diff --git a/build/android/android.toolchain.cmake b/build/android/android.toolchain.cmake
index c986a74f..1a23ad1e 100644
--- a/build/android/android.toolchain.cmake
+++ b/build/android/android.toolchain.cmake
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ set( ANDROID_RELRO                  ${ANDROID_RELRO}                  CACHE BOOL
 mark_as_advanced( ANDROID_NO_UNDEFINED ANDROID_SO_UNDEFINED ANDROID_FUNCTION_LEVEL_LINKING ANDROID_GOLD_LINKER ANDROID_NOEXECSTACK ANDROID_RELRO )
 
 # linker flags
-set( ANDROID_LINKER_FLAGS "" )
+set( ANDROID_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--allow-multiple-definition" )
 
 if( ARMEABI_V7A )
  # this is *required* to use the following linker flags that routes around