diff --git a/vndk/tools/definition-tool/vndk_definition_tool.py b/vndk/tools/definition-tool/vndk_definition_tool.py
index 6887c75cd..4afbe1330 100755
--- a/vndk/tools/definition-tool/vndk_definition_tool.py
+++ b/vndk/tools/definition-tool/vndk_definition_tool.py
@@ -1240,6 +1240,8 @@ class ELFLinker(object):
     )
 
     VENDOR_SEARCH_PATH = (
+        '/vendor/${LIB}/hw',
+        '/vendor/${LIB}/egl',
         '/vendor/${LIB}',
         '/vendor/${LIB}/vndk-sp',
         '/system/${LIB}/vndk-sp',