diff --git a/QGCExternalLibs.pri b/QGCExternalLibs.pri
index 656935fd5e3de5d6fe0d8eb7c428fdd178cded0c..0c9fc138827a5d1a33f70fa9b519c68ace018bd3 100644
--- a/QGCExternalLibs.pri
+++ b/QGCExternalLibs.pri
@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ MacBuild {
         -lSDL2
 }
 
+AndroidBuild {
+    contains(QT_ARCH, arm) {
+        ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS += $$BASEDIR/libs/AndroidOpenSSL/arch-armeabi-v7a/lib/libcrypto.so
+        ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS += $$BASEDIR/libs/AndroidOpenSSL/arch-armeabi-v7a/lib/libssl.so
+    } else {
+        ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS += $$BASEDIR/libs/AndroidOpenSSL/arch-x86/lib/libcrypto.so
+        ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS += $$BASEDIR/libs/AndroidOpenSSL/arch-x86/lib/libssl.so
+    }
+}
+
 #
 # [OPTIONAL] Zeroconf for UDP links
 #
diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index 7143aa2a4970df8292496c271219ff246bef8988..735d27fc0975e8bdc5452f88e9052d0be20b3e90 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 	<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.network" android:required="false"/>
 	<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location" android:required="false"/>
 	
+	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+	
     <!-- The following comment will be replaced upon deployment with default features based on the dependencies of the application.
          Remove the comment if you do not require these default features. -->
     <!-- %%INSERT_FEATURES -->
diff --git a/libs/AndroidOpenSSL/README.md b/libs/AndroidOpenSSL/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3ba978a556b2f9d72aed99cda64f455a0f218d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/AndroidOpenSSL/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+These OpenSLL libraries foir Android are built using the scripts found here: https://github.com/esutton/android-openssl
\ No newline at end of file
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