diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index d70edbb..dd68fee 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -66,6 +66,32 @@
   endif
 endif
 
+# Logging used to be part of libcutils (target) and libutils (sim);
+# hack modules that use those other libs to also include liblog.
+# All of this complexity is to make sure that liblog only appears
+# once, and appears just before libcutils or libutils on the link
+# line.
+# TODO: remove this hack and change all modules to use liblog
+# when necessary.
+define insert-liblog
+  $(if $(filter liblog,$(1)),$(1), \
+    $(if $(filter libcutils,$(1)), \
+      $(patsubst libcutils,liblog libcutils,$(1)) \
+     , \
+      $(patsubst libutils,liblog libutils,$(1)) \
+     ) \
+   )
+endef
+ifneq (,$(filter libcutils libutils,$(LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES)))
+  LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := $(call insert-liblog,$(LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES))
+endif
+ifneq (,$(filter libcutils libutils,$(LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES)))
+  LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := $(call insert-liblog,$(LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES))
+endif
+ifneq (,$(filter libcutils libutils,$(LOCAL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES)))
+  LOCAL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES := $(call insert-liblog,$(LOCAL_WHOLE_STATIC_LIBRARIES))
+endif
+
 ifdef LOCAL_SDK_VERSION
   # Get the list of INSTALLED libraries as module names.
   # We cannot compute the full path of the LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES for