diff --git a/include/SDL_platform.h b/include/SDL_platform.h
index f9429bdec..a41f56309 100644
--- a/include/SDL_platform.h
+++ b/include/SDL_platform.h
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@
 #undef __LINUX__
 #define __LINUX__	1
 #endif
+#if defined(ANDROID)
+#undef __ANDROID__
+#undef __LINUX__ //do we need to do this?
+#define __ANDROID__ 1
+#endif
+
+
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
 /* lets us know what version of Mac OS X we're compiling on */