diff --git a/tts/jni/Android.mk b/tts/jni/Android.mk
index 0e952b9f5f8ce..bb76583c52d6e 100755
--- a/tts/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/tts/jni/Android.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += \
 	libdl
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(TARGET_OS)-$(TARGET_SIMULATOR),linux-true)
+LOCAL_LDLIBS += -ldl
+endif
+
 
 LOCAL_MODULE:= libttssynthproxy