diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ce8426d11..d381238b4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -933,6 +933,10 @@ if(ANDROID)
     list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${ANDROID_DL_LIBRARY} ${ANDROID_LOG_LIBRARY} ${ANDROID_LIBRARY_LIBRARY})
     add_definitions(-DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES)
 
+    if (HAVE_HIDAPI)
+        list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS hidapi)
+    endif()
+
     #enable gles
     if(VIDEO_OPENGLES)
       set(SDL_VIDEO_OPENGL_EGL 1)
@@ -1863,6 +1867,10 @@ if (NOT ANDROID)
   set_target_properties(SDL2main PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX ${SDL_CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX})
 endif()
 
+if (ANDROID AND HAVE_HIDAPI)
+  set(_INSTALL_LIBS ${_INSTALL_LIBS} "hidapi")
+endif()
+
 if(SDL_SHARED)
   add_library(SDL2 SHARED ${SOURCE_FILES} ${VERSION_SOURCES})
   if(APPLE)
diff --git a/android-project/app/jni/CMakeLists.txt b/android-project/app/jni/CMakeLists.txt
index 75a6e7014..3d49cf343 100644
--- a/android-project/app/jni/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/android-project/app/jni/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6)
 
 project(GAME)
 
-# Settings
-set(HIDAPI OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-
 # armeabi-v7a requires cpufeatures library
 # include(AndroidNdkModules)
 # android_ndk_import_module_cpufeatures()