diff --git a/project/lib/openal-files.xml b/project/lib/openal-files.xml
index 6fbdd33eb..23d61be4f 100644
--- a/project/lib/openal-files.xml
+++ b/project/lib/openal-files.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 <xml>
 
+    <section if="android LIME_OPENALSOFT">
+        <error value="NDK version 20 or higher is required." unless="NDKV20+" />
+    </section>
+
     <files id="native-toolkit-openal">
 
         <compilerflag value="-std=c++11" if="android" />
@@ -157,7 +161,6 @@
 
         <section if="android">
 
-            <error value="NDK version 20 or higher is required." unless="NDKV20+" />
             <compilerflag value="-fsigned-char" />
 
             <file name="${NATIVE_TOOLKIT_PATH}/openal/alc/backends/opensl.cpp" />