diff --git a/apex/allowed_deps.txt b/apex/allowed_deps.txt
index 57b18de15..f59408ed7 100644
--- a/apex/allowed_deps.txt
+++ b/apex/allowed_deps.txt
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ prebuilt_libclang_rt.builtins-aarch64-android(minSdkVersion:(no version))
 prebuilt_libclang_rt.builtins-arm-android(minSdkVersion:(no version))
 prebuilt_libclang_rt.builtins-i686-android(minSdkVersion:(no version))
 prebuilt_libclang_rt.builtins-x86_64-android(minSdkVersion:(no version))
+prebuilt_libunwind(minSdkVersion:(no version))
 prebuilt_test_framework-sdkextensions(minSdkVersion:(no version))
 server_configurable_flags(minSdkVersion:29)
 service-permission(minSdkVersion:current)
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 5cd18ed28..bff77936a 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -2854,7 +2854,7 @@ func makeApexAvailableBaseline() map[string][]string {
 		"libprofile-clang-extras_ndk",
 		"libprofile-extras",
 		"libprofile-extras_ndk",
-		"libunwind_llvm",
+		"libunwind",
 	}
 	return m
 }
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index fc746724a..ddbbe38a6 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -1751,10 +1751,10 @@ func TestQTargetApexUsesStaticUnwinder(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// ensure apex variant of c++ is linked with static unwinder
 	cm := ctx.ModuleForTests("libc++", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_apex29").Module().(*cc.Module)
-	ensureListContains(t, cm.Properties.AndroidMkStaticLibs, "libgcc_stripped")
+	ensureListContains(t, cm.Properties.AndroidMkStaticLibs, "libunwind")
 	// note that platform variant is not.
 	cm = ctx.ModuleForTests("libc++", "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared").Module().(*cc.Module)
-	ensureListNotContains(t, cm.Properties.AndroidMkStaticLibs, "libgcc_stripped")
+	ensureListNotContains(t, cm.Properties.AndroidMkStaticLibs, "libunwind")
 }
 
 func TestApexMinSdkVersion_ErrorIfIncompatibleStubs(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cc/config/global.go b/cc/config/global.go
index fa8e0fba2..89ae69abb 100644
--- a/cc/config/global.go
+++ b/cc/config/global.go
@@ -90,9 +90,12 @@ var (
 		"-Wl,--warn-shared-textrel",
 		"-Wl,--fatal-warnings",
 		"-Wl,--no-undefined-version",
+		// TODO: Eventually we should link against a libunwind.a with hidden symbols, and then these
+		// --exclude-libs arguments can be removed.
 		"-Wl,--exclude-libs,libgcc.a",
 		"-Wl,--exclude-libs,libgcc_stripped.a",
 		"-Wl,--exclude-libs,libunwind_llvm.a",
+		"-Wl,--exclude-libs,libunwind.a",
 	}
 
 	deviceGlobalLldflags = append(ClangFilterUnknownLldflags(deviceGlobalLdflags),
diff --git a/cc/stl.go b/cc/stl.go
index 406fa3a3e..75fab1702 100644
--- a/cc/stl.go
+++ b/cc/stl.go
@@ -140,11 +140,7 @@ func needsLibAndroidSupport(ctx BaseModuleContext) bool {
 }
 
 func staticUnwinder(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) string {
-	if ctx.Arch().ArchType == android.Arm {
-		return "libunwind_llvm"
-	} else {
-		return "libgcc_stripped"
-	}
+	return "libunwind"
 }
 
 func (stl *stl) deps(ctx BaseModuleContext, deps Deps) Deps {
@@ -192,6 +188,7 @@ func (stl *stl) deps(ctx BaseModuleContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 		if needsLibAndroidSupport(ctx) {
 			deps.StaticLibs = append(deps.StaticLibs, "ndk_libandroid_support")
 		}
+		// TODO: Switch the NDK over to the LLVM unwinder for non-arm32 architectures.
 		if ctx.Arch().ArchType == android.Arm {
 			deps.StaticLibs = append(deps.StaticLibs, "ndk_libunwind")
 		} else {
@@ -231,10 +228,6 @@ func (stl *stl) flags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags {
 					// Use Win32 threads in libc++.
 					"-D_LIBCPP_HAS_THREAD_API_WIN32")
 			}
-		} else {
-			if ctx.Arch().ArchType == android.Arm {
-				flags.Local.LdFlags = append(flags.Local.LdFlags, "-Wl,--exclude-libs,libunwind_llvm.a")
-			}
 		}
 	case "libstdc++":
 		// Nothing
diff --git a/cc/testing.go b/cc/testing.go
index 903f76c4a..dc9a59d0b 100644
--- a/cc/testing.go
+++ b/cc/testing.go
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ func GatherRequiredDepsForTest(oses ...android.OsType) string {
 			src: "",
 		}
 
+		toolchain_library {
+			name: "libunwind",
+			defaults: ["linux_bionic_supported"],
+			vendor_available: true,
+			product_available: true,
+			recovery_available: true,
+			native_bridge_supported: true,
+			src: "",
+		}
+
 		toolchain_library {
 			name: "libclang_rt.fuzzer-arm-android",
 			vendor_available: true,