diff --git a/ports/gonk/.cargo/config b/ports/gonk/.cargo/config
index a4d8b3b6fdb..417f118e43b 100644
--- a/ports/gonk/.cargo/config
+++ b/ports/gonk/.cargo/config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [target.arm-linux-androideabi]
 ar = "arm-linux-androideabi-ar"
-linker = "arm-linux-androideabi-g++"
+linker = "./fake-ld.sh"
 
 [target.arm-linux-androideabi.openssl]
-rustc-flags = "-l crypto -l ssl"
\ No newline at end of file
+rustc-flags = "-l crypto -l ssl"
diff --git a/ports/gonk/fake-ld.sh b/ports/gonk/fake-ld.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..11f893d7263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/gonk/fake-ld.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+arm-linux-androideabi-g++ $@ $LDFLAGS -lGLESv2 -lsupc++ -L $GONKDIR/backup-flame/system/lib/ -L$GONKDIR/prebuilts/ndk/9/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.6/libs/armeabi/