diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 228a2a228a..957f7790a2 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -308,6 +308,12 @@ static const char *default_libretro_info_path = "/Applications/RetroArch.app/inf
 static const char *default_libretro_info_path = NULL;
 #endif
 
+#if defined(ANDROID)
+static const char *default_libretro_path = "/data/data/com.retroarch/cores/";
+#else
+static const char *default_libretro_path = NULL;
+#endif
+
 // Crop overscanned frames.
 static const bool crop_overscan = true;
 
diff --git a/settings.c b/settings.c
index 2d32b5a3d7..6fc5e2df11 100644
--- a/settings.c
+++ b/settings.c
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ void config_set_defaults(void)
    if (default_shader_dir)
       strlcpy(g_settings.video.shader_dir, default_shader_dir, sizeof(g_settings.video.shader_dir));
 
+   if (default_libretro_path)
+      strlcpy(g_settings.libretro, default_libretro_path, sizeof(g_settings.libretro));
+
    if (default_libretro_info_path)
       strlcpy(g_settings.libretro_info_path, default_libretro_info_path, sizeof(g_settings.libretro_info_path));