diff --git a/scripts/android/cmake_android.sh b/scripts/android/cmake_android.sh
index 2ceeecb4702..643d016a579 100755
--- a/scripts/android/cmake_android.sh
+++ b/scripts/android/cmake_android.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ ANDROID_NDK_VERSION="${ANDROID_NDK_VERSION:2}"
 # ANDROID_NDK_HOME must be exported for cargo-ndk
 export ANDROID_NDK_HOME="$ANDROID_HOME/ndk/$ANDROID_NDK_VERSION"
 
-ANDROID_API_LEVEL=34
+# ANDROID_API_LEVEL must specify the _minimum_ supported SDK version, otherwise this will cause linking errors at launch
+ANDROID_API_LEVEL=24
 ANDROID_SUB_BUILD_DIR=build_arch
 
 COLOR_RED="\e[1;31m"
diff --git a/scripts/android/files/build.gradle b/scripts/android/files/build.gradle
index e0090e7d0c4..cc1a5390423 100644
--- a/scripts/android/files/build.gradle
+++ b/scripts/android/files/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ android {
 	defaultConfig {
 		applicationId "org.ddnet.client"
 		namespace("org.ddnet.client")
-		minSdkVersion 19
+		minSdkVersion 24
 		targetSdkVersion 34
 		versionCode TW_VERSION_CODE
 		versionName "TW_VERSION_NAME"
diff --git a/scripts/compile_libs/cmake_lib_compile.sh b/scripts/compile_libs/cmake_lib_compile.sh
index 775584e1136..72c3ee741d8 100755
--- a/scripts/compile_libs/cmake_lib_compile.sh
+++ b/scripts/compile_libs/cmake_lib_compile.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ function compile_source_android() {
 		-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Android \
 		-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION="$1" \
 		-DCMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI="${3}" \
+		-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$COMPILEFLAGS" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$COMPILEFLAGS" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE="$COMPILEFLAGS" -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE="$COMPILEFLAGS" \
+		-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="$LINKFLAGS" -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE="$LINKFLAGS" \
 		-B"$2" \
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
 		-DHIDAPI_SKIP_LIBUSB=TRUE \
diff --git a/scripts/compile_libs/gen_libs.sh b/scripts/compile_libs/gen_libs.sh
index e9a6436bcc6..9ba0a460baf 100755
--- a/scripts/compile_libs/gen_libs.sh
+++ b/scripts/compile_libs/gen_libs.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ fi
 mkdir -p "$1"
 cd "$1" || exit 1
 
-_ANDROID_ABI_LEVEL=34
+# ANDROID_API_LEVEL must specify the _minimum_ supported SDK version, otherwise this will cause linking errors at launch
+ANDROID_API_LEVEL=24
 
 function build_cmake_lib() {
 	if [ ! -d "${1}" ]; then
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ function build_cmake_lib() {
 	(
 		cd "${1}" || exit 1
 		cp "${CURDIR}"/scripts/compile_libs/cmake_lib_compile.sh cmake_lib_compile.sh
-		./cmake_lib_compile.sh "$_ANDROID_ABI_LEVEL" "$OS_NAME" "$COMPILEFLAGS" "$LINKFLAGS"
+		./cmake_lib_compile.sh "$ANDROID_API_LEVEL" "$OS_NAME" "$COMPILEFLAGS" "$LINKFLAGS"
 	)
 }
 
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ cd compile_libs || exit 1
 	(
 		cd openssl || exit 1
 		cp "${CURDIR}"/scripts/compile_libs/make_lib_openssl.sh make_lib_openssl.sh
-		./make_lib_openssl.sh "$_ANDROID_ABI_LEVEL" "$OS_NAME" "$COMPILEFLAGS" "$LINKFLAGS"
+		./make_lib_openssl.sh "$ANDROID_API_LEVEL" "$OS_NAME" "$COMPILEFLAGS" "$LINKFLAGS"
 	)
 )
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ build_cmake_lib opus https://github.com/xiph/opus
 		./autogen.sh
 	fi
 	cp "${CURDIR}"/scripts/compile_libs/make_lib_opusfile.sh make_lib_opusfile.sh
-	./make_lib_opusfile.sh "$_ANDROID_ABI_LEVEL" "$OS_NAME" "$COMPILEFLAGS" "$LINKFLAGS"
+	./make_lib_opusfile.sh "$ANDROID_API_LEVEL" "$OS_NAME" "$COMPILEFLAGS" "$LINKFLAGS"
 )
 
 # SQLite, just download and built by hand
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ fi
 (
 	cd sqlite3 || exit 1
 	cp "${CURDIR}"/scripts/compile_libs/make_lib_sqlite3.sh make_lib_sqlite3.sh
-	./make_lib_sqlite3.sh "$_ANDROID_ABI_LEVEL" "$OS_NAME" "$COMPILEFLAGS" "$LINKFLAGS"
+	./make_lib_sqlite3.sh "$ANDROID_API_LEVEL" "$OS_NAME" "$COMPILEFLAGS" "$LINKFLAGS"
 )
 
 cd ..