diff --git a/bin/update-android-headers.sh b/bin/update-android-headers.sh
index 57b1ceb95e8..dcd1687e87d 100755
--- a/bin/update-android-headers.sh
+++ b/bin/update-android-headers.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ if [ ! -d platform-hardware-libhardware ]; then
     git clone --depth 1 https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/libhardware platform-hardware-libhardware
     git clone --depth 1 https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core platform-system-core
     git clone --depth 1 https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/logging platform-system-logging
-    git clone --depth 1 https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/unwinding platform-system-unwinding
 fi
 
 dest=include/android_stub
@@ -21,6 +20,13 @@ dest=include/android_stub
 
 cp -av ${dest}/system/window.h platform-system-core/libsystem/include/system
 
+# Persist the frozen libbacktrace header for backward compatibility, since the
+# support has been dropped in Android 15.
+#
+# TODO: add support for libunwindstack
+mkdir -p platform-system-unwinding/libbacktrace/include
+cp -av ${dest}/backtrace platform-system-unwinding/libbacktrace/include/
+
 rm -rf ${dest}
 mkdir ${dest}