diff --git a/Sources/SwiftDriver/Jobs/GenericUnixToolchain+LinkerSupport.swift b/Sources/SwiftDriver/Jobs/GenericUnixToolchain+LinkerSupport.swift
index e17d8a88a..617021560 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftDriver/Jobs/GenericUnixToolchain+LinkerSupport.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftDriver/Jobs/GenericUnixToolchain+LinkerSupport.swift
@@ -147,14 +147,24 @@ extension GenericUnixToolchain {
         }
       }
 
+      if targetInfo.sdkPath != nil {
+        for libpath in targetInfo.runtimeLibraryImportPaths {
+          commandLine.appendFlag(.L)
+          commandLine.appendPath(VirtualPath.lookup(libpath.path))
+        }
+      }
+
       if !isEmbeddedEnabled && !parsedOptions.hasArgument(.nostartfiles) {
-        let swiftrtPath = VirtualPath.lookup(targetInfo.runtimeResourcePath.path)
-          .appending(
-            components: targetTriple.platformName() ?? "",
-            String(majorArchitectureName(for: targetTriple)),
-            "swiftrt.o"
-          )
-        commandLine.appendPath(swiftrtPath)
+        let rsrc: VirtualPath
+        // Prefer the swiftrt.o runtime file from the SDK if it's specified.
+        if let sdk = targetInfo.sdkPath {
+          rsrc = VirtualPath.lookup(sdk.path).appending(components: "usr", "lib", "swift")
+        } else {
+          rsrc = VirtualPath.lookup(targetInfo.runtimeResourcePath.path)
+        }
+        let platform: String = targetTriple.platformName() ?? ""
+        let architecture: String = majorArchitectureName(for: targetTriple)
+        commandLine.appendPath(rsrc.appending(components: platform, architecture, "swiftrt.o"))
       }
 
       // If we are linking statically, we need to add all
@@ -194,7 +204,12 @@ extension GenericUnixToolchain {
         commandLine.appendPath(try VirtualPath(path: opt.argument.asSingle))
       }
 
-      if let path = targetInfo.sdkPath?.path {
+      if targetTriple.environment == .android {
+        if let sysroot = try getAndroidNDKSysrootPath() {
+          commandLine.appendFlag("--sysroot")
+          commandLine.appendPath(sysroot)
+        }
+      } else if let path = targetInfo.sdkPath?.path {
         commandLine.appendFlag("--sysroot")
         commandLine.appendPath(VirtualPath.lookup(path))
       }
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftDriver/Toolchains/GenericUnixToolchain.swift b/Sources/SwiftDriver/Toolchains/GenericUnixToolchain.swift
index 7abe9d771..1b2d96808 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftDriver/Toolchains/GenericUnixToolchain.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftDriver/Toolchains/GenericUnixToolchain.swift
@@ -117,4 +117,50 @@ public final class GenericUnixToolchain: Toolchain {
     let environment = (targetTriple.environment == .android) ? "-android" : ""
     return "libclang_rt.\(sanitizer.libraryName)-\(targetTriple.archName)\(environment).a"
   }
+
+  private func getAndroidNDKHostOSSuffix() -> String? {
+#if os(Windows)
+    "windows"
+#elseif os(Linux)
+    "linux"
+#elseif os(macOS)
+    "darwin"
+#else
+    // The NDK is only available on macOS, linux and windows hosts.
+    nil
+#endif
+  }
+
+  func getAndroidNDKSysrootPath() throws -> AbsolutePath? {
+#if arch(x86_64)
+    // The NDK's sysroot should be specified in the environment.
+    guard let ndk = env["ANDROID_NDK_ROOT"],
+          let osSuffix = getAndroidNDKHostOSSuffix() else {
+      return  nil
+    }
+    var sysroot: AbsolutePath =
+        try AbsolutePath(validating: ndk)
+            .appending(components: "toolchains", "llvm", "prebuilt")
+            .appending(component: "\(osSuffix)-x86_64")
+            .appending(component: "sysroot")
+    return sysroot
+#else
+    // The NDK is only available on an x86_64 host.
+    return nil
+#endif
+  }
+
+  public func addPlatformSpecificCommonFrontendOptions(
+    commandLine: inout [Job.ArgTemplate],
+    inputs: inout [TypedVirtualPath],
+    frontendTargetInfo: FrontendTargetInfo,
+    driver: inout Driver
+  ) throws {
+    if driver.targetTriple.environment == .android {
+      if let sysroot = try getAndroidNDKSysrootPath() {
+        commandLine.appendFlag("-sysroot")
+        commandLine.appendFlag(sysroot.pathString)
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftDriverTests/SwiftDriverTests.swift b/Tests/SwiftDriverTests/SwiftDriverTests.swift
index 3da3655f7..5fff40c36 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftDriverTests/SwiftDriverTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftDriverTests/SwiftDriverTests.swift
@@ -7151,10 +7151,14 @@ final class SwiftDriverTests: XCTestCase {
 
   func testRelativeResourceDir() throws {
     do {
+      // Reset the environment to avoid 'SDKROOT' influencing the
+      // linux driver paths and taking the priority over the resource directory.
+      var env = ProcessEnv.vars
+      env["SDKROOT"] = nil
       var driver = try Driver(args: ["swiftc",
                                      "-target", "x86_64-unknown-linux", "-lto=llvm-thin",
                                      "foo.swift",
-                                     "-resource-dir", "resource/dir"])
+                                     "-resource-dir", "resource/dir"], env: env)
       let plannedJobs = try driver.planBuild().removingAutolinkExtractJobs()
       let compileJob = plannedJobs[0]
       XCTAssertEqual(compileJob.kind, .compile)
@@ -7170,6 +7174,24 @@ final class SwiftDriverTests: XCTestCase {
     }
   }
 
+  func testSDKDirLinuxPrioritizedOverRelativeResourceDirForLinkingSwiftRT() throws {
+    do {
+      let sdkRoot = try testInputsPath.appending(component: "mock-sdk.sdk")
+      var env = ProcessEnv.vars
+      env["SDKROOT"] = sdkRoot.pathString
+      var driver = try Driver(args: ["swiftc",
+                                     "-target", "x86_64-unknown-linux", "-lto=llvm-thin",
+                                     "foo.swift",
+                                     "-resource-dir", "resource/dir"], env: env)
+      let plannedJobs = try driver.planBuild().removingAutolinkExtractJobs()
+      let compileJob = plannedJobs[0]
+      XCTAssertEqual(compileJob.kind, .compile)
+      let linkJob = plannedJobs[1]
+      XCTAssertEqual(linkJob.kind, .link)
+      XCTAssertTrue(linkJob.commandLine.contains(try toPathOption(sdkRoot.pathString + "/usr/lib/swift/linux/x86_64/swiftrt.o")))
+    }
+  }
+
   func testSanitizerArgsForTargets() throws {
     let targets = ["x86_64-unknown-freebsd",  "x86_64-unknown-linux", "x86_64-apple-macosx10.9"]
     try targets.forEach {