diff --git a/drm/jni/Android.mk b/drm/jni/Android.mk
index 0731755189b11..95ce75af20861 100644
--- a/drm/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/drm/jni/Android.mk
@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@ LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
     libutils \
     libandroid_runtime \
     libnativehelper \
-    libbinder \
-    libdl
+    libbinder
+
+ifeq ($(TARGET_SIMULATOR),true)
+ LOCAL_LDLIBS += -ldl
+else
+ LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libdl
+endif
 
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES :=
 
diff --git a/drm/libdrmframework/Android.mk b/drm/libdrmframework/Android.mk
index c25d79bd931c3..765adba3a4744 100644
--- a/drm/libdrmframework/Android.mk
+++ b/drm/libdrmframework/Android.mk
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ LOCAL_MODULE:= libdrmframework
 
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
     libutils \
-    libbinder \
-    libdl
+    libbinder
+
+ifeq ($(TARGET_SIMULATOR),true)
+ LOCAL_LDLIBS += -ldl
+else
+ LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libdl
+endif
 
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := \
     libdrmframeworkcommon