diff --git a/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go b/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go
index 4c4953d70..3bf022126 100644
--- a/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go
+++ b/bp2build/cc_library_conversion_test.go
@@ -2437,3 +2437,18 @@ cc_library {
 	},
 	)
 }
+
+func TestCcLibraryEscapeLdflags(t *testing.T) {
+	runCcLibraryTestCase(t, bp2buildTestCase{
+		moduleTypeUnderTest:        "cc_library",
+		moduleTypeUnderTestFactory: cc.LibraryFactory,
+		blueprint: soongCcProtoPreamble + `cc_library {
+	name: "foo",
+	ldflags: ["-Wl,--rpath,${ORIGIN}"],
+	include_build_directory: false,
+}`,
+		expectedBazelTargets: makeCcLibraryTargets("foo", attrNameToString{
+			"linkopts": `["-Wl,--rpath,$${ORIGIN}"]`,
+		}),
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cc/bp2build.go b/cc/bp2build.go
index 30c3c509b..42fc0e494 100644
--- a/cc/bp2build.go
+++ b/cc/bp2build.go
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ func (la *linkerAttributes) bp2buildForAxisAndConfig(ctx android.BazelConversion
 
 	var linkerFlags []string
 	if len(props.Ldflags) > 0 {
-		linkerFlags = append(linkerFlags, props.Ldflags...)
+		linkerFlags = append(linkerFlags, proptools.NinjaEscapeList(props.Ldflags)...)
 		// binaries remove static flag if -shared is in the linker flags
 		if isBinary && android.InList("-shared", linkerFlags) {
 			axisFeatures = append(axisFeatures, "-static_flag")