diff --git a/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/native_loader.h b/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/native_loader.h
index da07253..2dec71f 100644
--- a/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/native_loader.h
+++ b/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/native_loader.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 
 #include "jni.h"
 #include <stdint.h>
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+#include <android/dlext.h>
+#endif
 
 namespace android {
 
@@ -27,6 +30,13 @@
                         jobject class_loader, bool is_shared, jstring library_path,
                         jstring permitted_path);
 
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+// Look up linker namespace by class_loader. Returns nullptr if
+// there is no namespace associated with the class_loader.
+__attribute__((visibility("default")))
+android_namespace_t* FindNamespaceByClassLoader(JNIEnv* env, jobject class_loader);
+#endif
+
 };  // namespace android
 
 #endif  // NATIVE_BRIDGE_H_
diff --git a/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp b/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
index 468bfc6..8b8dee3 100644
--- a/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
+++ b/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@
     return ns;
   }
 
+  android_namespace_t* FindNamespaceByClassLoader(JNIEnv* env, jobject class_loader) {
+    auto it = std::find_if(namespaces_.begin(), namespaces_.end(),
+                [&](const std::pair<jweak, android_namespace_t*>& value) {
+                  return env->IsSameObject(value.first, class_loader);
+                });
+    return it != namespaces_.end() ? it->second : nullptr;
+  }
+
  private:
   void PreloadPublicLibraries() {
     // android_init_namespaces() expects all the public libraries
@@ -132,14 +140,6 @@
     return initialized_;
   }
 
-  android_namespace_t* FindNamespaceByClassLoader(JNIEnv* env, jobject class_loader) {
-    auto it = std::find_if(namespaces_.begin(), namespaces_.end(),
-                [&](const std::pair<jweak, android_namespace_t*>& value) {
-                  return env->IsSameObject(value.first, class_loader);
-                });
-    return it != namespaces_.end() ? it->second : nullptr;
-  }
-
   bool initialized_;
   std::mutex mutex_;
   std::vector<std::pair<jweak, android_namespace_t*>> namespaces_;
@@ -179,4 +179,10 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+android_namespace_t* FindNamespaceByClassLoader(JNIEnv* env, jobject class_loader) {
+  return g_namespaces->FindNamespaceByClassLoader(env, class_loader);
+}
+#endif
+
 }; //  android namespace