diff --git a/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt b/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt
index 2b35cad0d9..9a101a689f 100644
--- a/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt
+++ b/metadata/org.videolan.vlc.txt
@@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ Build:2.0.2,12000215
         wget -c http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/contrib/jpeg/jpegsrc.v9a.tar.gz -O ../vlc/contrib/tarballs/jpegsrc.v9a.tar.gz
     build=cd ../ && \
         ./compile.sh -a "x86" --release
+    ndk=r11c
 
 Maintainer Notes:
 Instructions and dependencies here: http://wiki.videolan.org/AndroidCompile