diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 321e2e8..96a4bd5 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@
 	installDir string
 	class      apexFileClass
 	module     android.Module
+	symlinks   []string
 }
 
 type apexBundle struct {
@@ -396,7 +397,8 @@
 			a.properties.Multilib.Both.Binaries, target.String(),
 			a.getImageVariation(config))
 
-		if i == 0 {
+		isPrimaryAbi := i == 0
+		if isPrimaryAbi {
 			// When multilib.* is omitted for binaries, it implies
 			// multilib.first.
 			ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{
@@ -571,7 +573,7 @@
 			case sharedLibTag:
 				if cc, ok := child.(*cc.Module); ok {
 					fileToCopy, dirInApex := getCopyManifestForNativeLibrary(cc)
-					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFile{fileToCopy, depName, cc.Arch().ArchType, dirInApex, nativeSharedLib, cc})
+					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFile{fileToCopy, depName, cc.Arch().ArchType, dirInApex, nativeSharedLib, cc, nil})
 					return true
 				} else {
 					ctx.PropertyErrorf("native_shared_libs", "%q is not a cc_library or cc_library_shared module", depName)
@@ -584,7 +586,7 @@
 						return true
 					}
 					fileToCopy, dirInApex := getCopyManifestForExecutable(cc)
-					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFile{fileToCopy, depName, cc.Arch().ArchType, dirInApex, nativeExecutable, cc})
+					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFile{fileToCopy, depName, cc.Arch().ArchType, dirInApex, nativeExecutable, cc, cc.Symlinks()})
 					return true
 				} else {
 					ctx.PropertyErrorf("binaries", "%q is not a cc_binary module", depName)
@@ -595,7 +597,7 @@
 					if fileToCopy == nil {
 						ctx.PropertyErrorf("java_libs", "%q is not configured to be compiled into dex", depName)
 					} else {
-						filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFile{fileToCopy, depName, java.Arch().ArchType, dirInApex, javaSharedLib, java})
+						filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFile{fileToCopy, depName, java.Arch().ArchType, dirInApex, javaSharedLib, java, nil})
 					}
 					return true
 				} else {
@@ -604,7 +606,7 @@
 			case prebuiltTag:
 				if prebuilt, ok := child.(*android.PrebuiltEtc); ok {
 					fileToCopy, dirInApex := getCopyManifestForPrebuiltEtc(prebuilt)
-					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFile{fileToCopy, depName, prebuilt.Arch().ArchType, dirInApex, etc, prebuilt})
+					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFile{fileToCopy, depName, prebuilt.Arch().ArchType, dirInApex, etc, prebuilt, nil})
 					return true
 				} else {
 					ctx.PropertyErrorf("prebuilts", "%q is not a prebuilt_etc module", depName)
@@ -639,7 +641,7 @@
 					}
 					depName := ctx.OtherModuleName(child)
 					fileToCopy, dirInApex := getCopyManifestForNativeLibrary(cc)
-					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFile{fileToCopy, depName, cc.Arch().ArchType, dirInApex, nativeSharedLib, cc})
+					filesInfo = append(filesInfo, apexFile{fileToCopy, depName, cc.Arch().ArchType, dirInApex, nativeSharedLib, cc, nil})
 					return true
 				}
 			}
@@ -732,6 +734,10 @@
 		dest_path := filepath.Join(android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "image"+suffix).String(), dest)
 		copyCommands = append(copyCommands, "mkdir -p "+filepath.Dir(dest_path))
 		copyCommands = append(copyCommands, "cp "+src.String()+" "+dest_path)
+		for _, sym := range a.filesInfo[i].symlinks {
+			symlinkDest := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(dest_path), sym)
+			copyCommands = append(copyCommands, "ln -s "+filepath.Base(dest)+" "+symlinkDest)
+		}
 	}
 	implicitInputs := append(android.Paths(nil), filesToCopy...)
 	implicitInputs = append(implicitInputs, manifest)
@@ -747,6 +753,9 @@
 			pathInApex := filepath.Join(f.installDir, f.builtFile.Base())
 			if f.installDir == "bin" {
 				executablePaths = append(executablePaths, pathInApex)
+				for _, s := range f.symlinks {
+					executablePaths = append(executablePaths, filepath.Join("bin", s))
+				}
 			} else {
 				readOnlyPaths = append(readOnlyPaths, pathInApex)
 			}
@@ -879,7 +888,7 @@
 			Input:  manifest,
 			Output: copiedManifest,
 		})
-		a.filesInfo = append(a.filesInfo, apexFile{copiedManifest, ctx.ModuleName() + ".apex_manifest.json", android.Common, ".", etc, nil})
+		a.filesInfo = append(a.filesInfo, apexFile{copiedManifest, ctx.ModuleName() + ".apex_manifest.json", android.Common, ".", etc, nil, nil})
 
 		for _, fi := range a.filesInfo {
 			dir := filepath.Join("apex", ctx.ModuleName(), fi.installDir)
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 4ca5b14..7ae49f6 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@
 			recovery_available: true,
 		}
 
