diff --git a/android/variable.go b/android/variable.go
index aa8c804..56ca666 100644
--- a/android/variable.go
+++ b/android/variable.go
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
 		} `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 		Malloc_not_svelte struct {
-			Cflags []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+			Cflags      []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+			Shared_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 		} `android:"arch_variant"`
 
 		Safestack struct {
diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index fd958ba..b279c06 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -255,6 +255,17 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+		if inList("libc_scudo", deps.SharedLibs) {
+			// libc_scudo is an alternate implementation of all
+			// allocation functions (malloc, free), that uses
+			// the scudo allocator instead of the default native
+			// allocator. If this library is in the list, make
+			// sure it's first so it properly overrides the
+			// allocation functions of all other shared libraries.
+			_, deps.SharedLibs = removeFromList("libc_scudo", deps.SharedLibs)
+			deps.SharedLibs = append([]string{"libc_scudo"}, deps.SharedLibs...)
+		}
+
 		// If libc and libdl are both in system_shared_libs make sure libdl comes after libc
 		// to avoid loading libdl before libc.
 		if inList("libdl", systemSharedLibs) && inList("libc", systemSharedLibs) &&