diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 89cddcb2ce..4c866c5dcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ jobs:
         bootstrap:
           - name: sdl2
             target: testapps-with-numpy
+          - name: sdl2_scipy
+            target: testapps-with-scipy
           - name: webview
             target: testapps-webview
     steps:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b295cfa29d..69fe7985e5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ PYTHON_WITH_VERSION=python$(PYTHON_VERSION)
 DOCKER_IMAGE=kivy/python-for-android
 ANDROID_SDK_HOME ?= $(HOME)/.android/android-sdk
 ANDROID_NDK_HOME ?= $(HOME)/.android/android-ndk
+ANDROID_NDK_HOME_LEGACY ?= $(HOME)/.android/android-ndk-legacy
 REBUILD_UPDATED_RECIPES_EXTRA_ARGS ?= ''
 
 
@@ -41,6 +42,13 @@ testapps-with-numpy: virtualenv
     --requirements libffi,sdl2,pyjnius,kivy,python3,openssl,requests,urllib3,chardet,idna,sqlite3,setuptools,numpy \
     --arch=armeabi-v7a --arch=arm64-v8a --arch=x86_64 --arch=x86
 
+testapps-with-scipy: virtualenv
+	. $(ACTIVATE) && cd testapps/on_device_unit_tests/ && \
+	export LEGACY_NDK=$(ANDROID_NDK_HOME_LEGACY)  && \
+    python setup.py apk --sdk-dir $(ANDROID_SDK_HOME) --ndk-dir $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME) \
+    --requirements python3,scipy,kivy \
+    --arch=armeabi-v7a --arch=arm64-v8a
+
 testapps-with-numpy-aab: virtualenv
 	. $(ACTIVATE) && cd testapps/on_device_unit_tests/ && \
     python setup.py aab --sdk-dir $(ANDROID_SDK_HOME) --ndk-dir $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME) \
diff --git a/ci/makefiles/android.mk b/ci/makefiles/android.mk
index bdad88d65e..bb29c3ea17 100644
--- a/ci/makefiles/android.mk
+++ b/ci/makefiles/android.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # Those android NDK/SDK variables can be override when running the file
 ANDROID_NDK_VERSION ?= 23b
+ANDROID_NDK_VERSION_LEGACY ?= 19c
 ANDROID_SDK_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 6514223
 ANDROID_SDK_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 29.0.3
 ANDROID_HOME ?= $(HOME)/.android
@@ -23,22 +24,34 @@ ANDROID_SDK_TOOLS_DL_URL=https://dl.google.com/android/repository/$(ANDROID_SDK_
 ANDROID_NDK_HOME=$(ANDROID_HOME)/android-ndk
 ANDROID_NDK_FOLDER=$(ANDROID_HOME)/android-ndk-r$(ANDROID_NDK_VERSION)
 ANDROID_NDK_ARCHIVE=android-ndk-r$(ANDROID_NDK_VERSION)-$(TARGET_OS).zip
+
+ANDROID_NDK_HOME_LEGACY=$(ANDROID_HOME)/android-ndk-legacy
+ANDROID_NDK_FOLDER_LEGACY=$(ANDROID_HOME)/android-ndk-r$(ANDROID_NDK_VERSION_LEGACY)
+ANDROID_NDK_ARCHIVE_LEGACY=android-ndk-r$(ANDROID_NDK_VERSION_LEGACY)-$(TARGET_OS)-x86_64.zip
+
+ANDROID_NDK_GFORTRAN_ARCHIVE_ARM64=gcc-arm64-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
+ANDROID_NDK_GFORTRAN_ARCHIVE_ARM=gcc-arm-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
+
+
 ANDROID_NDK_DL_URL=https://dl.google.com/android/repository/$(ANDROID_NDK_ARCHIVE)
+ANDROID_NDK_DL_URL_LEGACY=https://dl.google.com/android/repository/$(ANDROID_NDK_ARCHIVE_LEGACY)
 
 $(info Target install OS is          : $(target_os))
 $(info Android SDK home is           : $(ANDROID_SDK_HOME))
 $(info Android NDK home is           : $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME))
+$(info Android NDK Legacy  home is   : $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME_LEGACY))
 $(info Android SDK download url is   : $(ANDROID_SDK_TOOLS_DL_URL))
 $(info Android NDK download url is   : $(ANDROID_NDK_DL_URL))
 $(info Android API level is          : $(ANDROID_API_LEVEL))
 $(info Android NDK version is        : $(ANDROID_NDK_VERSION))
+$(info Android NDK Legacy version is : $(ANDROID_NDK_VERSION_LEGACY))
 $(info JAVA_HOME is                  : $(JAVA_HOME))
 
 all: install_sdk install_ndk
 
 install_sdk: download_android_sdk extract_android_sdk update_android_sdk
 
-install_ndk: download_android_ndk extract_android_ndk
+install_ndk: download_android_ndk download_android_ndk_legacy download_android_ndk_gfortran extract_android_ndk extract_android_ndk_legacy extract_android_ndk_gfortran
 
 download_android_sdk:
 	curl --location --progress-bar --continue-at - \
@@ -48,6 +61,17 @@ download_android_ndk:
 	curl --location --progress-bar --continue-at - \
 	$(ANDROID_NDK_DL_URL) --output $(ANDROID_NDK_ARCHIVE)
 
