diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 06685148b..69685ec7d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ ver 0.20.20 (not yet released)
   - dsdiff, dsf: support more MIME types
   - dsdiff, dsf: allow 4 MB ID3 tags
   - opus: support R128_ALBUM_GAIN tag
+* Android, Windows
+  - enable the "proxy" database plugin
 
 ver 0.20.19 (2018/04/26)
 * protocol
diff --git a/android/build.py b/android/build.py
index 19dcbaee7..ee64d3059 100755
--- a/android/build.py
+++ b/android/build.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ class AndroidNdkToolchain:
 # a list of third-party libraries to be used by MPD on Android
 from build.libs import *
 thirdparty_libs = [
+    libmpdclient,
     libogg,
     libvorbis,
     opus,
diff --git a/python/build/libs.py b/python/build/libs.py
index c11be6188..be77050db 100644
--- a/python/build/libs.py
+++ b/python/build/libs.py
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@ from os.path import abspath
 
 from build.project import Project
 from build.zlib import ZlibProject
+from build.meson import MesonProject
 from build.autotools import AutotoolsProject
 from build.ffmpeg import FfmpegProject
 from build.boost import BoostProject
 
+libmpdclient = MesonProject(
+    'https://www.musicpd.org/download/libmpdclient/2/libmpdclient-2.14.tar.xz',
+    '0a84e2791bfe3077cf22ee1784c805d5bb550803dffe56a39aa3690a38061372',
+    'lib/libmpdclient.a',
+)
+
 libogg = AutotoolsProject(
     'http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-1.3.3.tar.xz',
     '4f3fc6178a533d392064f14776b23c397ed4b9f48f5de297aba73b643f955c08',
diff --git a/win32/build.py b/win32/build.py
index 38cc9c271..99203a6d6 100755
--- a/win32/build.py
+++ b/win32/build.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class CrossGccToolchain:
 # a list of third-party libraries to be used by MPD on Android
 from build.libs import *
 thirdparty_libs = [
+    libmpdclient,
     libogg,
     libvorbis,
     opus,