diff --git a/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk b/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
index 780bac2599..743768bafb 100644
--- a/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/android/phoenix/jni/Android.mk
@@ -58,10 +58,14 @@ else
 endif
 
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wall -pthread -Wno-unused-function -fno-stack-protector -funroll-loops -DNDEBUG -DRARCH_MOBILE -DHAVE_GRIFFIN -DANDROID -DHAVE_DYNAMIC -DHAVE_OPENGL -DHAVE_FBO -DHAVE_OVERLAY -DHAVE_OPENGLES -DHAVE_OPENGLES2 -DGLSL_DEBUG -DHAVE_DYLIB -DHAVE_GLSL -DHAVE_MENU -DHAVE_RGUI -DHAVE_ZLIB -DINLINE=inline -DLSB_FIRST -DHAVE_THREADS -D__LIBRETRO__ -DHAVE_RSOUND -DHAVE_NETPLAY -DHAVE_NETWORKING -DRARCH_INTERNAL -DHAVE_FILTERS_BUILTIN -DHAVE_GLUI -DHAVE_XMB -std=gnu99 -DHAVE_LIBRETRODB
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wall -pthread -Wno-unused-function -fno-stack-protector -funroll-loops -DRARCH_MOBILE -DHAVE_GRIFFIN -DANDROID -DHAVE_DYNAMIC -DHAVE_OPENGL -DHAVE_FBO -DHAVE_OVERLAY -DHAVE_OPENGLES -DHAVE_OPENGLES2 -DGLSL_DEBUG -DHAVE_DYLIB -DHAVE_GLSL -DHAVE_MENU -DHAVE_RGUI -DHAVE_ZLIB -DINLINE=inline -DLSB_FIRST -DHAVE_THREADS -D__LIBRETRO__ -DHAVE_RSOUND -DHAVE_NETPLAY -DHAVE_NETWORKING -DRARCH_INTERNAL -DHAVE_FILTERS_BUILTIN -DHAVE_GLUI -DHAVE_XMB -std=gnu99 -DHAVE_LIBRETRODB
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_7ZIP
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -O2
+ifeq ($(NDK_DEBUG),1)
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -O0 -g
+else
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -O2 -DNDEBUG
+endif
 
 LOCAL_LDLIBS	:= -L$(SYSROOT)/usr/lib -landroid -lEGL $(GLES_LIB) $(LOGGER_LDLIBS) -ldl
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/$(RARCH_DIR)/libretro-common/include/