Index: lib/Driver/Tools.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Driver/Tools.cpp
+++ lib/Driver/Tools.cpp
@@ -2479,12 +2479,18 @@
 
 static void linkSanitizerRuntimeDeps(const ToolChain &TC,
                                      ArgStringList &CmdArgs) {
+  bool isAndroid = TC.getTriple().getEnvironment() == llvm::Triple::Android;
   // Force linking against the system libraries sanitizers depends on
   // (see PR15823 why this is necessary).
   CmdArgs.push_back("--no-as-needed");
-  CmdArgs.push_back("-lpthread");
-  CmdArgs.push_back("-lrt");
-  CmdArgs.push_back("-lutil");
+  if (!isAndroid) {
+    // android does not need explicit links against pthread nor
+    // librt. (i.e. they don't exist!)
+    CmdArgs.push_back("-lpthread");
+    CmdArgs.push_back("-lrt");
+    CmdArgs.push_back("-lutil");
+  }
+
   CmdArgs.push_back("-lm");
   // There's no libdl on FreeBSD.
   if (TC.getTriple().getOS() != llvm::Triple::FreeBSD)
@@ -2504,8 +2510,10 @@
 
   // Collect static runtimes.
   if (Args.hasArg(options::OPT_shared) ||
-      (TC.getTriple().getEnvironment() == llvm::Triple::Android)) {
+      (TC.getTriple().getEnvironment() == llvm::Triple::Android &&
+       TC.getTriple().getArch() != llvm::Triple::aarch64)) {
     // Don't link static runtimes into DSOs or if compiling for Android.
+    // put in an exception for aarch64
     return;
   }
   if (SanArgs.needsAsanRt()) {