diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index b07d5a1..e3b7089 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -334,13 +334,15 @@
     enable_target_debugging :=
   endif
 
-  # Turn on Dalvik preoptimization for user builds, but only if not
+  # Turn on Dalvik preoptimization for libdvm.so user builds, but only if not
   # explicitly disabled and the build is running on Linux (since host
   # Dalvik isn't built for non-Linux hosts).
   ifeq (,$(WITH_DEXPREOPT))
-    ifeq ($(user_variant),user)
-      ifeq ($(HOST_OS),linux)
-        WITH_DEXPREOPT := true
+    ifeq ($(DALVIK_VM_LIB),libdvm.so)
+      ifeq ($(user_variant),user)
+        ifeq ($(HOST_OS),linux)
+          WITH_DEXPREOPT := true
+        endif
       endif
     endif
   endif