diff --git a/android/native/jni/Android.mk b/android/native/jni/Android.mk
index b8b5949cf0..e54aa7caa0 100644
--- a/android/native/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/android/native/jni/Android.mk
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ ifeq ($(PERF_TEST), 1)
    LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DPERF_TEST
 endif
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wall -pthread -Wno-unused-function -O3 -fno-stack-protector -funroll-loops -DNDEBUG -DRARCH_MOBILE -DHAVE_GRIFFIN -DANDROID -DHAVE_DYNAMIC -DHAVE_OPENGL -DHAVE_FBO -DHAVE_OVERLAY -DHAVE_OPENGLES -DHAVE_VID_CONTEXT -DHAVE_OPENGLES2 -DGLSL_DEBUG -DHAVE_GLSL -DHAVE_MENU -DHAVE_RGUI -DHAVE_SCREENSHOTS -DWANT_MINIZ -DHAVE_ZLIB -DINLINE=inline -DLSB_FIRST -DHAVE_THREADS -D__LIBRETRO__ -I../../../deps/miniz -DHAVE_RSOUND -DHAVE_NETPLAY -DHAVE_CAMERA -DRARCH_INTERNAL -DHAVE_LOCATION
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wall -pthread -Wno-unused-function -O3 -fno-stack-protector -funroll-loops -DNDEBUG -DRARCH_MOBILE -DHAVE_GRIFFIN -DANDROID -DHAVE_DYNAMIC -DHAVE_OPENGL -DHAVE_FBO -DHAVE_OVERLAY -DHAVE_OPENGLES -DHAVE_VID_CONTEXT -DHAVE_OPENGLES2 -DGLSL_DEBUG -DHAVE_GLSL -DHAVE_MENU -DHAVE_RGUI -DHAVE_SCREENSHOTS -DHAVE_ZLIB -DINLINE=inline -DLSB_FIRST -DHAVE_THREADS -D__LIBRETRO__ -I../../../deps/miniz -DHAVE_RSOUND -DHAVE_NETPLAY -DHAVE_CAMERA -DRARCH_INTERNAL -DHAVE_LOCATION
 
 LOCAL_LDLIBS	:= -L$(SYSROOT)/usr/lib -landroid -lEGL -lGLESv2 $(LOGGER_LDLIBS) -ldl
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SL
-LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lOpenSLES
+LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lOpenSLES -lz
 
 include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)