diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 3cb1e3155..c8e67da7b 100755
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -49,3 +49,20 @@ LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES
 LOCAL_LDLIBS := -ldl -lGLESv1_CM -lGLESv2 -llog -landroid
 
 include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
+
+###########################
+#
+# SDL static library
+#
+###########################
+
+LOCAL_MODULE := SDL2_static
+
+LOCAL_MODULE_FILENAME := libSDL2
+
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES += $(LOCAL_PATH)/src/main/android/SDL_android_main.c
+
+LOCAL_LDLIBS := 
+LOCAL_EXPORT_LDLIBS := -Wl,--undefined=Java_org_libsdl_app_SDLActivity_nativeInit -ldl -lGLESv1_CM -lGLESv2 -llog -landroid
+
+include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/README-android.txt b/README-android.txt
index adf3f6465..a161c8407 100644
--- a/README-android.txt
+++ b/README-android.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,28 @@ android-project/
 				  on this implementation.
 
 
+================================================================================
+ Build an app with static linking of libSDL
+================================================================================
+
+This build uses the Android NDK module system.
+
+Instructions:
+1. Copy the android-project directory wherever you want to keep your projects
+   and rename it to the name of your project.
+2. Rename <project>/jni/src/Android_static.mk to <project>/jni/src/Android.mk
+   (overwrite the existing one)
+3. Edit <project>/jni/src/Android.mk to include your source files
+4. create and export an environment variable named NDK_MODULE_PATH that points
+   to the parent directory of this SDL directory. e.g.:
+
+   export NDK_MODULE_PATH="$PWD"/..
+
+5. Edit <project>/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java and remove the call to
+   System.loadLibrary("SDL2") line 42.
+6. Run 'ndk-build' (a script provided by the NDK). This compiles the C source
+
+
 ================================================================================
  Customizing your application name
 ================================================================================
diff --git a/android-project/jni/src/Android_static.mk b/android-project/jni/src/Android_static.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..faed669c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android-project/jni/src/Android_static.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
+
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+LOCAL_MODULE := main
+
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := YourSourceHere.c
+
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := SDL2_static
+
+include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
+$(call import-module,SDL)LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)