diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/Android.mk b/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/Android.mk
index 2f72f1f5639..31eaa16e941 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/Android.mk
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeon/Android.mk
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(C_SOURCES)
 
 ifeq ($(MESA_ENABLE_LLVM),true)
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES += $(LLVM_C_FILES)
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DFORCE_BUILD_AMDGPU   # instructs LLVM to declare LLVMInitializeAMDGPU* functions
 endif
 
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libdrm_radeon