diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ApplicationLoaders.java b/core/java/android/app/ApplicationLoaders.java
index ddb2d46eb1185..7d0d1b4f5ee55 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ApplicationLoaders.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ApplicationLoaders.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class ApplicationLoaders
         return gApplicationLoaders;
     }
 
-    public ClassLoader getClassLoader(String zip, String librarySearchPath,
+    public ClassLoader getClassLoader(String zip, boolean isBundled, String librarySearchPath,
                                       String libraryPermittedPath, ClassLoader parent)
     {
         /*
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ class ApplicationLoaders
     
                 Trace.traceBegin(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER, zip);
                 PathClassLoader pathClassloader =
-                    new PathClassLoader(zip, librarySearchPath, libraryPermittedPath, parent);
+                    new PathClassLoader(zip, isBundled, librarySearchPath,
+                                        libraryPermittedPath, parent);
                 Trace.traceEnd(Trace.TRACE_TAG_ACTIVITY_MANAGER);
 
                 mLoaders.put(zip, pathClassloader);
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/LoadedApk.java b/core/java/android/app/LoadedApk.java
index 01209227273ee..763cb1c8420a0 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/LoadedApk.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/LoadedApk.java
@@ -359,12 +359,21 @@ public final class LoadedApk {
                     }
                 }
 
+                String libraryPermittedPath = mAppDir + File.pathSeparator + mDataDir;
+                boolean isBundledApp = false;
+
                 if (mApplicationInfo.isSystemApp()) {
+                    isBundledApp = true;
                     // Add path to system libraries to libPaths;
                     // Access to system libs should be limited
                     // to bundled applications; this is why updated
                     // system apps are not included.
                     libPaths.add(System.getProperty("java.library.path"));
+
+                    // This is necessary to grant bundled apps access to
+                    // libraries located in subdirectories of /system/lib
+                    libraryPermittedPath += File.pathSeparator +
+                                            System.getProperty("java.library.path");
                 }
 
                 final String librarySearchPath = TextUtils.join(File.pathSeparator, libPaths);
@@ -382,10 +391,8 @@ public final class LoadedApk {
                 // as this is early and necessary.
                 StrictMode.ThreadPolicy oldPolicy = StrictMode.allowThreadDiskReads();
 
-                String libraryPermittedPath = mAppDir + File.pathSeparator + mDataDir;
-
-                mClassLoader = ApplicationLoaders.getDefault().getClassLoader(zip, librarySearchPath,
-                        libraryPermittedPath, mBaseClassLoader);
+                mClassLoader = ApplicationLoaders.getDefault().getClassLoader(zip, isBundledApp,
+                        librarySearchPath, libraryPermittedPath, mBaseClassLoader);
 
                 StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(oldPolicy);
             } else {
diff --git a/core/jni/android_app_NativeActivity.cpp b/core/jni/android_app_NativeActivity.cpp
index 6ecb3fb19f624..88a56d2084d0f 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_app_NativeActivity.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_app_NativeActivity.cpp
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ loadNativeCode_native(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz, jstring path, jstring funcName
     bool needNativeBridge = false;
 
     void* handle = OpenNativeLibrary(env, sdkVersion, pathStr, classLoader,
-                                     libraryPath, isolationPath);
+                                     false, libraryPath, isolationPath);
     if (handle == NULL) {
         if (NativeBridgeIsSupported(pathStr)) {
             handle = NativeBridgeLoadLibrary(pathStr, RTLD_LAZY);