diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6c9bebda8..f8ee03db3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -23555,8 +23555,10 @@ case "$host" in
                 ANDROID_CFLAGS="-DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES"
                 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $ANDROID_CFLAGS"
                 SDL_CFLAGS="$SDL_CFLAGS $ANDROID_CFLAGS"
+                SDL_LIBS="$SDL_LIBS -lSDL2main -Wl,-u,SDL_main_dummy"
                 EXTRA_CFLAGS="$EXTRA_CFLAGS $ANDROID_CFLAGS"
                 EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -ldl -lGLESv1_CM -lGLESv2 -llog -landroid"
+                SDLMAIN_SOURCES="$srcdir/src/main/android/*.c"
 
                 if test x$enable_video = xyes; then
                     SOURCES="$SOURCES $srcdir/src/core/android/*.c $srcdir/src/video/android/*.c"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 04f293318..a97ba7fb0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3160,8 +3160,10 @@ case "$host" in
                 ANDROID_CFLAGS="-DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES"
                 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $ANDROID_CFLAGS"
                 SDL_CFLAGS="$SDL_CFLAGS $ANDROID_CFLAGS"
+                SDL_LIBS="$SDL_LIBS -lSDL2main -Wl,-u,SDL_main_dummy"
                 EXTRA_CFLAGS="$EXTRA_CFLAGS $ANDROID_CFLAGS"
                 EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -ldl -lGLESv1_CM -lGLESv2 -llog -landroid"
+                SDLMAIN_SOURCES="$srcdir/src/main/android/*.c"
 
                 if test x$enable_video = xyes; then
                     SOURCES="$SOURCES $srcdir/src/core/android/*.c $srcdir/src/video/android/*.c"
diff --git a/src/main/android/SDL_android_main.c b/src/main/android/SDL_android_main.c
index 9b90a38cb..db6ae4fbb 100644
--- a/src/main/android/SDL_android_main.c
+++ b/src/main/android/SDL_android_main.c
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 *******************************************************************************/
 #include <jni.h>
 
+/* Dummy symbol so '-u SDL_main_dummy' forces ld to link in libSDL2main.a */
+JNIEXPORT int SDL_main_dummy;
+
 /* Called before SDL_main() to initialize JNI bindings in SDL library */
 extern void SDL_Android_Init(JNIEnv* env, jclass cls);