diff --git a/pkg/android/phoenix-common/src/com/retroarch/browser/retroactivity/RetroActivityCommon.java b/pkg/android/phoenix-common/src/com/retroarch/browser/retroactivity/RetroActivityCommon.java
index 38b602cac8..cc84408b84 100644
--- a/pkg/android/phoenix-common/src/com/retroarch/browser/retroactivity/RetroActivityCommon.java
+++ b/pkg/android/phoenix-common/src/com/retroarch/browser/retroactivity/RetroActivityCommon.java
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ import java.util.Locale;
  */
 public class RetroActivityCommon extends NativeActivity
 {
+  static {
+    System.loadLibrary("retroarch-activity");
+  }
+
   public static int FRONTEND_POWERSTATE_NONE = 0;
   public static int FRONTEND_POWERSTATE_NO_SOURCE = 1;
   public static int FRONTEND_POWERSTATE_CHARGING = 2;
diff --git a/pkg/android/phoenix/build.gradle b/pkg/android/phoenix/build.gradle
index 76365b45fd..8ea0adf556 100644
--- a/pkg/android/phoenix/build.gradle
+++ b/pkg/android/phoenix/build.gradle
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ allprojects {
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
+
+    Properties props = new Properties()
+    props.load(new FileInputStream(new File(project.rootDir, "retroarch.properties")))
+    props.each { prop ->
+        project.ext.set(prop.key, prop.value)
+    }
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
diff --git a/pkg/android/phoenix/retroarch.properties b/pkg/android/phoenix/retroarch.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c281adf3eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/android/phoenix/retroarch.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+android.bundle.enableUncompressedNativeLibs=false