diff --git a/libutils/Android.bp b/libutils/Android.bp
index 9395ef8..bbfa9d8 100644
--- a/libutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libutils/Android.bp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 cc_defaults {
     name: "libutils_defaults",
     vendor_available: true,
+    recovery_available: true,
     vndk: {
         enabled: true,
         support_system_process: true,
@@ -90,6 +91,10 @@
             },
         },
 
+        recovery: {
+            exclude_shared_libs: ["libvndksupport"],
+        },
+
         host: {
             cflags: ["-DLIBUTILS_NATIVE=1"],
 
diff --git a/libutils/misc.cpp b/libutils/misc.cpp
index da28dfa..f074341 100644
--- a/libutils/misc.cpp
+++ b/libutils/misc.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 #include <utils/Vector.h>
 
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+#if defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__ANDROID_RECOVERY__)
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <vndksupport/linker.h>
 #endif
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 void add_sysprop_change_callback(sysprop_change_callback, int) {}
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+#if defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__ANDROID_RECOVERY__)
 void (*get_report_sysprop_change_func())() {
     void (*func)() = nullptr;
     void* handle = android_load_sphal_library("libutils.so", RTLD_NOW);
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 void report_sysprop_change() {
     do_report_sysprop_change();
 
-#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+#if defined(__ANDROID__) && !defined(__ANDROID_RECOVERY__)
     // libutils.so is double loaded; from the default namespace and from the
     // 'sphal' namespace. Redirect the sysprop change event to the other instance
     // of libutils.so loaded in the 'sphal' namespace so that listeners attached