diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Android.mk b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Android.mk
index 073d09157..cafcb591b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Android.mk
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Android.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_C_INCLUDES)
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := \
   -DLOG_TAG=\"ReactNative\"
 
+LOCAL_LDLIBS += -landroid
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wall -Werror -fexceptions -frtti
 CXX11_FLAGS := -std=c++11
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(CXX11_FLAGS)
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/BUCK
index ffa06d775..c5b7d6462 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/BUCK
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ include_defs('//ReactAndroid/DEFS')
 SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS = '^android-(armv7|x86)$'
 
 DEPS = [
+  '//native/third-party/android-ndk:android',
   '//xplat/fbsystrace:fbsystrace',
   '//xplat/folly:molly',
   '//xplat/third-party/glog:glog',