diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/NdkUtils.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/NdkUtils.cs
index b4139f87c63..4928b6dfbca 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/NdkUtils.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/NdkUtils.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ public static string GetNdkTool (string androidNdkPath, AndroidTargetArch arch,
 					toolPaths = new List<string>();
 				toolPaths.Add (path);
 			}
+			{
+				string path = Path.Combine (androidNdkPath, "prebuilt", AndroidSdk.AndroidNdkHostPlatform, "bin", tool);
+				if (File.Exists (path))
+					return path;
+				if (toolPaths == null)
+					toolPaths = new List<string>();
+				toolPaths.Add (path);
+                       }
+
 			Diagnostic.Error (5101,
 					"C compiler for target {0} was not found. Tried paths: \"{1}\"",
 					arch, string.Join ("; ", toolPaths));
@@ -224,4 +233,4 @@ public static bool IsNdk64BitArch (AndroidTargetArch arch)
 			return arch == AndroidTargetArch.Arm64 || arch == AndroidTargetArch.X86_64;
 		}
 	}
-}
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+}