+		cc_object {
+			name: "crtbegin_static",
+			stl: "none",
+		}
+
+		cc_object {
+			name: "crtend_android",
+			stl: "none",
+		}
+
 		llndk_library {
 			name: "libc",
 			symbol_file: "",
@@ -194,6 +204,11 @@
 			name: "myapex",
 			key: "myapex.key",
 			native_shared_libs: ["mylib"],
+			multilib: {
+				both: {
+					binaries: ["foo",],
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		apex_key {
@@ -210,6 +225,25 @@
 			stl: "none",
 		}
 
+		cc_binary {
+			name: "foo",
+			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
+			compile_multilib: "both",
+			multilib: {
+					lib32: {
+							suffix: "32",
+					},
+					lib64: {
+							suffix: "64",
+					},
+			},
+			symlinks: ["foo_link_"],
+			symlink_preferred_arch: true,
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			static_executable: true,
+			stl: "none",
+		}
+
 		cc_library {
 			name: "mylib2",
 			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
@@ -237,6 +271,23 @@
 	// Ensure that the platform variant ends with _core_shared
 	ensureListContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("mylib"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_core_shared")
 	ensureListContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("mylib2"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_core_shared")
+
+	// Ensure that all symlinks are present.
+	found_foo_link_64 := false
+	found_foo := false
+	for _, cmd := range strings.Split(copyCmds, " && ") {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(cmd, "ln -s foo64") {
+			if strings.HasSuffix(cmd, "bin/foo") {
+				found_foo = true
+			} else if strings.HasSuffix(cmd, "bin/foo_link_64") {
+				found_foo_link_64 = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	good := found_foo && found_foo_link_64
+	if !good {
+		t.Errorf("Could not find all expected symlinks! foo: %t, foo_link_64: %t. Command was %s", found_foo, found_foo_link_64, copyCmds)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestBasicZipApex(t *testing.T) {
@@ -671,17 +722,6 @@
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
 		}
-
-		cc_object {
-			name: "crtbegin_static",
-			stl: "none",
-		}
-
-		cc_object {
-			name: "crtend_android",
-			stl: "none",
-		}
-
 	`)
 
 	ldFlags := ctx.ModuleForTests("not_in_apex", "android_arm64_armv8-a_core").Rule("ld").Args["libFlags"]
diff --git a/cc/binary.go b/cc/binary.go
index 65e8eb5..4c86371 100644
--- a/cc/binary.go
+++ b/cc/binary.go
@@ -382,11 +382,8 @@
 	objs.coverageFiles = append(objs.coverageFiles, deps.WholeStaticLibObjs.coverageFiles...)
 	binary.coverageOutputFile = TransformCoverageFilesToLib(ctx, objs, builderFlags, binary.getStem(ctx))
 
-	return ret
-}
-
-func (binary *binaryDecorator) install(ctx ModuleContext, file android.Path) {
-	binary.baseInstaller.install(ctx, file)
+	// Need to determine symlinks early since some targets (ie APEX) need this
+	// information but will not call 'install'
 	for _, symlink := range binary.Properties.Symlinks {
 		binary.symlinks = append(binary.symlinks,
 			symlink+String(binary.Properties.Suffix)+ctx.toolchain().ExecutableSuffix())
@@ -401,6 +398,15 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	return ret
+}
+
+func (binary *binaryDecorator) symlinkList() []string {
+	return binary.symlinks
+}
+
+func (binary *binaryDecorator) install(ctx ModuleContext, file android.Path) {
+	binary.baseInstaller.install(ctx, file)
 	for _, symlink := range binary.symlinks {
 		ctx.InstallSymlink(binary.baseInstaller.installDir(ctx), symlink, binary.baseInstaller.path)
 	}
diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 1f50976..a30708a 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -772,6 +772,15 @@
 	return name
 }
 
+func (c *Module) Symlinks() []string {
+	if p, ok := c.installer.(interface {
+		symlinkList() []string
+	}); ok {
+		return p.symlinkList()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // orderDeps reorders dependencies into a list such that if module A depends on B, then
 // A will precede B in the resultant list.
 // This is convenient for passing into a linker.