diff --git a/apex/ld.config.txt b/apex/ld.config.txt
index f56e1b5f27..bd6af83585 100644
--- a/apex/ld.config.txt
+++ b/apex/ld.config.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ namespace.default.visible = true
 namespace.default.search.paths      = /apex/com.android.media.swcodec/${LIB}
 namespace.default.asan.search.paths = /apex/com.android.media.swcodec/${LIB}
 
+# Below lines are required to be able to access libs in APEXes which are
+# actually symlinks to the files under /system/lib. The symlinks exist for
+# bundled APEXes to reduce space.
+namespace.default.permitted.paths   = /system/${LIB}
+namespace.default.asan.permitted.paths = /system/${LIB}
+
 namespace.default.links = platform
 
 # TODO: replace the following when apex has a way to auto-generate this list