diff --git a/packages/CtsShim/build/Android.mk b/packages/CtsShim/build/Android.mk
index 03eb0d9aad5ad..0ef4654d72e7d 100644
--- a/packages/CtsShim/build/Android.mk
+++ b/packages/CtsShim/build/Android.mk
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ LOCAL_FULL_MANIFEST_FILE := $(gen)
 
 LOCAL_MULTILIB := both
 LOCAL_JNI_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libshim_jni
+# Explicitly uncompress native libs rather than letting the build system doing it and destroy the
+# v2/v3 signature.
+LOCAL_USE_EMBEDDED_NATIVE_LIBS := true
 
 LOCAL_USE_AAPT2 := true