diff --git a/include/nativebridge/native_bridge.h b/include/nativebridge/native_bridge.h
index 929b8ae..9bfc935 100644
--- a/include/nativebridge/native_bridge.h
+++ b/include/nativebridge/native_bridge.h
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@
 // Use NativeBridgeLoadLibrary() instead in non-namespace scenario.
 void* NativeBridgeLoadLibraryExt(const char* libpath, int flag, native_bridge_namespace_t* ns);
 
+// Returns vendor namespace if it is enabled for the device and null otherwise
+native_bridge_namespace_t* NativeBridgeGetVendorNamespace();
+
 // Native bridge interfaces to runtime.
 struct NativeBridgeCallbacks {
   // Version number of the interface.
@@ -348,6 +351,15 @@
   // Starting with v3, NativeBridge has two scenarios: with/without namespace.
   // Use loadLibrary instead in non-namespace scenario.
   void* (*loadLibraryExt)(const char* libpath, int flag, native_bridge_namespace_t* ns);
+
+  // Get native bridge version of vendor namespace.
+  // The vendor namespace is the namespace used to load vendor public libraries.
+  // With O release this namespace can be different from the default namespace.
+  // For the devices without enable vendor namespaces this function should return null
+  //
+  // Returns:
+  //   vendor namespace or null if it was not set up for the device
+  native_bridge_namespace_t* (*getVendorNamespace)();
 };
 
 // Runtime interfaces to native bridge.
diff --git a/libnativebridge/native_bridge.cc b/libnativebridge/native_bridge.cc
index 050373a..02b4fe7 100644
--- a/libnativebridge/native_bridge.cc
+++ b/libnativebridge/native_bridge.cc
@@ -85,12 +85,14 @@
 // Nativebridge implementation.
 // Used by isCompatibleWith() which is introduced in v2.
 enum NativeBridgeImplementationVersion {
-    // first version, not used.
-    DEFAULT_VERSION = 1,
-    // The version which signal semantic is introduced.
-    SIGNAL_VERSION = 2,
-    // The version which namespace semantic is introduced.
-    NAMESPACE_VERSION = 3,
+  // first version, not used.
+  DEFAULT_VERSION = 1,
+  // The version which signal semantic is introduced.
+  SIGNAL_VERSION = 2,
+  // The version which namespace semantic is introduced.
+  NAMESPACE_VERSION = 3,
+  // The version with vendor namespaces
+  VENDOR_NAMESPACE_VERSION = 4,
 };
 
 // Whether we had an error at some point.
@@ -621,6 +623,14 @@
   return false;
 }
 
+native_bridge_namespace_t* NativeBridgeGetVendorNamespace() {
+  if (!NativeBridgeInitialized() || !isCompatibleWith(VENDOR_NAMESPACE_VERSION)) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  return callbacks->getVendorNamespace();
+}
+
 void* NativeBridgeLoadLibraryExt(const char* libpath, int flag, native_bridge_namespace_t* ns) {
   if (NativeBridgeInitialized()) {
     if (isCompatibleWith(NAMESPACE_VERSION)) {
diff --git a/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/dlext_namespaces.h b/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/dlext_namespaces.h
index 9121277..43c9329 100644
--- a/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/dlext_namespaces.h
+++ b/libnativeloader/include/nativeloader/dlext_namespaces.h
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@
  */
 extern void android_get_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(char* buffer, size_t buffer_size);
 
+extern android_namespace_t* android_get_exported_namespace(const char* name);
+
 __END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __ANDROID_DLEXT_NAMESPACES_H__ */
diff --git a/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp b/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
index d9cb90d..36a2e44 100644
--- a/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
+++ b/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@
 static constexpr const char* kPublicNativeLibrariesVendorConfig =
                                   "/vendor/etc/public.libraries.txt";
 
+// The device may be configured to have the vendor libraries loaded to a separate namespace.
+// For historical reasons this namespace was named sphal but effectively it is intended
+// to use to load vendor libraries to separate namespace with controlled interface between
+// vendor and system namespaces.
+static constexpr const char* kVendorNamespaceName = "sphal";
+
 // (http://b/27588281) This is a workaround for apps using custom classloaders and calling
 // System.load() with an absolute path which is outside of the classloader library search path.
 // This list includes all directories app is allowed to access this way.
@@ -170,11 +176,23 @@
         return false;
       }
 
