diff --git a/gvr-interface/CMakeLists.txt b/gvr-interface/CMakeLists.txt
index 60fcc43d0b..c97b84aeaa 100644
--- a/gvr-interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gvr-interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ include_directories(${ANDROID_NDK}/sources/android/native_app_glue)
 
 include_glm()
 
-link_hifi_libraries(shared networking)
+set(REQUIRED_HIFI_LIBRARIES "shared" "networking")
+
+link_hifi_libraries(${REQUIRED_HIFI_LIBRARIES})
 link_shared_dependencies()
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} log android)
@@ -24,6 +26,11 @@ set(ARM_TARGET "armeabi-v7a")
 set(TARGET_SHARED_LIBRARIES ${${TARGET_NAME}_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK})
 list(APPEND TARGET_SHARED_LIBRARIES "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/lib${TARGET_NAME}.so")
 
+# append each of the hifi shared libraries to our list of libs to link
+foreach(HIFI_SHARED_LIBRARY ${REQUIRED_HIFI_LIBRARIES})
+  list(APPEND TARGET_SHARED_LIBRARIES "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/lib${HIFI_SHARED_LIBRARY}.so")
+endforeach()
+
 set(TARGET_JAR_LIBRARIES "${QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/../../jar/QtAndroid-bundled.jar")
 
 android_create_apk(