diff --git a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
index 491394324..e869e2915 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -159,9 +159,8 @@ if (ANDROID)
         dl
         z
         ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_LIBRARIES}
-        ${OSG_PLUGINS}
+        freetype
         jpeg
-        gif
     	png
     )
 endif (ANDROID)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/android_main.c b/apps/openmw/android_main.c
index 8cd69e8f0..344d3e871 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/android_main.c
+++ b/apps/openmw/android_main.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+int stderr = 0; // Hack: fix linker error
 
 #ifdef __ANDROID__
 #include "SDL_main.h"
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ void releaseArgv();
 int Java_org_libsdl_app_SDLActivity_nativeInit(JNIEnv* env, jclass cls,
         jobject obj) {
 
+    setenv("OPENMW_DECOMPRESS_TEXTURES", "1", 1);
+
     SDL_Android_Init(env, cls);
 
     SDL_SetMainReady();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/main.cpp b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
index ac891b980..109610b1e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
@@ -290,7 +290,11 @@ private:
 };
 #endif
 
+#ifdef ANDROID
+extern "C" int SDL_main(int argc, char**argv)
+#else
 int main(int argc, char**argv)
+#endif
 {
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
     setenv("OSG_GL_TEXTURE_STORAGE", "OFF", 0);
diff --git a/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp b/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp
index 411fb3694..c32891e37 100644
--- a/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp
+++ b/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "imagetosurface.hpp"
 
-#ifdef OSG_LIBRARY_STATIC
+#if defined(OSG_LIBRARY_STATIC) && !defined(ANDROID)
 // Sets the default windowing system interface according to the OS.
 // Necessary for OpenSceneGraph to do some things, like decompression.
 USE_GRAPHICSWINDOW()
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ namespace SDLUtil
 
     void SDLCursorManager::createCursor(const std::string& name, int rotDegrees, osg::Image* image, Uint8 hotspot_x, Uint8 hotspot_y)
     {
+#ifndef ANDROID
         _createCursorFromResource(name, rotDegrees, image, hotspot_x, hotspot_y);
+#endif
     }
 
     void SDLCursorManager::_createCursorFromResource(const std::string& name, int rotDegrees, osg::Image* image, Uint8 hotspot_x, Uint8 hotspot_y)