diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c8c510924..e3e2a882b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.21.9 (not yet released)
+* Android
+  - fix crash on ARMv7
 
 ver 0.21.8 (2019/04/23)
 * input
diff --git a/android/build.py b/android/build.py
index 842784d49..23ec9f256 100755
--- a/android/build.py
+++ b/android/build.py
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ class AndroidNdkToolchain:
         libstdcxx_ldflags = libstdcxx_flags + ' -L' + libcxx_libs_path
         libstdcxx_libs = '-lc++_static -lc++abi'
 
+        if self.is_armv7:
+            # On 32 bit ARM, clang generates no ".eh_frame" section;
+            # instead, the LLVM unwinder library is used for unwinding
+            # the stack after a C++ exception was thrown
+            libstdcxx_libs += ' -lunwind'
+
         if use_cxx:
             self.cxxflags += ' ' + libstdcxx_cxxflags
             self.ldflags += ' ' + libstdcxx_ldflags