diff --git a/libbacktrace/Android.bp b/libbacktrace/Android.bp
index 76caadc..dc989a0 100644
--- a/libbacktrace/Android.bp
+++ b/libbacktrace/Android.bp
@@ -50,20 +50,9 @@
     ],
 }
 
-cc_library {
-    name: "libbacktrace",
-    vendor_available: false,
-    recovery_available: true,
-    apex_available: [
-        "//apex_available:platform",
-        "//apex_available:anyapex",
-    ],
-    vndk: {
-        enabled: true,
-        support_system_process: true,
-    },
+cc_defaults {
+    name: "libbacktrace_defaults",
     defaults: ["libbacktrace_common"],
-    host_supported: true,
 
     cflags: [
         "-Wexit-time-destructors",
@@ -88,7 +77,6 @@
             shared_libs: [
                 "libbase",
                 "liblog",
-                "libunwindstack",
             ],
 
             static_libs: [
@@ -101,6 +89,30 @@
                 whole_static_libs: ["libasync_safe"],
             },
         },
+    },
+}
+
+cc_library {
+    name: "libbacktrace",
+    vendor_available: false,
+    recovery_available: true,
+    apex_available: [
+        "//apex_available:platform",
+        "//apex_available:anyapex",
+    ],
+    vndk: {
+        enabled: true,
+        support_system_process: true,
+    },
+    host_supported: true,
+    defaults: ["libbacktrace_defaults"],
+
+    target: {
+        linux: {
+            shared_libs: [
+                "libunwindstack",
+            ],
+        },
         vendor: {
             cflags: ["-DNO_LIBDEXFILE_SUPPORT"],
         },
@@ -110,6 +122,21 @@
     },
 }
 
+// Static library without DEX support to avoid dependencies on the ART APEX.
+cc_library_static {
+    name: "libbacktrace_no_dex",
+    visibility: ["//system/core/debuggerd"],
+    defaults: ["libbacktrace_defaults"],
+    cflags: ["-DNO_LIBDEXFILE_SUPPORT"],
+    target: {
+        linux: {
+            static_libs: [
+                "libunwindstack_no_dex",
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+}
+
 cc_test_library {
     name: "libbacktrace_test",
     defaults: ["libbacktrace_common"],