diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/AndroidRidAbiHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/AndroidRidAbiHelper.cs
index 229d069..8e6cce4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/AndroidRidAbiHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks/AndroidRidAbiHelper.cs
@@ -19,13 +19,27 @@ public static class AndroidRidAbiHelper
 		public static string GetNativeLibraryAbi (string lib)
 		{
 			// The topmost directory the .so file is contained within
-			var dir = Path.GetFileName (Path.GetDirectoryName (lib)).ToLowerInvariant ();
-			if (dir.StartsWith ("interpreter-", StringComparison.Ordinal)) {
-				dir = dir.Substring (12);
+			var dir = Directory.GetParent (lib);
+			var dirName = dir.Name.ToLowerInvariant ();
+			if (dirName.StartsWith ("interpreter-", StringComparison.Ordinal)) {
+				dirName = dirName.Substring ("interpreter-".Length);
 			}
-			if (ValidAbis.Contains (dir)) {
-				return dir;
+			if (ValidAbis.Contains (dirName)) {
+				return dirName;
 			}
+
+			// Look for a directory with a RID as a name, such as:
+			// android-arm64/libfoo.so
+			var abi = RuntimeIdentifierToAbi (dirName);
+			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty (abi))
+				return abi;
+
+			// Try one directory higher, such as:
+			// packages/sqlitepclraw.lib.e_sqlite3.android/1.1.11/runtimes/android-arm64/native/libe_sqlite3.so
+			abi = RuntimeIdentifierToAbi (dir.Parent.Name.ToLowerInvariant ());
+			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty (abi))
+				return abi;
+
 			return null;
 		}
 
@@ -41,8 +55,7 @@ public static string GetNativeLibraryAbi (ITaskItem lib)
 			// First, try nominal "Link" path.
 			var link = lib.GetMetadata ("Link");
 			if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace (link)) {
-				var linkdirs = link.ToLowerInvariant ().Split ('/', '\\');
-				lib_abi = ValidAbis.Where (p => linkdirs.Contains (p)).FirstOrDefault ();
+				lib_abi = GetNativeLibraryAbi (link);
 			}
 
 			// Check for a RuntimeIdentifier
diff --git a/tests/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks-Tests/AndroidRidAbiHelperTests.cs b/tests/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks-Tests/AndroidRidAbiHelperTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb241cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks-Tests/AndroidRidAbiHelperTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.Android.Build.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
+using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Android.Build.BaseTasks.Tests
+{
+	[TestFixture]
+	public class AndroidRidAbiHelperTests
+	{
+		static object [] StringValueSource = new object [] {
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "armeabi-v7a/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "armeabi-v7a"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "arm64-v8a/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "arm64-v8a"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "x86/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "x86"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "x86_64/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "x86_64"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "android-arm/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "armeabi-v7a"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "android-arm64/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "arm64-v8a"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "android-x86/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "x86"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "android-x64/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "x86_64"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "android-arm/native/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "armeabi-v7a"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "android-arm64/native/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "arm64-v8a"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "android-x86/native/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "x86"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "android-x64/native/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "x86_64"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "android.21-x64/native/libfoo.so",
+				/* expected */ "x86_64"
+			},
+			new[] {
+				/* input */    "packages/sqlitepclraw.lib.e_sqlite3.android/1.1.11/runtimes/android-arm64/native/libe_sqlite3.so",
+				/* expected */ "arm64-v8a"
+			}
+		};
+
+		[Test]
+		[TestCaseSource (nameof (StringValueSource))]
+		public void StringValue (string input, string expected)
+		{
+			Assert.AreEqual (expected, AndroidRidAbiHelper.GetNativeLibraryAbi (input));
+		}
+
+		static object [] ITaskItemValueSource = new object [] {
+			new object [] {
+				/* input */
+				new TaskItem("armeabi-v7a/libfoo.so"),
+				/* expected */
+				"armeabi-v7a"
+			},
+			new object [] {
+				/* input */
+				new TaskItem("libabi.so", new Dictionary<string,string> {
+					{ "Abi", "armeabi-v7a" }
+				}),
+				/* expected */
+				"armeabi-v7a"
+			},
+			new object [] {
+				/* input */
+				new TaskItem("librid.so", new Dictionary<string,string> {
+					{ "RuntimeIdentifier", "android-arm" }
+				}),
+				/* expected */
+				"armeabi-v7a"
+			},
+			new object [] {
+				/* input */
+				new TaskItem("liblink.so", new Dictionary<string,string> {
+					{ "Link", "armeabi-v7a/libfoo.so" }
+				}),
+				/* expected */
+				"armeabi-v7a"
+			},
+			new object [] {
+				/* input */
+				new TaskItem("liblink.so", new Dictionary<string,string> {
+					{ "Link", "x86/libfoo.so" }
+				}),
+				/* expected */
+				"x86"
+			},
+			new object [] {
+				/* input */
+				new TaskItem("liblink.so", new Dictionary<string,string> {
+					{ "Link", "x86_64/libfoo.so" }
+				}),
+				/* expected */
+				"x86_64"
+			},
+			new object [] {
+				/* input */
+				new TaskItem("libridlink.so", new Dictionary<string,string> {
+					{ "Link", "android-arm/libfoo.so" }
+				}),
+				/* expected */
+				"armeabi-v7a"
+			},
+		};
+
+		[Test]
+		[TestCaseSource (nameof (ITaskItemValueSource))]
+		public void ITaskItemValue (ITaskItem input, string expected)
+		{
+			Assert.AreEqual (expected, AndroidRidAbiHelper.GetNativeLibraryAbi (input));
+		}
+	}
+}