diff --git a/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.cpp b/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.cpp
index 683e6ca..7d20ba1 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.cpp
+++ b/opengl/libs/EGL/Loader.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 #include "egl_trace.h"
 #include "egldefs.h"
 
+extern "C" {
+  android_namespace_t* android_get_exported_namespace(const char*);
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace android {
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -106,6 +110,11 @@
     return dlopen(path, mode);
 }
 
+static void* do_android_dlopen_ext(const char* path, int mode, const android_dlextinfo* info) {
+    ATRACE_CALL();
+    return android_dlopen_ext(path, mode, info);
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Loader::driver_t::driver_t(void* gles)
@@ -414,6 +423,27 @@
     }
     const char* const driver_absolute_path = absolutePath.c_str();
 
+    // Try to load drivers from the 'sphal' namespace, if it exist. Fall back to
+    // the original routine when the namespace does not exist or the load from
+    // the namespace fails.
+    // See /system/core/rootdir/etc/ld.config.txt for the configuration of the
+    // sphal namespace.
+    android_namespace_t* sphal_namespace = android_get_exported_namespace("sphal");
+    if (sphal_namespace != NULL) {
+        const android_dlextinfo dlextinfo = {
+            .flags = ANDROID_DLEXT_USE_NAMESPACE,
+            .library_namespace = sphal_namespace,
+        };
+        void* dso = do_android_dlopen_ext(driver_absolute_path, RTLD_LOCAL | RTLD_NOW, &dlextinfo);
+        if (dso) {
+            ALOGD("loaded %s from sphal namespace", driver_absolute_path);
+            return dso;
+        }
+        else {
+            ALOGW("failed to load %s from sphal namespace: %s", driver_absolute_path, dlerror());
+        }
+    }
+
     void* dso = do_dlopen(driver_absolute_path, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL);
     if (dso == 0) {
         const char* err = dlerror();
@@ -426,11 +456,6 @@
     return dso;
 }
 
-static void* do_android_dlopen_ext(const char* path, int mode, const android_dlextinfo* info) {
-    ATRACE_CALL();
-    return android_dlopen_ext(path, mode, info);
-}
-
 static const char* HAL_SUBNAME_KEY_PROPERTIES[2] = {
     "ro.hardware.egl",
     "ro.board.platform",