Quick how-to cross compile tinc for android (done from $HOME/android/): - Download android NDK and setup local ARM toolchain: wget http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9d-linux-x86.tar.bz2 tar xfj android-ndk-r9d-linux-x86.tar.bz2 ./android-ndk-r9d/build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh --platform=android-5 --install-dir=/tmp/my-android-toolchain - Download and cross-compile openSSL for ARM: wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1h.tar.gz tar xfz openssl-1.0.1h.tar.gz cd openssl-1.0.1h ./Configure dist make CC=/tmp/my-android-toolchain/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc AR="/tmp/my-android-toolchain/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ar r" RANLIB=/tmp/my-android-toolchain/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ranlib cd - - Clone and cross-compile tinc: git clone git://tinc-vpn.org/tinc cd tinc autoreconf -fsi CC=/tmp/my-android-toolchain/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc ./configure --host=arm-linux --disable-lzo --with-openssl-lib=$HOME/android/openssl-1.0.1g --with-openssl-include=$HOME/android/openssl-1.0.1g/include/ --disable-hardening make -j5 - Strip tincd binary to make it smaller /tmp/my-android-toolchain/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-strip src/tincd