diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5a91a371e..859db59cd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -153,6 +153,21 @@ sys/select.h glob.h ])
 dnl set host_os variable
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
+ANDROID_LIBS=""
+android=no
+
+case "$host_os" in
+    linux-android*|android*)
+        android=yes
+        ANDROID_LIBS="-landroid -lc++"
+        ROT_BACKEND_LIST="$ROT_BACKEND_LIST rotators/androidsensor"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL([ANDROID], [test "x$android" = "xyes"])
+
+AC_SUBST([ANDROID_LIBS])
+
 dnl ws2tcpip.h not provided by cygwin and its test causes a configure warning.
 dnl wspiapi.h provides needed freeaddrinfo function on W2k systems.
 AS_IF([test "${host_os}" != "cygwin"], [
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 37edb8d22..2a7d363c7 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ rigctl_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/tests -I$(top_builddir)/src -I$(srcdir) -I$(
 # all the programs need this
 LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libhamlib.la $(top_builddir)/lib/libmisc.la $(DL_LIBS) -lm
 
+if ANDROID
+LDADD += $(ANDROID_LIBS)
+endif
+
 rigmem_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LIBXML2_CFLAGS) -I$(top_builddir)/src
 rigctld_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) -I$(top_builddir)/src -I$(top_builddir)/security
 rotctl_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) -I$(top_builddir)/src