diff --git a/libcutils/Android.mk b/libcutils/Android.mk
index 2c5e351a2..876b89d32 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.mk
+++ b/libcutils/Android.mk
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ endif
 # ========================================================
 LOCAL_MODULE := libcutils
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(commonSources) $(commonHostSources) dlmalloc_stubs.c
-LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := liblog
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := liblog libbase
 ifneq ($(HOST_OS),windows)
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Werror
 endif