diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index 7421b1d..80ff583 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 #include <new>
 #include <string>
+#include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
 // Private C library headers.
@@ -1121,7 +1122,50 @@
   return nullptr;
 }
 
-static int open_library_in_zipfile(const char* const path,
+class ZipArchiveCache {
+ public:
+  ZipArchiveCache() {}
+  ~ZipArchiveCache();
+
+  bool get_or_open(const char* zip_path, ZipArchiveHandle* handle);
+ private:
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ZipArchiveCache);
+
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, ZipArchiveHandle> cache_;
+};
+
+bool ZipArchiveCache::get_or_open(const char* zip_path, ZipArchiveHandle* handle) {
+  std::string key(zip_path);
+
+  auto it = cache_.find(key);
+  if (it != cache_.end()) {
+    *handle = it->second;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  int fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(zip_path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
+  if (fd == -1) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (OpenArchiveFd(fd, "", handle) != 0) {
+    // invalid zip-file (?)
+    close(fd);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  cache_[key] = *handle;
+  return true;
+}
+
+ZipArchiveCache::~ZipArchiveCache() {
+  for (auto it : cache_) {
+    CloseArchive(it.second);
+  }
+}
+
+static int open_library_in_zipfile(ZipArchiveCache* zip_archive_cache,
+                                   const char* const path,
                                    off64_t* file_offset) {
   TRACE("Trying zip file open from path '%s'", path);
 
@@ -1150,16 +1194,12 @@
   }
 
   ZipArchiveHandle handle;
-  if (OpenArchiveFd(fd, "", &handle, false) != 0) {
+  if (!zip_archive_cache->get_or_open(zip_path, &handle)) {
     // invalid zip-file (?)
     close(fd);
     return -1;
   }
 
-  auto archive_guard = make_scope_guard([&]() {
-    CloseArchive(handle);
-  });
-
   ZipEntry entry;
 
   if (FindEntry(handle, ZipString(file_path), &entry) != 0) {
@@ -1205,7 +1245,8 @@
   return -1;
 }
 
-static int open_library_on_paths(const char* name, off64_t* file_offset,
+static int open_library_on_paths(ZipArchiveCache* zip_archive_cache,
+                                 const char* name, off64_t* file_offset,
                                  const std::vector<std::string>& paths) {
   for (const auto& path_str : paths) {
     char buf[512];
@@ -1216,7 +1257,7 @@
 
     int fd = -1;
     if (strstr(buf, kZipFileSeparator) != nullptr) {
-      fd = open_library_in_zipfile(buf, file_offset);
+      fd = open_library_in_zipfile(zip_archive_cache, buf, file_offset);
     }
 
     if (fd == -1) {
@@ -1234,13 +1275,15 @@
   return -1;
 }
 
-static int open_library(const char* name, soinfo *needed_by, off64_t* file_offset) {
+static int open_library(ZipArchiveCache* zip_archive_cache,
+                        const char* name, soinfo *needed_by,
+                        off64_t* file_offset) {
   TRACE("[ opening %s ]", name);
 
   // If the name contains a slash, we should attempt to open it directly and not search the paths.
   if (strchr(name, '/') != nullptr) {
     if (strstr(name, kZipFileSeparator) != nullptr) {
-      int fd = open_library_in_zipfile(name, file_offset);
+      int fd = open_library_in_zipfile(zip_archive_cache, name, file_offset);
       if (fd != -1) {
         return fd;
       }
@@ -1254,13 +1297,15 @@
   }
 
   // Otherwise we try LD_LIBRARY_PATH first, and fall back to the built-in well known paths.
-  int fd = open_library_on_paths(name, file_offset, g_ld_library_paths);
+  int fd = open_library_on_paths(zip_archive_cache, name, file_offset, g_ld_library_paths);
   if (fd == -1 && needed_by) {
-    fd = open_library_on_paths(name, file_offset, needed_by->get_dt_runpath());
+    fd = open_library_on_paths(zip_archive_cache, name, file_offset, needed_by->get_dt_runpath());
   }
+
   if (fd == -1) {
     fd = open_library_on_default_path(name, file_offset);
   }
+
   return fd;
 }
 
@@ -1367,7 +1412,8 @@
   return si;
 }
 
-static soinfo* load_library(LoadTaskList& load_tasks, const char* name,
+static soinfo* load_library(ZipArchiveCache* zip_archive_cache,
+                            LoadTaskList& load_tasks, const char* name,
                             soinfo* needed_by, int rtld_flags,
                             const android_dlextinfo* extinfo) {
   if (extinfo != nullptr && (extinfo->flags & ANDROID_DLEXT_USE_LIBRARY_FD) != 0) {
@@ -1380,7 +1426,7 @@
 
