diff --git a/src/frontends/android/jni/Application.mk b/src/frontends/android/jni/Application.mk
index cdfb47400..9fa668354 100644
--- a/src/frontends/android/jni/Application.mk
+++ b/src/frontends/android/jni/Application.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # select the ABI(s) to build for (see CPU-ARCH-ABIS.html in the NDK docs).
 APP_ABI := armeabi x86 mips
+APP_PLATFORM := android-19