diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 62cc21f25..f0d785f6f 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -76,4 +76,54 @@ LOCAL_MODULE:= libharfbuzz_ng
 
 include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
 
+#############################################################
+#   build the harfbuzz static library
+#
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+LOCAL_ARM_MODE := arm
+LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
+	src/hb-blob.cc \
+	src/hb-buffer-serialize.cc \
+	src/hb-buffer.cc \
+	src/hb-common.cc \
+	src/hb-fallback-shape.cc \
+	src/hb-face.cc \
+	src/hb-font.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-tag.cc \
+	src/hb-set.cc \
+	src/hb-shape.cc \
+	src/hb-shape-plan.cc \
+	src/hb-shaper.cc \
+	src/hb-tt-font.cc \
+	src/hb-unicode.cc \
+	src/hb-warning.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-layout.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-map.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-complex-arabic.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-complex-default.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-table.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-complex-myanmar.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-complex-sea.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-complex-thai.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-normalize.cc \
+	src/hb-ot-shape-fallback.cc \
+	src/hb-ucdn.cc \
+  src/hb-ucdn/ucdn.c
+
+LOCAL_CPP_EXTENSION     := .cc
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES  := 
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES  := libft2
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES        := \
+  $(LOCAL_PATH)/src \
+  external/freetype/include
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHB_NO_MT -DHAVE_OT -DHAVE_UCDN -DHAVE_FREETYPE
+LOCAL_LDLIBS += -lpthread
+
+LOCAL_MODULE:= libharfbuzz_ng
+
+include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)