diff --git a/contrib/src/main.mak b/contrib/src/main.mak
index 8e5e2117bfd0cc992ef5c27227614854c10bd6f5..d875af2ebe984639c8bc66d085e6868bbcf9f8f9 100644
--- a/contrib/src/main.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/main.mak
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ ifdef HAVE_ANDROID
 CMAKE = cmake . -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(ANDROID_NDK)/build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake \
 		-DANDROID_PLATFORM=$(ANDROID_API) \
 		-DANDROID_ABI=$(ANDROID_ABI) \
-		-DANDROID_STL=c++_static \
+		-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared \
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
 		-DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=$(PREFIX) \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(PREFIX)