diff --git a/libc/Android.mk b/libc/Android.mk
index ee7fece67..301be371f 100644
--- a/libc/Android.mk
+++ b/libc/Android.mk
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ libc_common_src_files := \
 	bionic/atoll.c \
 	bionic/bindresvport.c \
 	bionic/bionic_clone.c \
-	bionic/brk.c \
 	bionic/clearenv.c \
 	bionic/cpuacct.c \
 	bionic/daemon.c \
@@ -201,7 +200,6 @@ libc_common_src_files := \
 	bionic/realpath.c \
 	bionic/reboot.c \
 	bionic/recv.c \
-	bionic/sbrk.c \
 	bionic/sched_cpualloc.c \
 	bionic/sched_cpucount.c \
 	bionic/sched_getaffinity.c \
@@ -270,6 +268,7 @@ libc_common_src_files := \
 
 libc_bionic_src_files := \
     bionic/assert.cpp \
+    bionic/brk.cpp \
     bionic/debug_format.cpp \
     bionic/dirent.cpp \
     bionic/eventfd.cpp \
@@ -282,6 +281,7 @@ libc_bionic_src_files := \
     bionic/__memset_chk.cpp \
     bionic/pthread_sigmask.cpp \
     bionic/raise.cpp \
+    bionic/sbrk.cpp \
     bionic/__set_errno.cpp \
     bionic/setlocale.cpp \
     bionic/signalfd.cpp \
diff --git a/libc/bionic/brk.c b/libc/bionic/brk.cpp
similarity index 84%
rename from libc/bionic/brk.c
rename to libc/bionic/brk.cpp
index bf2f10855..633b914c4 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/brk.c
+++ b/libc/bionic/brk.cpp
@@ -25,21 +25,17 @@
  * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
-#include <stddef.h>
+
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
 
-/* shared with sbrk.c */
-char *__bionic_brk;
+/* Shared with sbrk.c. */
+extern "C" void* __bionic_brk; // TODO: should be __LIBC_HIDDEN__ but accidentally exported by NDK :-(
 
-int brk(void*  end_data)
-{
-    char*  new_brk = __brk( end_data );
-
-    if (new_brk != end_data)
-        return -1;
-
-    __bionic_brk = new_brk;
-  
+int brk(void* end_data) {
+  void* new_brk = __brk(end_data);
+  if (new_brk != end_data) {
+    return -1;
+  }
+  __bionic_brk = new_brk;
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libc/bionic/sbrk.c b/libc/bionic/sbrk.cpp
similarity index 73%
rename from libc/bionic/sbrk.c
rename to libc/bionic/sbrk.cpp
index a112b6c2b..6c9b534c3 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/sbrk.c
+++ b/libc/bionic/sbrk.cpp
@@ -25,36 +25,31 @@
  * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
+
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
+/* Shared with brk.c. */
+extern "C" {
+  void* __bionic_brk; // TODO: should be __LIBC_HIDDEN__ but accidentally exported by NDK :-(
+}
 
-#define  SBRK_ALIGN  32
-
-/* shared with brk() implementation */
-char*   __bionic_brk;
-
-void *sbrk(ptrdiff_t increment)
-{
-    char*  start;
-    char*  end;
-    char*  new_brk;
-  
-    if ( !__bionic_brk)
-        __bionic_brk = __brk((void*)0);
-
-    start = (char*)(((long)__bionic_brk + SBRK_ALIGN-1) & ~(SBRK_ALIGN-1));
-  end   = start + increment;
-
-  new_brk = __brk(end);
-    if (new_brk == (void*)-1)
-        return new_brk;
-    else if (new_brk < end)
-    {
-    errno = ENOMEM;
-        return (void*)-1;
+void* sbrk(ptrdiff_t increment) {
+  if (__bionic_brk == NULL) {
+    __bionic_brk = __brk(NULL);
   }
 
-    __bionic_brk = new_brk;
-  return start;
+  void* original_brk = __bionic_brk;
+  void* desired_brk = (void*) ((uintptr_t) original_brk + increment);
+
+  void* new_brk = __brk(desired_brk);
+  if (new_brk == (void*) -1) {
+    return new_brk;
+  } else if (new_brk < desired_brk) {
+    errno = ENOMEM;
+    return (void*) -1;
+  }
+
+  __bionic_brk = new_brk;
+  return original_brk;
 }
diff --git a/tests/unistd_test.cpp b/tests/unistd_test.cpp
index a9dd5d2d1..3ccaf3bed 100644
--- a/tests/unistd_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unistd_test.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,19 @@
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 TEST(unistd, sysconf_SC_MONOTONIC_CLOCK) {
   ASSERT_GT(sysconf(_SC_MONOTONIC_CLOCK), 0);
 }
+
+TEST(unistd, sbrk) {
+  void* initial_break = sbrk(0);
+
+  void* new_break = reinterpret_cast<void*>(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(initial_break) + 2000);
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, brk(new_break));
+
+  void* final_break = sbrk(0);
+  ASSERT_EQ(final_break, new_break);
+}