diff --git a/src/osgDB/DynamicLibrary.cpp b/src/osgDB/DynamicLibrary.cpp
index 0fe9256c6..b9a47df5f 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DynamicLibrary.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DynamicLibrary.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ DynamicLibrary::HANDLE DynamicLibrary::getLibraryHandle( const std::string& libr
     return handle;
 #else // other unix
 
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+    // Library can be found in APK/lib/armeabi-v7a etc.
+    // Should not be prefaced with './'
+    std::string localLibraryName = libraryName;
+#else
     // dlopen will not work with files in the current directory unless
     // they are prefaced with './'  (DB - Nov 5, 2003).
     std::string localLibraryName;
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ DynamicLibrary::HANDLE DynamicLibrary::getLibraryHandle( const std::string& libr
         localLibraryName = "./" + libraryName;
     else
         localLibraryName = libraryName;
+#endif
 
     handle = dlopen( localLibraryName.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
     if( handle == NULL )