diff --git a/cmds/app_process/Android.bp b/cmds/app_process/Android.bp
index a1575173ded62..6a685a79cc335 100644
--- a/cmds/app_process/Android.bp
+++ b/cmds/app_process/Android.bp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ cc_binary {
         "libwilhelm",
     ],
 
+    header_libs: ["bionic_libc_platform_headers"],
+
     compile_multilib: "both",
 
     cflags: [
diff --git a/cmds/app_process/app_main.cpp b/cmds/app_process/app_main.cpp
index 12083b6fe20bb..815f9455471c9 100644
--- a/cmds/app_process/app_main.cpp
+++ b/cmds/app_process/app_main.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <android-base/macros.h>
 #include <binder/IPCThreadState.h>
+#include <bionic/pac.h>
 #include <hwbinder/IPCThreadState.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 #include <cutils/memory.h>
@@ -182,6 +183,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* const argv[])
       ALOGV("app_process main with argv: %s", argv_String.string());
     }
 
+    // Because of applications that are using PAC instructions incorrectly, PAC
+    // is disabled in application processes for now.
+    ScopedDisablePAC x;
+
     AppRuntime runtime(argv[0], computeArgBlockSize(argc, argv));
     // Process command line arguments
     // ignore argv[0]