diff --git a/private/shell.te b/private/shell.te
index 839178c..69709a3 100644
--- a/private/shell.te
+++ b/private/shell.te
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
 # Allow shell to set RKP properties for testing purposes
 set_prop(shell, remote_prov_prop)
 
+# Allow shell to enable 16 KB backcompat globally.
+set_prop(shell, bionic_linker_16kb_app_compat_prop)
+
 # Allow shell to get encryption policy of /data/local/tmp/, for CTS
 allowxperm shell shell_data_file:dir ioctl {
   FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY