diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index e834ffd796..baed194f8c 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
        Cross-compile by specifying -Dos.prefix={name-arch} to ant
        (cross-compile currently only configured/tested on w32ce-arm and
-       android-{arm|aarch64|x86|x86-64|mips|mips64}) 
+       android-{arm|armv7|aarch64|x86|x86-64|mips|mips64}) 
 
        Use ANT_OPTS=-Dskip-native=false to build native parts, or directly
          invoke the native or test targets
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
         <not>
           <and>
             <matches pattern="^android-" string="${os.prefix}"/>
-            <not><matches patterm="64$" string="${os.prefix}"/></not>
+            <not><matches pattern="64$" string="${os.prefix}"/></not>
           </and>
         </not>
         <or>
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ osname=macosx;processor=x86;processor=x86-64;processor=ppc
     <copy file="${lib.native}/out-of-date.jar" tofile="${lib.native}/sunos-sparc.jar" overwrite="true"/>
     <copy file="${lib.native}/out-of-date.jar" tofile="${lib.native}/sunos-sparcv9.jar" overwrite="true"/>
     <copy file="${lib.native}/out-of-date.jar" tofile="${lib.native}/android-arm.jar" overwrite="true"/>
+    <copy file="${lib.native}/out-of-date.jar" tofile="${lib.native}/android-armv7.jar" overwrite="true"/>
     <copy file="${lib.native}/out-of-date.jar" tofile="${lib.native}/android-aarch64.jar" overwrite="true"/>
     <copy file="${lib.native}/out-of-date.jar" tofile="${lib.native}/android-x86.jar" overwrite="true"/>
     <copy file="${lib.native}/out-of-date.jar" tofile="${lib.native}/android-x86-64.jar" overwrite="true"/>
@@ -688,6 +689,9 @@ osname=macosx;processor=x86;processor=x86-64;processor=ppc
     <condition property="ARCH" value="arm">
       <equals arg1="${os.prefix}" arg2="android-arm"/>
     </condition>
+    <condition property="ARCH" value="armv7">
+      <equals arg1="${os.prefix}" arg2="android-armv7"/>
+    </condition>
     <condition property="ARCH" value="aarch64">
       <equals arg1="${os.prefix}" arg2="android-aarch64"/>
     </condition>
diff --git a/lib/native/android-armv7.jar b/lib/native/android-armv7.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a0b34b6c7
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/native/android-armv7.jar differ
diff --git a/native/Makefile b/native/Makefile
index 5acfa254d2..5da5b605e1 100644
--- a/native/Makefile
+++ b/native/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #   Solaris (i386/amd64/sparc/sparcv9)
 #   AIX (ppc/ppc64)
 #   FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD (i386/amd64)
-#   Android (arm/aarch64/x86/x86-64/mipsel/mips64el)
+#   Android (arm/armv7/aarch64/x86/x86-64/mipsel/mips64el)
 #
 # Built, but with outstanding bugs (not necessarily within JNA):
 #
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ endif
 STRIP=strip -x
 # end defaults
 
-# Android build (cross-compile) requires the android SDK+NDK.
+# Android build (cross-compile) requires the android NDK.
 # Ensure the following tools are in your path and adjust NDK_PLATFORM as needed
 ifeq ($(OS),android)
 AARCH=$(ARCH)
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),arm)
 PREFIX=arm-linux-androideabi-
 COPT+= -mthumb-interwork -march=armv5te -mtune=xscale -msoft-float -fstack-protector 
 HOST=arm-linux-eabi
+else ifeq ($(ARCH),armv7)
+PREFIX=arm-linux-androideabi-
+COPT+= -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -Wl,--fix-cortex-a8
+HOST=arm-linux-eabi
+AARCH=arm
 else ifeq ($(ARCH),aarch64)
 PREFIX=aarch64-linux-android-
 HOST=aarch64-linux-android