diff --git a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
index ea3cbee26c0d9..98ea9a2d0321e 100644
--- a/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/AndroidRuntime.cpp
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ int AndroidRuntime::startVm(JavaVM** pJavaVM, JNIEnv** pEnv)
     char lockProfThresholdBuf[sizeof("-Xlockprofthreshold:")-1 + PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     char jitOpBuf[sizeof("-Xjitop:")-1 + PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     char jitMethodBuf[sizeof("-Xjitmethod:")-1 + PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
+    char nativeBridgeLibrary[sizeof("-XX:NativeBridge=") + PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
 
     bool checkJni = false;
     property_get("dalvik.vm.checkjni", propBuf, "");
@@ -876,6 +877,8 @@ int AndroidRuntime::startVm(JavaVM** pJavaVM, JNIEnv** pEnv)
                            "-Xprofile-max-stack-depth:");
     }
 
+    parseRuntimeOption("dalvik.vm.native.bridge", nativeBridgeLibrary, "-XX:NativeBridge=");
+
     initArgs.version = JNI_VERSION_1_4;
     initArgs.options = mOptions.editArray();
     initArgs.nOptions = mOptions.size();