diff --git a/android/jni/Android.mk b/android/jni/Android.mk
index 252d8cffae3f..69ecc0b24dc9 100644
--- a/android/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/android/jni/Android.mk
@@ -144,10 +144,16 @@ VULKAN_FILES := \
   $(SRC)/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanUtil.cpp
 #endif
 
+SPIRV_CROSS_FILES := \
+  $(SRC)/ext/SPIRV-Cross/spirv_cfg.cpp \
+  $(SRC)/ext/SPIRV-Cross/spirv_cross.cpp \
+  $(SRC)/ext/SPIRV-Cross/spirv_glsl.cpp
+
 EXEC_AND_LIB_FILES := \
   $(ARCH_FILES) \
   $(EGL_FILES) \
   $(VULKAN_FILES) \
+  $(SPIRV_CROSS_FILES) \
   TestRunner.cpp \
   $(SRC)/Core/MIPS/MIPS.cpp.arm \
   $(SRC)/Core/MIPS/MIPSAnalyst.cpp \
diff --git a/android/jni/Locals.mk b/android/jni/Locals.mk
index 6e91bffb0212..92ed005928d6 100644
--- a/android/jni/Locals.mk
+++ b/android/jni/Locals.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # These are definitions for LOCAL_ variables for PPSSPP.
 # They are shared between ppsspp_jni (lib for Android app) and ppsspp_headless.
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS := -DUSE_FFMPEG -DUSING_GLES2 -DMOBILE_DEVICE -O3 -fsigned-char -Wall -Wno-multichar -Wno-unused-variable -fno-strict-aliasing -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -Wno-format
+LOCAL_CFLAGS := -DUSE_FFMPEG -DUSING_GLES2 -DMOBILE_DEVICE -O3 -fsigned-char -Wall -Wno-multichar -Wno-unused-variable -fno-strict-aliasing -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -Wno-format -DSPIRV_CROSS_EXCEPTIONS_TO_ASSERTIONS
 # yes, it's really CPPFLAGS for C++
 # deprecated-register is generated by Android default code and causes noise.
 LOCAL_CPPFLAGS := -fno-exceptions -std=gnu++11 -fno-rtti -Wno-reorder -Wno-format -Wno-deprecated-register