diff --git a/options/options.c b/options/options.c
index 1f9f1ee2c0..a98f03a7da 100644
--- a/options/options.c
+++ b/options/options.c
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ const m_option_t mp_opts[] = {
     OPT_SUBSTRUCT("", macos_opts, macos_conf, 0),
 #endif
 
-#if HAVE_ANDROID
+#if HAVE_EGL_ANDROID
     OPT_SUBSTRUCT("", android_opts, android_conf, 0),
 #endif
 
diff --git a/video/out/gpu/context.c b/video/out/gpu/context.c
index 36f9c2dad5..7964e12623 100644
--- a/video/out/gpu/context.c
+++ b/video/out/gpu/context.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static const struct ra_ctx_fns *contexts[] = {
 #endif
 
 // OpenGL contexts:
-#if HAVE_ANDROID
+#if HAVE_EGL_ANDROID
     &ra_ctx_android,
 #endif
 #if HAVE_RPI
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index e0dbeab322..eaeb091a52 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -155,11 +155,13 @@ main_dependencies = [
     }, {
         'name': '--android',
         'desc': 'Android environment',
-        'func': compose_checks(
-            check_statement('android/api-level.h', '(void)__ANDROID__'),  # arbitrary android-specific header
-            check_cc(lib="android"),
-            check_cc(lib="EGL"),
-        )
+        'func': check_statement('android/api-level.h', '(void)__ANDROID__'),  # arbitrary android-specific header
+    }, {
+        'name': '--egl-android',
+        'desc': 'Android EGL support',
+        'deps': 'android',
+        'groups': [ 'gl' ],
+        'func': check_cc(lib=['android', 'EGL']),
     }, {
         'name': 'posix-or-mingw',
         'desc': 'development environment',
@@ -804,7 +806,7 @@ video_output_features = [
         'name': 'egl-helpers',
         'desc': 'EGL helper functions',
         'deps': 'egl-x11 || mali-fbdev || rpi || gl-wayland || egl-drm || ' +
-                'egl-angle-win32 || android',
+                'egl-angle-win32 || egl-android',
         'func': check_true
     }
 ]
diff --git a/wscript_build.py b/wscript_build.py
index 4d974fd9c3..35b16856ea 100644
--- a/wscript_build.py
+++ b/wscript_build.py
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ def build(ctx):
         ( "video/out/opengl/angle_dynamic.c",    "egl-angle" ),
         ( "video/out/opengl/common.c",           "gl" ),
         ( "video/out/opengl/context.c",          "gl" ),
-        ( "video/out/opengl/context_android.c",  "android" ),
+        ( "video/out/opengl/context_android.c",  "egl-android" ),
         ( "video/out/opengl/context_angle.c",    "egl-angle-win32" ),
         ( "video/out/opengl/context_cocoa.c",    "gl-cocoa" ),
         ( "video/out/opengl/context_drm_egl.c",  "egl-drm" ),