diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index 7bce0f1..5cd7966 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     cflags: [
         "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64",
         "-DALLOW_DEBUG_LOGGING",
+        "-DDEFAULT_PIVOT_ROOT=\"/var/empty\"",
         "-Wall",
         "-Werror",
     ],