diff --git a/cc/config/global.go b/cc/config/global.go
index a03bfa8fa..2196ef2aa 100644
--- a/cc/config/global.go
+++ b/cc/config/global.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func init() {
 	// This is used by non-NDK modules to get jni.h. export_include_dirs doesn't help
 	// with this, since there is no associated library.
 	pctx.PrefixedExistentPathsForSourcesVariable("CommonNativehelperInclude", "-I",
-		[]string{"libnativehelper/include/nativehelper"})
+		[]string{"libnativehelper/include_deprecated"})
 
 	pctx.SourcePathVariable("ClangDefaultBase", ClangDefaultBase)
 	pctx.VariableFunc("ClangBase", func(config interface{}) (string, error) {
diff --git a/cc/makevars.go b/cc/makevars.go
index 11c316225..294f3e65b 100644
--- a/cc/makevars.go
+++ b/cc/makevars.go
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ func makeVarsProvider(ctx android.MakeVarsContext) {
 
 	ctx.Strict("RS_GLOBAL_INCLUDES", "${config.RsGlobalIncludes}")
 
+	nativeHelperIncludeFlags, err := ctx.Eval("${config.CommonNativehelperInclude}")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	nativeHelperIncludes, nativeHelperSystemIncludes := splitSystemIncludes(ctx, nativeHelperIncludeFlags)
+	if len(nativeHelperSystemIncludes) > 0 {
+		panic("native helper may not have any system includes")
+	}
+	ctx.Strict("JNI_H_INCLUDE", strings.Join(nativeHelperIncludes, " "))
+
 	includeFlags, err := ctx.Eval("${config.CommonGlobalIncludes}")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)