   // Open the file.
   off64_t file_offset;
-  int fd = open_library(name, needed_by, &file_offset);
+  int fd = open_library(zip_archive_cache, name, needed_by, &file_offset);
   if (fd == -1) {
     DL_ERR("library \"%s\" not found", name);
     return nullptr;
@@ -1427,7 +1473,8 @@
   return false;
 }
 
-static soinfo* find_library_internal(LoadTaskList& load_tasks, const char* name,
+static soinfo* find_library_internal(ZipArchiveCache* zip_archive_cache,
+                                     LoadTaskList& load_tasks, const char* name,
                                      soinfo* needed_by, int rtld_flags,
                                      const android_dlextinfo* extinfo) {
   soinfo* candidate;
@@ -1441,7 +1488,7 @@
   TRACE("[ '%s' find_loaded_library_by_soname returned false (*candidate=%s@%p). Trying harder...]",
       name, candidate == nullptr ? "n/a" : candidate->get_realpath(), candidate);
 
-  soinfo* si = load_library(load_tasks, name, needed_by, rtld_flags, extinfo);
+  soinfo* si = load_library(zip_archive_cache, load_tasks, name, needed_by, rtld_flags, extinfo);
 
   // In case we were unable to load the library but there
   // is a candidate loaded under the same soname but different
@@ -1521,15 +1568,18 @@
     }
   });
 
+  ZipArchiveCache zip_archive_cache;
+
   // Step 1: load and pre-link all DT_NEEDED libraries in breadth first order.
   for (LoadTask::unique_ptr task(load_tasks.pop_front());
       task.get() != nullptr; task.reset(load_tasks.pop_front())) {
     soinfo* needed_by = task->get_needed_by();
     bool is_dt_needed = needed_by != nullptr && (needed_by != start_with || add_as_children);
 
-    soinfo* si = find_library_internal(load_tasks, task->get_name(), needed_by,
-                                       rtld_flags,
+    soinfo* si = find_library_internal(&zip_archive_cache, load_tasks,
+                                       task->get_name(), needed_by, rtld_flags,
                                        is_dt_needed ? nullptr : extinfo);
+
     if (si == nullptr) {
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/tests/dlext_test.cpp b/tests/dlext_test.cpp
index 44b899e..9d8b71d 100644
--- a/tests/dlext_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/dlext_test.cpp
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@
 #define LIBSIZE 1024*1024 // how much address space to reserve for it
 
 #if defined(__LP64__)
-#define LIBPATH_PREFIX "/nativetest64/libdlext_test_fd/"
+#define LIBPATH_PREFIX "/nativetest64/"
 #else
-#define LIBPATH_PREFIX "/nativetest/libdlext_test_fd/"
+#define LIBPATH_PREFIX "/nativetest/"
 #endif
 
-#define LIBPATH LIBPATH_PREFIX "libdlext_test_fd.so"
-#define LIBZIPPATH LIBPATH_PREFIX "libdlext_test_fd_zipaligned.zip"
+#define LIBPATH LIBPATH_PREFIX "libdlext_test_fd/libdlext_test_fd.so"
+#define LIBZIPPATH LIBPATH_PREFIX "libdlext_test_zip/libdlext_test_zip_zipaligned.zip"
 
-#define LIBZIP_OFFSET 2*PAGE_SIZE
+#define LIBZIP_OFFSET PAGE_SIZE
 
 class DlExtTest : public ::testing::Test {
 protected:
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@
   handle_ = android_dlopen_ext(lib_path.c_str(), RTLD_NOW, &extinfo);
   ASSERT_DL_NOTNULL(handle_);
 
-  fn f = reinterpret_cast<fn>(dlsym(handle_, "getRandomNumber"));
-  ASSERT_DL_NOTNULL(f);
-  EXPECT_EQ(4, f());
+  uint32_t* taxicab_number = reinterpret_cast<uint32_t*>(dlsym(handle_, "dlopen_testlib_taxicab_number"));
+  ASSERT_DL_NOTNULL(taxicab_number);
+  EXPECT_EQ(1729U, *taxicab_number);
 }
 
 TEST_F(DlExtTest, ExtInfoUseFdWithInvalidOffset) {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
   ASSERT_TRUE(handle_ == nullptr);
   ASSERT_SUBSTR("dlopen failed: file offset for the library \"libname_placeholder\" is negative", dlerror());
 
-  extinfo.library_fd_offset = PAGE_SIZE;
+  extinfo.library_fd_offset = 0;
   handle_ = android_dlopen_ext("libname_ignored", RTLD_NOW, &extinfo);
   ASSERT_TRUE(handle_ == nullptr);
   ASSERT_EQ("dlopen failed: \"" + lib_realpath + "\" has bad ELF magic", dlerror());
@@ -218,13 +218,12 @@
 TEST(dlfcn, dlopen_from_zip_absolute_path) {
   const std::string lib_path = std::string(getenv("ANDROID_DATA")) + LIBZIPPATH;
 
