diff --git a/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk b/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
index 6d639d1c59..ac25452490 100644
--- a/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH_ABI),armeabi-v7a)
 
 ifeq ($(HAVE_NEON),1)
+	LOCAL_CFLAGS += -D__ARM_NEON__
    LOCAL_SRC_FILES += $(RARCH_DIR)/audio/utils_neon.S.neon
    LOCAL_SRC_FILES += $(RARCH_DIR)/audio/sinc_neon.S.neon
 endif