+download_android_ndk_legacy:
+	curl --location --progress-bar --continue-at - \
+	$(ANDROID_NDK_DL_URL_LEGACY) --output $(ANDROID_NDK_ARCHIVE_LEGACY)
+
+download_android_ndk_gfortran:
+	curl --location --progress-bar --continue-at - \
+	https://github.com/mzakharo/android-gfortran/releases/download/r$(ANDROID_NDK_VERSION_LEGACY)/$(ANDROID_NDK_GFORTRAN_ARCHIVE_ARM64) --output $(ANDROID_NDK_GFORTRAN_ARCHIVE_ARM64)
+	curl --location --progress-bar --continue-at - \
+	https://github.com/mzakharo/android-gfortran/releases/download/r$(ANDROID_NDK_VERSION_LEGACY)/$(ANDROID_NDK_GFORTRAN_ARCHIVE_ARM)  --output $(ANDROID_NDK_GFORTRAN_ARCHIVE_ARM)
+
+
 # Extract android SDK and remove the compressed file
 extract_android_sdk:
 	mkdir -p $(ANDROID_SDK_HOME) \
@@ -62,6 +86,22 @@ extract_android_ndk:
 	&& mv $(ANDROID_NDK_FOLDER) $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME) \
 	&& rm -f $(ANDROID_NDK_ARCHIVE)
 
+extract_android_ndk_legacy:
+	mkdir -p $(ANDROID_NDK_FOLDER_LEGACY) \
+	&& unzip -q $(ANDROID_NDK_ARCHIVE_LEGACY) -d $(ANDROID_HOME) \
+	&& mv $(ANDROID_NDK_FOLDER_LEGACY) $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME_LEGACY) \
+	&& rm -f $(ANDROID_NDK_ARCHIVE_LEGACY)
+
+extract_android_ndk_gfortran:
+	rm -rf $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME_LEGACY)/toolchains/aarch64-linux-android-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/
+	mkdir  $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME_LEGACY)/toolchains/aarch64-linux-android-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/
+	tar -xvf $(ANDROID_NDK_GFORTRAN_ARCHIVE_ARM64) -C $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME_LEGACY)/toolchains/aarch64-linux-android-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/ --strip-components 1
+	rm -rf $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME_LEGACY)/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/
+	mkdir  $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME_LEGACY)/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/
+	tar -xvf $(ANDROID_NDK_GFORTRAN_ARCHIVE_ARM) -C $(ANDROID_NDK_HOME_LEGACY)/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/ --strip-components 1
+
+
+
 # updates Android SDK, install Android API, Build Tools and accept licenses
 update_android_sdk:
 	touch $(ANDROID_HOME)/repositories.cfg
diff --git a/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/test_app/tests/test_requirements.py b/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/test_app/tests/test_requirements.py
index cffb404409..e4104f8300 100644
--- a/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/test_app/tests/test_requirements.py
+++ b/testapps/on_device_unit_tests/test_app/tests/test_requirements.py
@@ -12,6 +12,25 @@ def test_run_module(self):
         arr = np.random.random((3, 3))
         det = np.linalg.det(arr)
 
+class ScipyTestCase(PythonTestMixIn, TestCase):
+    module_import = 'scipy'
+
+    def test_run_module(self):
+        import numpy as np
+        from scipy.cluster.vq import vq, kmeans, whiten
+        features  = np.array([[ 1.9,2.3],
+                        [ 1.5,2.5],
+                        [ 0.8,0.6],
+                        [ 0.4,1.8],
+                        [ 0.1,0.1],
+                        [ 0.2,1.8],
+                        [ 2.0,0.5],
+                        [ 0.3,1.5],
+                        [ 1.0,1.0]])
+        whitened = whiten(features)
+        book = np.array((whitened[0],whitened[2]))
+        print('kmeans', kmeans(whitened,book))
+
 
 class OpensslTestCase(PythonTestMixIn, TestCase):
     module_import = '_ssl'