diff --git a/src/SDL_error.c b/src/SDL_error.c
index 1f6c8a903..f2d0e029d 100644
--- a/src/SDL_error.c
+++ b/src/SDL_error.c
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 
 /* Simple error handling in SDL */
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+#include <android/log.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "SDL_error.h"
 #include "SDL_error_c.h"
 
@@ -111,7 +115,10 @@ SDL_SetError(const char *fmt, ...)
     /* If we are in debug mode, print out an error message */
 #ifdef DEBUG_ERROR
     fprintf(stderr, "SDL_SetError: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+    __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "SDL", "ERROR: %s", SDL_GetError());
 #endif
+#endif /* DEBUG_ERROR */
 }
 
 /* This function has a bit more overhead than most error functions