diff --git a/libutils/Android.bp b/libutils/Android.bp
index 83952ab..508f553 100644
--- a/libutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libutils/Android.bp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
                 "libcutils",
                 "libdl",
                 "liblog",
+                "libvndksupport",
             ],
 
             sanitize: {
diff --git a/libutils/misc.cpp b/libutils/misc.cpp
index ab72fe6..d95fd05 100644
--- a/libutils/misc.cpp
+++ b/libutils/misc.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 #include <utils/Vector.h>
 
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <vndksupport/linker.h>
+#endif
+
+extern "C" void do_report_sysprop_change();
+
 using namespace android;
 
 namespace android {
@@ -61,7 +68,36 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+void (*get_report_sysprop_change_func())() {
+    void (*func)() = nullptr;
+    void* handle = android_load_sphal_library("libutils.so", RTLD_NOW);
+    if (handle != nullptr) {
+        func = reinterpret_cast<decltype(func)>(dlsym(handle, "do_report_sysprop_change"));
+    }
+
+    return func;
+}
+#endif
+
 void report_sysprop_change() {
+    do_report_sysprop_change();
+
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+    // libutils.so is double loaded; from the default namespace and from the
+    // 'sphal' namespace. Redirect the sysprop change event to the other instance
+    // of libutils.so loaded in the 'sphal' namespace so that listeners attached
+    // to that instance is also notified with this event.
+    static auto func = get_report_sysprop_change_func();
+    if (func != nullptr) {
+        (*func)();
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
+};  // namespace android
+
+void do_report_sysprop_change() {
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
     pthread_mutex_lock(&gSyspropMutex);
     Vector<sysprop_change_callback_info> listeners;
@@ -76,5 +112,3 @@
     }
 #endif
 }
-
-}; // namespace android
diff --git a/libvndksupport/Android.bp b/libvndksupport/Android.bp
index ab9e26f..b624223 100644
--- a/libvndksupport/Android.bp
+++ b/libvndksupport/Android.bp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 subdirs = ["tests"]
 
-cc_library_shared {
+cc_library {
     name: "libvndksupport",
     srcs: ["linker.c"],
     local_include_dirs: ["include/vndksupport"],