diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9f7d7a35e5..5d4d3127f4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -779,6 +779,21 @@ case $host in
    *android*)
      dnl make sure android stays above linux for hosts like *linux-android*
      TARGET_OS=android
+     case $host in
+       *x86_64*)
+          ANDROID_ARCH=x86_64
+          ;;
+        *aarch64*)
+          ANDROID_ARCH=arm64-v8a
+          ;;
+        *armv7a*)
+          ANDROID_ARCH=armeabi-v7a
+          ;;
+        *i686*)
+          ANDROID_ARCH=i686
+          ;;
+        *) AC_MSG_ERROR("Could not determine Android arch") ;;
+      esac
      ;;
    *linux*)
      TARGET_OS=linux
@@ -1803,6 +1818,7 @@ AC_SUBST(HAVE_MM_PREFETCH)
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_STRONG_GETAUXVAL)
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_WEAK_GETAUXVAL)
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_GMTIME_R)
+AC_SUBST(ANDROID_ARCH)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile doc/man/Makefile share/setup.nsi share/qt/Info.plist test/config.ini])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh],[chmod +x contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh])
 AM_COND_IF([HAVE_DOXYGEN], [AC_CONFIG_FILES([doc/Doxyfile])])