diff --git a/linker/Android.bp b/linker/Android.bp
index 8533c307a..fed921d38 100644
--- a/linker/Android.bp
+++ b/linker/Android.bp
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ cc_binary {
 
     name: "linker",
     symlinks: ["linker_asan"],
+    // The linker in the system partition is now only for bootstrapping
+    relative_install_path: "bootstrap",
     recovery_available: true,
     multilib: {
         lib32: {