-      if (!android_link_namespaces(ns, nullptr, public_libraries_.c_str())) {
+      // Note that when vendor_ns is not configured this function will return nullptr
+      // and it will result in linking vendor_public_libraries_ to the default namespace
+      // which is expected behavior in this case.
+      android_namespace_t* vendor_ns = android_get_exported_namespace(kVendorNamespaceName);
+
+      if (!android_link_namespaces(ns, nullptr, system_public_libraries_.c_str())) {
         *error_msg = dlerror();
         return false;
       }
 
+      if (!vendor_public_libraries_.empty()) {
+        if (!android_link_namespaces(ns, vendor_ns, vendor_public_libraries_.c_str())) {
+          *error_msg = dlerror();
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+
       native_loader_ns = NativeLoaderNamespace(ns);
     } else {
       native_bridge_namespace_t* ns = NativeBridgeCreateNamespace("classloader-namespace",
@@ -183,16 +201,26 @@
                                                                   namespace_type,
                                                                   permitted_path.c_str(),
                                                                   parent_ns.get_native_bridge_ns());
+
       if (ns == nullptr) {
         *error_msg = NativeBridgeGetError();
         return false;
       }
 
-      if (!NativeBridgeLinkNamespaces(ns, nullptr, public_libraries_.c_str())) {
+      native_bridge_namespace_t* vendor_ns = NativeBridgeGetVendorNamespace();
+
+      if (!NativeBridgeLinkNamespaces(ns, nullptr, system_public_libraries_.c_str())) {
         *error_msg = NativeBridgeGetError();
         return false;
       }
 
+      if (!vendor_public_libraries_.empty()) {
+        if (!NativeBridgeLinkNamespaces(ns, vendor_ns, vendor_public_libraries_.c_str())) {
+          *error_msg = NativeBridgeGetError();
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+
       native_loader_ns = NativeLoaderNamespace(ns);
     }
 
@@ -249,9 +277,6 @@
       }
     }
 
-    // This file is optional, quietly ignore if the file does not exist.
-    ReadConfig(kPublicNativeLibrariesVendorConfig, &sonames);
-
     // android_init_namespaces() expects all the public libraries
     // to be loaded so that they can be found by soname alone.
     //
@@ -266,7 +291,13 @@
                           soname.c_str(), dlerror());
     }
 
-    public_libraries_ = base::Join(sonames, ':');
+    system_public_libraries_ = base::Join(sonames, ':');
+
+    sonames.clear();
+    // This file is optional, quietly ignore if the file does not exist.
+    ReadConfig(kPublicNativeLibrariesVendorConfig, &sonames);
+
+    vendor_public_libraries_ = base::Join(sonames, ':');
   }
 
   void Reset() {
@@ -325,7 +356,7 @@
     // code is one example) unknown to linker in which  case linker uses anonymous
     // namespace. The second argument specifies the search path for the anonymous
     // namespace which is the library_path of the classloader.
-    initialized_ = android_init_anonymous_namespace(public_libraries_.c_str(),
+    initialized_ = android_init_anonymous_namespace(system_public_libraries_.c_str(),
                                                     is_native_bridge ? nullptr : library_path);
     if (!initialized_) {
       *error_msg = dlerror();
@@ -334,7 +365,7 @@
 
     // and now initialize native bridge namespaces if necessary.
     if (NativeBridgeInitialized()) {
-      initialized_ = NativeBridgeInitAnonymousNamespace(public_libraries_.c_str(),
+      initialized_ = NativeBridgeInitAnonymousNamespace(system_public_libraries_.c_str(),
                                                         is_native_bridge ? library_path : nullptr);
       if (!initialized_) {
         *error_msg = NativeBridgeGetError();
@@ -371,8 +402,8 @@
 
   bool initialized_;
   std::vector<std::pair<jweak, NativeLoaderNamespace>> namespaces_;
-  std::string public_libraries_;
-
+  std::string system_public_libraries_;
+  std::string vendor_public_libraries_;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(LibraryNamespaces);
 };