diff --git a/build/android/jni/Application.mk b/build/android/jni/Application.mk
index f6e2f6b22..d3d8b352d 100644
--- a/build/android/jni/Application.mk
+++ b/build/android/jni/Application.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 APP_PLATFORM := ${APP_PLATFORM}
 APP_ABI := ${TARGET_ABI}
-APP_STL := c++_static
+APP_STL := c++_shared
 APP_MODULES := minetest
 
 APP_CPPFLAGS += -fexceptions -frtti
diff --git a/build/android/jni/Deps.mk b/build/android/jni/Deps.mk
index 6a58c5428..a4b6dde12 100644
--- a/build/android/jni/Deps.mk
+++ b/build/android/jni/Deps.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 APP_PLATFORM := ${APP_PLATFORM}
 APP_ABI := ${TARGET_ABI}
-APP_STL := c++_static
+APP_STL := c++_shared
 APP_DEPRECATED_HEADERS := true
 
 APP_CFLAGS += -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfpv3 -O3