diff --git a/build/sdk_only_whitelist.mk b/build/sdk_only_whitelist.mk
index 0ffff046e..191e1b4a4 100644
--- a/build/sdk_only_whitelist.mk
+++ b/build/sdk_only_whitelist.mk
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ subdirs += \
 	system/core/fastboot \
 	system/core/libcutils \
 	system/core/liblog \
+	system/core/libsparse \
 	system/core/libzipfile \
 	system/extras/ext4_utils