diff --git a/extract-files.sh b/extract-files.sh
index 2ef200b..e48953b 100755
--- a/extract-files.sh
+++ b/extract-files.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ if [[ ! -d "${MY_DIR}" ]]; then MY_DIR="${PWD}"; fi
 
 ANDROID_ROOT="${MY_DIR}/../../.."
 
+export TARGET_ENABLE_CHECKELF=true
+
 # If XML files don't have comments before the XML header, use this flag
 # Can still be used with broken XML files by using blob_fixup
 export TARGET_DISABLE_XML_FIXING=true
diff --git a/setup-makefiles.sh b/setup-makefiles.sh
index f8c3059..04a5c70 100755
--- a/setup-makefiles.sh
+++ b/setup-makefiles.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ if [[ ! -d "${MY_DIR}" ]]; then MY_DIR="${PWD}"; fi
 
 ANDROID_ROOT="${MY_DIR}/../../.."
 
+export TARGET_ENABLE_CHECKELF=true
+
 HELPER="${ANDROID_ROOT}/tools/extract-utils/extract_utils.sh"
 if [ ! -f "${HELPER}" ]; then
     echo "Unable to find helper script at ${HELPER}"