diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aa5cc0cc6..ade9bc84e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1796,10 +1796,12 @@ if(NOT (WINDOWS OR CYGWIN))
     else()
         set(SOEXT "so")
     endif()
-    install(CODE "
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
-      \"libSDL2-2.0.${SOEXT}\" \"libSDL2.${SOEXT}\")")
-    install(FILES ${SDL2_BINARY_DIR}/libSDL2.${SOEXT} DESTINATION "lib${LIB_SUFFIX}")
+    if(NOT ANDROID)
+        install(CODE "
+          execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
+          \"libSDL2-2.0.${SOEXT}\" \"libSDL2.${SOEXT}\")")
+        install(FILES ${SDL2_BINARY_DIR}/libSDL2.${SOEXT} DESTINATION "lib${LIB_SUFFIX}")
+    endif()
   endif()
   if(FREEBSD)
     # FreeBSD uses ${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig