diff --git a/hostapd/Android.mk b/hostapd/Android.mk
index f2bc9b0..5d6fe56 100644
--- a/hostapd/Android.mk
+++ b/hostapd/Android.mk
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@
 INCLUDES += external/openssl/include
 INCLUDES += system/security/keystore/include
 ifdef CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211
+ifneq ($(wildcard external/libnl),)
 INCLUDES += external/libnl/include
+else
+INCLUDES += external/libnl-headers
+endif
 endif
 
 
@@ -910,7 +914,11 @@
 endif
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libc libcutils liblog libcrypto libssl
 ifdef CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211
+ifneq ($(wildcard external/libnl),)
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libnl
+else
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libnl_2
+endif
 endif
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := $(L_CFLAGS)
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(OBJS)