diff --git a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
index c47439b611e..8a0f91cfbc7 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ std::string Registry::createLibraryNameForExtension(const std::string& ext)
     return prepend+"osgdb_"+lowercase_ext+OSG_LIBRARY_POSTFIX_WITH_QUOTES+".dll";
 #elif macintosh
     return prepend+"osgdb_"+lowercase_ext+OSG_LIBRARY_POSTFIX_WITH_QUOTES;
+#elif defined(__ANDROID__)
+    return prepend+"lib"+"osgdb_"+lowercase_ext+OSG_LIBRARY_POSTFIX_WITH_QUOTES+ADDQUOTES(OSG_PLUGIN_EXTENSION);
 #else
     return prepend+"osgdb_"+lowercase_ext+OSG_LIBRARY_POSTFIX_WITH_QUOTES+ADDQUOTES(OSG_PLUGIN_EXTENSION);
 #endif