diff --git a/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/CMakeLists.txt
index f860bc26f819a2..9b30cdeeacd90c 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ set(NATIVECRYPTO_SOURCES
     pal_cipher.c
     pal_hmac.c
     pal_jni.c
+    pal_jni_onload.c
     pal_lifetime.c
     pal_memory.c
     pal_misc.c
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ set(NATIVECRYPTO_SOURCES
 
 add_library(System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android
     SHARED
-    ${NATIVECRYPTO_SOURCES} pal_jni_onload.c
+    ${NATIVECRYPTO_SOURCES}
     ${VERSION_FILE_PATH}
 )
 
diff --git a/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/pal_jni_onload.c b/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/pal_jni_onload.c
index e2ecc9f3b8aa58..85ec101f586c29 100644
--- a/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/pal_jni_onload.c
+++ b/src/native/libs/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Android/pal_jni_onload.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "pal_jni.h"
 
-JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL
+__attribute__((weak)) JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL
 JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM *vm, void *reserved)
 {
 	return AndroidCryptoNative_InitLibraryOnLoad (vm, reserved);