diff --git a/transport/ServiceManagement.cpp b/transport/ServiceManagement.cpp
index d7a2edc..29b4c16 100644
--- a/transport/ServiceManagement.cpp
+++ b/transport/ServiceManagement.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #define LOG_TAG "ServiceManagement"
 
+#include <android/dlext.h>
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@
 #define RE_PATH         RE_COMPONENT "(?:[.]" RE_COMPONENT ")*"
 static const std::regex gLibraryFileNamePattern("(" RE_PATH "@[0-9]+[.][0-9]+)-impl(.*?).so");
 
+extern "C" {
+    android_namespace_t* android_get_exported_namespace(const char*);
+}
+
 using android::base::WaitForProperty;
 
 using android::hidl::manager::V1_0::IServiceManager;
@@ -174,6 +179,7 @@
         const std::string prefix = packageAndVersion + "-impl";
         const std::string sym = "HIDL_FETCH_" + ifaceName;
 
+        const android_namespace_t* sphal_namespace = android_get_exported_namespace("sphal");
         const int dlMode = RTLD_LAZY;
         void *handle = nullptr;
 
@@ -190,7 +196,29 @@
             for (const std::string &lib : libs) {
                 const std::string fullPath = path + lib;
 
-                handle = dlopen(fullPath.c_str(), dlMode);
+                // If sphal namespace is available, try to load from the
+                // namespace first. If it fails, fall back to the original
+                // dlopen, which loads from the current namespace.
+                if (sphal_namespace != nullptr && path != HAL_LIBRARY_PATH_SYSTEM) {
+                    const android_dlextinfo dlextinfo = {
+                        .flags = ANDROID_DLEXT_USE_NAMESPACE,
+                        // const_cast is dirty but required because
+                        // library_namespace field is non-const.
+                        .library_namespace = const_cast<android_namespace_t*>(sphal_namespace),
+                    };
+                    handle = android_dlopen_ext(fullPath.c_str(), dlMode, &dlextinfo);
+                    if (handle == nullptr) {
+                        const char* error = dlerror();
+                        LOG(WARNING) << "Failed to dlopen " << lib << " from sphal namespace:"
+                                     << (error == nullptr ? "unknown error" : error);
+                    } else {
+                        LOG(DEBUG) << lib << " loaded from sphal namespace.";
+                    }
+                }
+                if (handle == nullptr) {
+                    handle = dlopen(fullPath.c_str(), dlMode);
+                }
+
                 if (handle == nullptr) {
                     const char* error = dlerror();
                     LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to dlopen " << lib << ": "