diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 78a57d929198be..a934b4e626ec51 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@
             'ldflags': [ '-Wl,-bbigtoc' ],
           }],
           ['OS == "android"', {
-            'cflags': [ '-fPIE' ],
-            'ldflags': [ '-fPIE', '-pie' ]
+            'cflags': [ '-fPIC' ],
+            'ldflags': [ '-fPIC' ]
           }],
         ],
         'msvs_settings': {
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@
             ],
           },],
           ['OS == "android"', {
-            'cflags': [ '-fPIE' ],
-            'ldflags': [ '-fPIE', '-pie' ]
+            'cflags': [ '-fPIC' ],
+            'ldflags': [ '-fPIC' ]
           }],
         ],
         'msvs_settings': {
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index f1badfdb932bb9..d8e27a2231f1fd 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1103,14 +1103,17 @@ def configure_node(o):
   o['variables']['node_shared'] = b(options.shared)
   node_module_version = getmoduleversion.get_version()
 
-  if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+  if options.dest_os == 'android':
+    shlib_suffix = 'so'
+  elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
     shlib_suffix = '%s.dylib'
   elif sys.platform.startswith('aix'):
     shlib_suffix = '%s.a'
   else:
     shlib_suffix = 'so.%s'
+  if '%s' in shlib_suffix:
+    shlib_suffix %= node_module_version
 
-  shlib_suffix %= node_module_version
   o['variables']['node_module_version'] = int(node_module_version)
   o['variables']['shlib_suffix'] = shlib_suffix
 
diff --git a/src/node_errors.cc b/src/node_errors.cc
index d3a409b1ab455a..4fe7edea8a8886 100644
--- a/src/node_errors.cc
+++ b/src/node_errors.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 #include "node_v8_platform-inl.h"
 #include "util-inl.h"
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+#include <android/log.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace node {
 
 using errors::TryCatchScope;
@@ -413,6 +417,8 @@ void PrintErrorString(const char* format, ...) {
   // Don't include the null character in the output
   CHECK_GT(n, 0);
   WriteConsoleW(stderr_handle, wbuf.data(), n - 1, nullptr, nullptr);
+#elif defined(__ANDROID__)
+  __android_log_vprint(ANDROID_LOG_ERROR, "nodejs", format, ap);
 #else
   vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
 #endif