diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 4f7f1a1cc..c4d1d0f16 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ android {
 
         externalNativeBuild {
             cmake {
-                arguments '-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang', '-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared'
+                arguments '-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang', '-DANDROID_STL=c++_static'
                 targets 'flipper', 'event_shared', 'event_extra_shared', 'event_core_shared'
             }
         }
diff --git a/xplat/build.gradle b/xplat/build.gradle
index a5d95b410..b6c36429f 100644
--- a/xplat/build.gradle
+++ b/xplat/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.targetSdkVersion
         externalNativeBuild {
             cmake {
-                arguments '-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang'
+                arguments '-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang', '-DANDROID_STL=c++_static'
             }
         }
     }