diff --git a/android/Bootstrap/Makefile.shared b/android/Bootstrap/Makefile.shared
index eb3812f1b9fb..1b158439f351 100644
--- a/android/Bootstrap/Makefile.shared
+++ b/android/Bootstrap/Makefile.shared
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 # configurability on platforms like Android and iOS where apps based on LO
 # code are very much self-contained pre-packaged thingies.
 
-SODEST=$(BUILDDIR)/android/jniLibs/$(ANDROID_APP_ABI)
+JNILIBSDIR=$(BUILDDIR)/android/jniLibs
+SODEST=$(JNILIBSDIR)/$(ANDROID_APP_ABI)
 OBJLOCAL=$(BUILDDIR)/android/obj/local/$(ANDROID_APP_ABI)
 
 #
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ liboSettings.gradle: $(BUILDDIR)/config_build.mk $(BUILDDIR)/config_host.mk
 		echo "// created by Makefile.shared - your changes will be overridden" \
 		&& echo "ext {" \
 		&& echo "    liboSrcRoot         = '$(SRC_ROOT)'" \
+		&& echo "    liboJniLibsdir      = '$(JNILIBSDIR)'" \
 		&& echo "    liboWorkdir         = '$(WORKDIR)'" \
 		&& echo "    liboInstdir         = '$(INSTDIR)'" \
 		&& echo "    liboEtcFolder       = '$(LIBO_ETC_FOLDER)'" \
diff --git a/android/source/build.gradle b/android/source/build.gradle
index 371d39d547f2..fb155b693f4c 100644
--- a/android/source/build.gradle
+++ b/android/source/build.gradle
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ android {
         main.assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
         main.res.srcDirs = ['res']
         main.java.srcDirs = ['../Bootstrap/src', 'src/java']
-        main.jniLibs.srcDirs = ['jniLibs']
+        main.jniLibs.srcDirs = ["${liboJniLibsdir}"]
         main.jni.srcDirs = [] // don't attempt to build native-lib via gradle
         // the configuration data that might be stripped or not
         fullUI.assets.srcDirs 'assets_fullUI'