
-    host_supported: true,
+cc_defaults {
+    name: "libnativebridge-tests-defaults",
     test_per_src: true,
 
     cflags: [
@@ -81,12 +80,24 @@
 
     shared_libs: [
         "liblog",
-        "libnativebridge",
         "libnativebridge-dummy",
     ],
     header_libs: ["libbase_headers"],
 }
 
+cc_test {
+    name: "libnativebridge-tests",
+    defaults: ["libnativebridge-tests-defaults"],
+    host_supported: true,
+    shared_libs: ["libnativebridge"],
+}
+
+cc_test {
+    name: "libnativebridge-lazy-tests",
+    defaults: ["libnativebridge-tests-defaults"],
+    shared_libs: ["libnativebridge_lazy"],
+}
+
 // Build the test for the C API.
 cc_test {
     name: "libnativebridge-api-tests",
@@ -95,5 +106,5 @@
     srcs: [
         "NativeBridgeApi.c",
     ],
-    header_libs: ["libnativebridge-dummy-headers"],
+    header_libs: ["libnativebridge-headers"],
 }