diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 28832386..0c1be187 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ clean:
 	cd ${JNI_DIR} && ndk-build clean
 	-rm ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/armeabi/libsqlcipher_android.so
 	-rm ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/armeabi/libdatabase_sqlcipher.so
-	-rm ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/armeabi/libstlport_shared.so
+	-rm ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/armeabi/libgabi++_shared.so
 	-rm ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/sqlcipher.jar
 	-rm ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/x86/libsqlcipher_android.so
 	-rm ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/x86/libdatabase_sqlcipher.so
-	-rm ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/x86/libstlport_shared.so
+	-rm ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/x86/libgabi++_shared.so
 
 copy-libs:
 	mkdir -p ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/armeabi
@@ -46,15 +46,13 @@ copy-libs:
 	cp ${JNI_DIR}/libs/armeabi/libdatabase_sqlcipher.so \
 		${LIBRARY_ROOT}/armeabi && \
 	cp ${CURDIR}/bin/classes/sqlcipher.jar ${LIBRARY_ROOT} && \
-	cp ${ANDROID_NDK_ROOT}/sources/cxx-stl/stlport/libs/armeabi/libstlport_shared.so \
-		 ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/armeabi
+	cp $(JNI_DIR)/libs/armeabi/libgabi++_shared.so ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/armeabi && \
 	mkdir -p ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/x86
 	cp ${EXTERNAL_DIR}/libs/x86/libsqlcipher_android.so \
 		 ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/x86  && \
 	cp ${JNI_DIR}/libs/x86/libdatabase_sqlcipher.so \
 		${LIBRARY_ROOT}/x86 && \
-	cp ${ANDROID_NDK_ROOT}/sources/cxx-stl/stlport/libs/x86/libstlport_shared.so \
-		 ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/x86
+	cp $(JNI_DIR)/libs/x86/libgabi++_shared.so ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/x86
 
 copy-libs-dist:
 	cp ${LIBRARY_ROOT}/*.jar dist/SQLCipherForAndroid-SDK/libs/ && \
diff --git a/external/Android.mk b/external/Android.mk
index 36442ca8..6e6500bd 100644
--- a/external/Android.mk
+++ b/external/Android.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ copy-libs-hack: build-local-hack
 	install -p -m644 libs/armeabi/*.so ../obj/local/armeabi/
 
 project_ldflags:= -Llibs/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/ -Landroid-libs/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/
+icu_project_cflags := -DHAVE_ANDROID_OS=1
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # libsqlite3
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ LOCAL_ALLOW_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS := false
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libsqlcipher libicui18n libicuuc
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(android_sqlite_cflags) $(sqlite_cflags) \
+		$(icu_project_cflags) \
 		-DOS_PATH_SEPARATOR="'/'" -DHAVE_SYS_UIO_H
 
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := \
@@ -206,7 +208,8 @@ icu_c_includes := \
 # device and sim builds can use the same codepath, and it's hard to break one
 # without noticing because the other still works.
 
-icu_local_cflags += -D_REENTRANT -DU_COMMON_IMPLEMENTATION -O3 -DHAVE_ANDROID_OS=1 -fvisibility=hidden
+icu_local_cflags += -D_REENTRANT -O3 -DU_COMMON_IMPLEMENTATION -fvisibility=hidden 
+icu_local_cflags += $(icu_project_cflags)
 icu_local_cflags += '-DICU_DATA_DIR_PREFIX_ENV_VAR="SQLCIPHER_ICU_PREFIX"'
 icu_local_cflags += '-DICU_DATA_DIR="/icu"'
 icu_local_ldlibs := -lc -lpthread -lm
@@ -312,6 +315,7 @@ LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(c_includes) \
 										abi/cpp/include
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -D_REENTRANT -DPIC -DU_I18N_IMPLEMENTATION -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -O3
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(icu_project_cflags)
 LOCAL_RTTI_FLAG := -frtti
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libgabi++
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libicuuc
diff --git a/jni/Application.mk b/jni/Application.mk
index ea9d6e28..ee48f675 100644
--- a/jni/Application.mk
+++ b/jni/Application.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 APP_PROJECT_PATH := $(shell pwd)
 APP_ABI := armeabi x86
 APP_BUILD_SCRIPT := $(APP_PROJECT_PATH)/Android.mk
-# fixes this error when building external/android-sqlite/android/sqlite3_android.cpp
-#   icu4c/common/unicode/std_string.h:39:18: error: string: No such file or directory
-APP_STL := stlport_shared
+APP_STL := gabi++_shared
+APP_CPPFLAGS += -frtti
diff --git a/src/net/sqlcipher/database/SQLiteDatabase.java b/src/net/sqlcipher/database/SQLiteDatabase.java
index b45c0d79..f6c42dde 100644
--- a/src/net/sqlcipher/database/SQLiteDatabase.java
+++ b/src/net/sqlcipher/database/SQLiteDatabase.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public static void loadLibs (Context context) {
 
     public static void loadLibs (Context context, File workingDir)
     {
-        System.loadLibrary("stlport_shared");
+        System.loadLibrary("gabi++_shared");
         System.loadLibrary("sqlcipher_android");
         System.loadLibrary("database_sqlcipher");