diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..832d55e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
+##
+## Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+## you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+## You may obtain a copy of the License at
+##
+##      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+##
+## Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+## distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+## WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+## See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+## limitations under the License.
+##
+
+LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
+
+#############################################################
+#   build the harfbuzz library
+#
+
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+LOCAL_ARM_MODE := arm
+
+LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
+
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
+	src/hb-blob.cc \
+	src/hb-buffer.cc \
+	src/hb-common.cc \
+	src/hb-fallback-shape.cc \
+	src/hb-font.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-tag.cc \
+	src/hb-set.cc \
+	src/hb-shape.cc \
+	src/hb-shape-plan.cc \
+	src/hb-shaper.cc \
+	src/hb-tt-font.cc \
+	src/hb-unicode.cc \
+	src/hb-warning.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-layout.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-map.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-complex-arabic.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-complex-default.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-complex-thai.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-normalize.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-fallback.cc \
+	src/hb-icu.cc
+
+LOCAL_CPP_EXTENSION := .cc
+
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := \
+        libcutils \
+        libicuuc \
+        libicui18n \
+        libutils
+
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += \
+        $(LOCAL_PATH)/src \
+        external/icu4c/common
+
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHB_NO_MT -DHAVE_OT -DHAVE_ICU
+
+LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lpthread
+
+LOCAL_MODULE:= libharfbuzz_ng
+
+include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
+
+
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7717a0d..d718126 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	autogen.sh \
 	harfbuzz.doap \
+	Android.mk \
 	$(NULL)
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \