diff --git a/android/android.toolchain.cmake b/android/android.toolchain.cmake
index b3c8d83fc1..f5daf307f7 100644
--- a/android/android.toolchain.cmake
+++ b/android/android.toolchain.cmake
@@ -981,7 +981,13 @@ if( BUILD_WITH_ANDROID_NDK )
   set( ANDROID_EXCEPTIONS       ON )
   set( ANDROID_RTTI             ON )
   if( EXISTS "${ANDROID_NDK}/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/${ANDROID_COMPILER_VERSION}" )
-   set( __libstl                "${ANDROID_NDK}/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/${ANDROID_COMPILER_VERSION}" )
+   if( ARMEABI_V7A AND ANDROID_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "4.7" AND ANDROID_NDK_RELEASE STREQUAL "r8d" )
+    # gnustl binary for 4.7 compiler is buggy :(
+    # TODO: look for right fix
+    set( __libstl                "${ANDROID_NDK}/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.6" )
+   else()
+    set( __libstl                "${ANDROID_NDK}/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/${ANDROID_COMPILER_VERSION}" )
+   endif()
   else()
    set( __libstl                "${ANDROID_NDK}/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++" )
   endif()