diff --git a/recipes/android/cores-android-jni.conf b/recipes/android/cores-android-jni.conf
index 889982f2..4e42b881 100644
--- a/recipes/android/cores-android-jni.conf
+++ b/recipes/android/cores-android-jni.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ PLATFORM android
 platform android
 MAKE make
 NDK ndk-build
+NDK_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION 4.9
 RA NO
 LIBSUFFIX _android
 CORE_JOB YES