diff --git a/recipes/android/cores-android.conf b/recipes/android/cores-android.conf
index ecc2fd7d..dc80f0f7 100644
--- a/recipes/android/cores-android.conf
+++ b/recipes/android/cores-android.conf
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ NDK ndk-build
 RA NO
 LIBSUFFIX _android
 CORE_JOB YES
+API_LEVEL 16
 CMAKE cmake