diff --git a/core/shared_library.mk b/core/shared_library.mk
index 47a089a2d1..ca639eb68e 100644
--- a/core/shared_library.mk
+++ b/core/shared_library.mk
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ my_target_libgcc := $(TARGET_LIBGCC)
 my_target_crtbegin_so_o := $(TARGET_CRTBEGIN_SO_O)
 my_target_crtend_so_o := $(TARGET_CRTEND_SO_O)
 ifdef LOCAL_NDK_VERSION
-my_target_global_ld_dirs += $(addprefix -L, $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(my_ndk_stl_shared_lib_fullpath))) \
-   $(my_ndk_version_root)/usr/lib)
+# Make sure the prebuilt NDK paths are put ahead of the TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS,
+# so we don't have race condition when the system libraries (such as libc, libstdc++) are also built in the tree.
+my_target_global_ld_dirs := \
+    $(addprefix -L, $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(my_ndk_stl_shared_lib_fullpath))) \
+    $(my_ndk_version_root)/usr/lib) \
+    $(my_target_global_ld_dirs)
 my_target_global_ldflags := $(my_ndk_stl_shared_lib) $(my_target_global_ldflags)
 my_target_crtbegin_so_o := $(wildcard $(my_ndk_version_root)/usr/lib/crtbegin_so.o)
 my_target_crtend_so_o := $(wildcard $(my_ndk_version_root)/usr/lib/crtend_so.o)