--- a/src/bin/lfortran.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/lfortran.cpp
@@ -95,10 +95,15 @@
 {
     char *env_p = std::getenv("LFORTRAN_KOKKOS_DIR");
     if (env_p) return env_p;
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+    static std::string lfortran_kokkos_dir_default = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@";
+    return lfortran_kokkos_dir_default;
+#else
     std::cerr << "The code C++ generated by the C++ LFortran backend uses the Kokkos library" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "(https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos). Please define the LFORTRAN_KOKKOS_DIR" << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "environment variable to point to the Kokkos installation." << std::endl;
     throw LFortran::LFortranException("LFORTRAN_KOKKOS_DIR is not defined");
+#endif
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LFORTRAN_LLVM
@@ -1082,7 +1087,11 @@
             out << src;
         }
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+        std::string CXX = "clang++";
+#else
         std::string CXX = "g++";
+#endif
         std::string options;
         if (compiler_options.openmp) {
             options += "-fopenmp ";
@@ -1212,7 +1221,11 @@
         }
         return 0;
     } else if (backend == Backend::cpp) {
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+        std::string CXX = "clang++";
+#else
         std::string CXX = "g++";
+#endif
         std::string options, post_options;
         if (static_executable) {
             options += " -static ";
@@ -1222,8 +1235,13 @@
         }
         if (kokkos) {
             std::string kokkos_dir = get_kokkos_dir();
-            post_options += kokkos_dir + "/lib/libkokkoscontainers.a "
-                + kokkos_dir + "/lib/libkokkoscore.a -ldl";
+            if (static_executable) {
+                post_options += kokkos_dir + "/lib/libkokkoscontainers.a "
+                    + kokkos_dir + "/lib/libkokkoscore.a -ldl";
+            } else {
+                post_options += kokkos_dir + "/lib/libkokkoscontainers.so "
+                    + kokkos_dir + "/lib/libkokkoscore.so -ldl";
+            }
         }
         std::string cmd = CXX + options + " -o " + outfile + " ";
         for (auto &s : infiles) {
@@ -1304,7 +1322,7 @@
         bool show_asm = false;
         bool time_report = false;
         bool static_link = false;
-        std::string arg_backend = "llvm";
+        std::string arg_backend = "cpp";
         std::string arg_kernel_f;
         bool print_targets = false;