diff --git a/config/autoconf.mk.in b/config/autoconf.mk.in
index 821ea8a2288..d61d56312c4 100644
--- a/config/autoconf.mk.in
+++ b/config/autoconf.mk.in
@@ -715,6 +715,8 @@ MOZ_SYSTEM_PLY = @MOZ_SYSTEM_PLY@
 
 MOZ_PACKAGE_JSSHELL = @MOZ_PACKAGE_JSSHELL@
 
+MOZ_LINKER_EXTRACT = @MOZ_LINKER_EXTRACT@
+
 # We only want to do the pymake sanity on Windows, other os's can cope
 ifeq ($(HOST_OS_ARCH),WINNT)
 # Ensure invariants between GNU Make and pymake
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 04424af366c..773b86512e2 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8490,6 +8490,7 @@ AC_SUBST(MOZ_OS2_TOOLS)
 
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_POST_DSO_LIB_COMMAND)
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_POST_PROGRAM_COMMAND)
+AC_SUBST(MOZ_LINKER_EXTRACT)
 
 dnl ========================================================
 dnl = Mac bundle name prefix
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/App.java.in b/mobile/android/base/App.java.in
index 3a96303f545..4c324d30e56 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/App.java.in
+++ b/mobile/android/base/App.java.in
@@ -79,5 +79,12 @@ public class App extends GeckoApp {
 #endif
         return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
     }
+
+#ifdef MOZ_LINKER_EXTRACT
+    @Override
+    public boolean linkerExtract() {
+        return true;
+    }
+#endif
 };
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java b/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
index dc5b7d3ae4d..8d1a992d1eb 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
@@ -2831,4 +2831,8 @@ abstract public class GeckoApp
             }
         });
     }
+
+    public boolean linkerExtract() {
+        return false;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java b/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
index 6c506fc7478..cecc8f902f5 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
@@ -310,21 +310,26 @@ public class GeckoAppShell
 
         File cacheFile = getCacheDir(context);
         putenv("GRE_HOME=" + getGREDir(context).getPath());
-        File[] files = cacheFile.listFiles();
-        if (files != null) {
-            Iterator<File> cacheFiles = Arrays.asList(files).iterator();
-            while (cacheFiles.hasNext()) {
-                File libFile = cacheFiles.next();
-                if (libFile.getName().endsWith(".so"))
-                    libFile.delete();
-            }
-        }
 
         // setup the libs cache
         String linkerCache = System.getenv("MOZ_LINKER_CACHE");
-        if (System.getenv("MOZ_LINKER_CACHE") == null) {
-            GeckoAppShell.putenv("MOZ_LINKER_CACHE=" + cacheFile.getPath());
+        if (linkerCache == null) {
+            linkerCache = cacheFile.getPath();
+            GeckoAppShell.putenv("MOZ_LINKER_CACHE=" + linkerCache);
         }
+
+        if (GeckoApp.mAppContext != null &&
+            GeckoApp.mAppContext.linkerExtract()) {
+            GeckoAppShell.putenv("MOZ_LINKER_EXTRACT=1");
+            // Ensure that the cache dir is world-writable
+            File cacheDir = new File(linkerCache);
+            if (cacheDir.isDirectory()) {
+                cacheDir.setWritable(true, false);
+                cacheDir.setExecutable(true, false);
+                cacheDir.setReadable(true, false);
+            }
+        }
+
         sLibsSetup = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/Makefile.in b/mobile/android/base/Makefile.in
index a454755046a..df0bc30310e 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/Makefile.in
+++ b/mobile/android/base/Makefile.in
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ DEFINES += \
   -DUA_BUILDID=$(UA_BUILDID) \
   $(NULL)
 
+ifdef MOZ_LINKER_EXTRACT
+DEFINES += -DMOZ_LINKER_EXTRACT=1
+endif
+
 GARBAGE += \
   AndroidManifest.xml  \
   classes.dex  \