diff --git a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
index 860cc2fcb..a183d172d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set(GAME
 )
 
 if (ANDROID)
+    set(GAME ${GAME} android_commandLine.cpp)
     set(GAME ${GAME} android_main.c)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/android_commandLine.cpp b/apps/openmw/android_commandLine.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb95a0534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openmw/android_commandLine.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include "android_commandLine.h"
+#include "string.h"
+
+ const char *argvData[15];
+ int argcData;
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_ui_activity_GameActivity_commandLine(JNIEnv *env,
+		jobject obj, jint argc, jobjectArray stringArray) {
+	jboolean iscopy;
+	argcData = (int) argc;
+	argvData[0]="openmw";
+	for (int i = 0; i < argcData; i++) {
+		jstring string = (jstring) (*env).GetObjectArrayElement(stringArray, i);
+		argvData[i+1] = (env)->GetStringUTFChars(string, &iscopy);
+	}
+
+}
+
diff --git a/apps/openmw/android_commandLine.h b/apps/openmw/android_commandLine.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21d1064c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openmw/android_commandLine.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+
+/* DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - it is machine generated */
+#include <jni.h>
+#ifndef _Included_ui_activity_GameActivity_commandLine
+#define _Included_ui_activity_GameActivity_commandLine
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_ui_activity_GameActivity_commandLine(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj,jint argcData, jobjectArray stringArray);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/apps/openmw/android_main.c b/apps/openmw/android_main.c
index 76da91c4f..0cfb8dcfa 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/android_main.c
+++ b/apps/openmw/android_main.c
@@ -1,42 +1,36 @@
-
 #include "../../SDL_internal.h"
 
 #ifdef __ANDROID__
 #include "SDL_main.h"
 
-
 /*******************************************************************************
-                 Functions called by JNI
-*******************************************************************************/
+ Functions called by JNI
+ *******************************************************************************/
 #include <jni.h>
 
 /* Called before  to initialize JNI bindings  */
- 
- 
 
 extern void SDL_Android_Init(JNIEnv* env, jclass cls);
+extern int argcData;
+extern const char *argvData[15];
+
+int Java_org_libsdl_app_SDLActivity_nativeInit(JNIEnv* env, jclass cls,
+		jobject obj) {
+
+	SDL_Android_Init(env, cls);
+
+	SDL_SetMainReady();
 
+	/* Run the application code! */
 
-int Java_org_libsdl_app_SDLActivity_nativeInit(JNIEnv* env, jclass cls, jobject obj)
-{
-    
-    SDL_Android_Init(env, cls);
- 
-    SDL_SetMainReady();
+	int status;
 
-     
-/* Run the application code! */
-   
- int status;
-    char *argv[2];
-    argv[0] = SDL_strdup("openmw");
-    argv[1] = NULL;
-    status = main(1, argv);
+	status = main(argcData+1, argvData);
 
-    /* Do not issue an exit or the whole application will terminate instead of just the SDL thread */
-    /* exit(status); */
+	/* Do not issue an exit or the whole application will terminate instead of just the SDL thread */
+	/* exit(status); */
 
-    return status;
+	return status;
 }
 
 #endif /* __ANDROID__ */