diff --git a/android/android.make b/android/android.make
index fa3b48eaf8..f12b79750d 100644
--- a/android/android.make
+++ b/android/android.make
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ JAVA_OBJ	:= $(call java2class,$(subst $(ANDROID)/src/$(PACKAGE_PATH),$(ANDROID)/
 
 
 LIBS		:= $(BINLIB_DIR)/$(BINARY) $(BINLIB_DIR)/libmisc.so
+LIBS 		+= $(addprefix $(BINLIB_DIR)/lib,$(patsubst %.codec,%.so,$(notdir $(CODECS))))
 TEMP_APK	:= $(BUILDDIR)/bin/_rockbox.apk
 TEMP_APK2	:= $(BUILDDIR)/bin/__rockbox.apk
 DEX		:= $(BUILDDIR)/bin/classes.dex
@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ $(BINLIB_DIR)/$(BINARY): $(BUILDDIR)/$(BINARY)
 $(BINLIB_DIR)/libmisc.so: $(BUILDDIR)/rockbox.zip
 	$(call PRINTS,CP rockbox.zip)cp $^ $@
 
+$(BINLIB_DIR)/lib%.so: $(BUILDDIR)/apps/codecs/%.codec
+	$(call PRINTS,CP $(@F))cp $^ $@
+
 libs: $(LIBS)
 
 $(TEMP_APK): $(AP_) $(LIBS) $(DEX) | $(DIRS)
diff --git a/apps/codecs.c b/apps/codecs.c
index 249cd8f5c1..cd4a9d50eb 100644
--- a/apps/codecs.c
+++ b/apps/codecs.c
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ struct codec_api ci = {
 
 void codec_get_full_path(char *path, const char *codec_root_fn)
 {
-    snprintf(path, MAX_PATH-1, "%s/%s." CODEC_EXTENSION,
-             CODECS_DIR, codec_root_fn);
+    snprintf(path, MAX_PATH-1, CODECS_DIR "/" CODEC_PREFIX "%s."
+            CODEC_EXTENSION, codec_root_fn);
 }
 
 /* Returns pointer to and size of free codec RAM. Aligns to CACHEALIGN_SIZE. */
diff --git a/apps/metadata.h b/apps/metadata.h
index 3499e13f47..a191e43219 100644
--- a/apps/metadata.h
+++ b/apps/metadata.h
@@ -107,7 +107,13 @@ enum
 };
 
 #if CONFIG_CODEC == SWCODEC
+#if (CONFIG_PLATFORM & PLATFORM_ANDROID)
+#define CODEC_EXTENSION "so"
+#define CODEC_PREFIX "lib"
+#else
 #define CODEC_EXTENSION "codec"
+#define CODEC_PREFIX ""
+#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_RECORDING
 enum rec_format_indexes
diff --git a/firmware/export/rbpaths.h b/firmware/export/rbpaths.h
index ade7894091..74d26f93d3 100644
--- a/firmware/export/rbpaths.h
+++ b/firmware/export/rbpaths.h
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@
 #else /* application */
 
 #define PLUGIN_DIR          ROCKBOX_LIBRARY_PATH "/rockbox/rocks"
+#if (CONFIG_PLATFORM & PLATFORM_ANDROID)
+#define CODECS_DIR          ROCKBOX_BINARY_PATH
+#else
 #define CODECS_DIR          ROCKBOX_LIBRARY_PATH "/rockbox/codecs"
+#endif
 
 #define REC_BASE_DIR        ROCKBOX_DIR  "/"
 #define PLAYLIST_CATALOG_DEFAULT_DIR ROCKBOX_DIR "/Playlists"
diff --git a/tools/buildzip.pl b/tools/buildzip.pl
index 2337dbe729..ed937d42e4 100755
--- a/tools/buildzip.pl
+++ b/tools/buildzip.pl
@@ -150,7 +150,11 @@ sub make_install {
     unless (glob_mkdir("$libdir/codecs")) {
         return 0;
     }
-    glob_install("$src/codecs/*", "$libdir/codecs", "-m 0755");
+    # Android has codecs installed as native libraries so they are not needed
+    # in the zip.
+    if ($modelname !~ /android/) {
+        glob_install("$src/codecs/*", "$libdir/codecs", "-m 0755");
+    }
 
     # plugins
     unless (glob_mkdir("$libdir/rocks")) {
@@ -473,7 +477,11 @@ STOP
 
     glob_mkdir("$temp_dir/codecs");
 
-    find(find_copyfile(qr/.*\.codec/, abs_path("$temp_dir/codecs/")), 'apps/codecs');
+    # Android has codecs installed as native libraries so they are not needed
+    # in the zip.
+    if ($modelname !~ /android/) {
+        find(find_copyfile(qr/.*\.codec/, abs_path("$temp_dir/codecs/")), 'apps/codecs');
+    }
 
     # remove directory again if no codec was copied
     rmdir("$temp_dir/codecs");