diff --git a/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx b/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx
index b0acbbe73..11de32f6b 100644
--- a/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx
+++ b/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx
@@ -162,8 +162,9 @@ class AndroidPlatform extends PlatformTarget
 		for (architecture in architectures)
 		{
 			var minSDKVer = project.config.getInt("android.minimum-sdk-version", 21);
-			var haxeParams = [hxml, "-D", "android", "-D", 'PLATFORM_NUMBER=$minSDKVer'];
-			var cppParams = ["-Dandroid", '-DPLATFORM_NUMBER=$minSDKVer'];
+			//PLATFORM define needed for older ndk and gcc toolchain
+			var haxeParams = [hxml, "-D", "android", "-D", 'PLATFORM_NUMBER=$minSDKVer', "-D", 'PLATFORM=$minSDKVer'];
+			var cppParams = ["-Dandroid", '-DPLATFORM_NUMBER=$minSDKVer', '-DPLATFORM=$minSDKVer'];
 			var path = sourceSet + "/jniLibs/armeabi";
 			var suffix = ".so";
 
@@ -374,13 +375,15 @@ class AndroidPlatform extends PlatformTarget
 
 		var commands = [];
 		var minSDKVer = 21;
-		var platformDefine = '-DPLATFORM_NUMBER=$minSDKVer';
+		var platformNumberDefine = '-DPLATFORM_NUMBER=$minSDKVer';
+		// Required for older ndk and gcc toolchain
+		var platformDefine = '-DPLATFORM=$minSDKVer';
 
 		if (armv5) commands.push(["-Dandroid", platformDefine]);
-		if (armv7) commands.push(["-Dandroid", "-DHXCPP_ARMV7", platformDefine]);
-		if (arm64) commands.push(["-Dandroid", "-DHXCPP_ARM64", platformDefine]);
-		if (x86) commands.push(["-Dandroid", "-DHXCPP_X86", platformDefine]);
-		if (x64) commands.push(["-Dandroid", "-DHXCPP_X86_64", platformDefine]);
+		if (armv7) commands.push(["-Dandroid", "-DHXCPP_ARMV7", platformDefine, platformNumberDefine]);
+		if (arm64) commands.push(["-Dandroid", "-DHXCPP_ARM64", platformDefine, platformNumberDefine]);
+		if (x86) commands.push(["-Dandroid", "-DHXCPP_X86", platformDefine, platformNumberDefine]);
+		if (x64) commands.push(["-Dandroid", "-DHXCPP_X86_64", platformDefine, platformNumberDefine]);
 
 		CPPHelper.rebuild(project, commands);
 	}