-  void* handle = dlopen((lib_path + "!/libdir/libdlext_test_fd.so").c_str(), RTLD_NOW);
+  void* handle = dlopen((lib_path + "!/libdir/libatest_simple_zip.so").c_str(), RTLD_NOW);
   ASSERT_TRUE(handle != nullptr) << dlerror();
 
-  int (*fn)(void);
-  fn = reinterpret_cast<int (*)(void)>(dlsym(handle, "getRandomNumber"));
-  ASSERT_TRUE(fn != nullptr);
-  EXPECT_EQ(4, fn());
+  uint32_t* taxicab_number = reinterpret_cast<uint32_t*>(dlsym(handle, "dlopen_testlib_taxicab_number"));
+  ASSERT_DL_NOTNULL(taxicab_number);
+  EXPECT_EQ(1729U, *taxicab_number);
 
   dlclose(handle);
 }
@@ -238,12 +237,12 @@
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(android_update_LD_LIBRARY_PATH != nullptr) << dlerror();
 
-  void* handle = dlopen("libdlext_test_fd.so", RTLD_NOW);
+  void* handle = dlopen("libdlext_test_zip.so", RTLD_NOW);
   ASSERT_TRUE(handle == nullptr);
 
   android_update_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(lib_path.c_str());
 
-  handle = dlopen("libdlext_test_fd.so", RTLD_NOW);
+  handle = dlopen("libdlext_test_zip.so", RTLD_NOW);
   ASSERT_TRUE(handle != nullptr) << dlerror();
 
   int (*fn)(void);
@@ -251,6 +250,10 @@
   ASSERT_TRUE(fn != nullptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(4, fn());
 
+  uint32_t* taxicab_number = reinterpret_cast<uint32_t*>(dlsym(handle, "dlopen_testlib_taxicab_number"));
+  ASSERT_DL_NOTNULL(taxicab_number);
+  EXPECT_EQ(1729U, *taxicab_number);
+
   dlclose(handle);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/libs/Android.build.dlext_testzip.mk b/tests/libs/Android.build.dlext_testzip.mk
index 1e89411..93df213 100644
--- a/tests/libs/Android.build.dlext_testzip.mk
+++ b/tests/libs/Android.build.dlext_testzip.mk
@@ -21,21 +21,21 @@
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
 LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := SHARED_LIBRARIES
-LOCAL_MODULE := libdlext_test_fd_zipaligned
+LOCAL_MODULE := libdlext_test_zip_zipaligned
 LOCAL_MODULE_SUFFIX := .zip
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := tests
-LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $($(bionic_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_OUT_DATA_NATIVE_TESTS)/libdlext_test_fd
+LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $($(bionic_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_OUT_DATA_NATIVE_TESTS)/libdlext_test_zip
 LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX := $(bionic_2nd_arch_prefix)
 
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/base_rules.mk
 
 my_shared_libs := \
-  $($(bionic_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/libdlext_test_fd.so
+  $($(bionic_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/libdlext_test_zip.so \
+  $($(bionic_2nd_arch_prefix)TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/libatest_simple_zip.so
 
-$(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): PRIVATE_ALIGNMENT := 4096 # PAGE_SIZE
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE) : $(my_shared_libs) | $(ZIPALIGN)
 	@echo "Zipalign $(PRIVATE_ALIGNMENT): $@"
 	$(hide) rm -rf $(dir $@) && mkdir -p $(dir $@)/libdir
 	$(hide) cp $^ $(dir $@)/libdir
 	$(hide) (cd $(dir $@) && touch empty_file.txt && zip -qrD0 $(notdir $@).unaligned empty_file.txt libdir/*.so)
-	$(hide) $(ZIPALIGN) $(PRIVATE_ALIGNMENT) $@.unaligned $@
+	$(hide) $(ZIPALIGN) -p 4 $@.unaligned $@
diff --git a/tests/libs/Android.mk b/tests/libs/Android.mk
index b13400e..3391d79 100644
--- a/tests/libs/Android.mk
+++ b/tests/libs/Android.mk
@@ -126,6 +126,32 @@
 build_target := SHARED_LIBRARY
 include $(TEST_PATH)/Android.build.mk
 
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Libraries used by dlext tests for open from a zip-file
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+libdlext_test_zip_src_files := \
+    dlext_test_library.cpp \
+
+libdlext_test_zip_shared_libraries := libatest_simple_zip
+
+libdlext_test_zip_install_to_out_data := true
+module := libdlext_test_zip
+module_tag := optional
+build_type := target
+build_target := SHARED_LIBRARY
+include $(TEST_PATH)/Android.build.mk
+
+libatest_simple_zip_src_files := \
+    dlopen_testlib_simple.cpp
+
+libatest_simple_zip_install_to_out_data := true
+module := libatest_simple_zip
+module_tag := optional
+build_type := target
+build_target := SHARED_LIBRARY
+include $(TEST_PATH)/Android.build.mk
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Library with soname which does not match filename
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------