diff --git a/libretro-build-android.sh b/libretro-build-android.sh
index 811e75f7..31d5f8b7 100755
--- a/libretro-build-android.sh
+++ b/libretro-build-android.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,34 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-SCRIPT=$(readlink -f $0)
+# BSDs don't have readlink -f
+read_link()
+{
+   TARGET_FILE="$1"
+   cd $(dirname "$TARGET_FILE")
+   TARGET_FILE=$(basename "$TARGET_FILE")
+
+   while [ -L "$TARGET_FILE" ]
+   do
+      TARGET_FILE=$(readlink "$TARGET_FILE")
+      cd $(dirname "$TARGET_FILE")
+      TARGET_FILE=$(basename "$TARGET_FILE")
+   done
+
+   PHYS_DIR=$(pwd -P)
+   RESULT="$PHYS_DIR/$TARGET_FILE"
+   echo $RESULT
+}
+
+SCRIPT=$(read_link "$0")
+echo "Script: $SCRIPT"
 BASE_DIR=$(dirname $SCRIPT)
 RARCH_DIR=$BASE_DIR/dist
 RARCH_DIST_DIR=$RARCH_DIR/android
 FORMAT_EXT=so
-JOBS=7
+
+if [ -z "$JOBS" ]; then
+   JOBS=4
+fi
 
 die()
 {