diff --git a/rootdir/etc/ld.config.txt b/rootdir/etc/ld.config.txt
index 94465f4..ba96cc8 100644
--- a/rootdir/etc/ld.config.txt
+++ b/rootdir/etc/ld.config.txt
@@ -218,13 +218,20 @@
 namespace.vndk.asan.permitted.paths += /data/asan/system/${LIB}/vndk-sp%VNDK_VER%/hw
 namespace.vndk.asan.permitted.paths +=           /system/${LIB}/vndk-sp%VNDK_VER%/hw
 
+# The "vndk" namespace links to "default" namespace for LLNDK libs and links to
+# "sphal" namespace for vendor libs.  The ordering matters.  The "default"
+# namespace has higher priority than the "sphal" namespace.
+namespace.vndk.links = default,sphal
+
 # When these NDK libs are required inside this namespace, then it is redirected
 # to the default namespace. This is possible since their ABI is stable across
 # Android releases.
-namespace.vndk.links = default
 namespace.vndk.link.default.shared_libs  = %LLNDK_LIBRARIES%
 namespace.vndk.link.default.shared_libs += %SANITIZER_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES%
 
+# Allow VNDK-SP extensions to use vendor libraries
+namespace.vndk.link.sphal.allow_all_shared_libs = true
+
 ###############################################################################
 # Namespace config for vendor processes. In O, no restriction is enforced for
 # them. However, in O-MR1, access to /system/${LIB} will not be allowed to