diff --git a/opengl/libagl/Android.mk b/opengl/libagl/Android.mk
index 9837845..c2e9f31 100644
--- a/opengl/libagl/Android.mk
+++ b/opengl/libagl/Android.mk
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 
 ifneq ($(TARGET_SIMULATOR),true)
     # we need to access the private Bionic header <bionic_tls.h>
+    # on ARM platforms, we need to mirror the ARCH_ARM_HAVE_TLS_REGISTER
+    # behavior from the bionic Android.mk file
+    ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH)-$(ARCH_ARM_HAVE_TLS_REGISTER),arm-true)
+        LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ARM_TLS_REGISTER
+    endif
     LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += bionic/libc/private
 endif
 
diff --git a/opengl/libs/Android.mk b/opengl/libs/Android.mk
index 7353385..6b7020f 100644
--- a/opengl/libs/Android.mk
+++ b/opengl/libs/Android.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 ifeq ($(TARGET_SIMULATOR),true)
 else
     LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libdl
+    # Bionic's private TLS header relies on the ARCH_ARM_HAVE_TLS_REGISTER to
+    # select the appropriate TLS codepath
+    ifeq ($(ARCH_ARM_HAVE_TLS_REGISTER),true)
+        LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ARM_TLS_REGISTER
+    endif
     # we need to access the private Bionic header <bionic_tls.h>
     LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += bionic/libc/private
 endif
@@ -75,6 +80,9 @@
 else
     LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libdl
     # we need to access the private Bionic header <bionic_tls.h>
+    ifeq ($(ARCH_ARM_HAVE_TLS_REGISTER),true)
+        LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ARM_TLS_REGISTER
+    endif
     LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += bionic/libc/private
 endif
 
@@ -108,6 +116,9 @@
 else
     LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libdl
     # we need to access the private Bionic header <bionic_tls.h>
+    ifeq ($(ARCH_ARM_HAVE_TLS_REGISTER),true)
+        LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ARM_TLS_REGISTER
+    endif
     LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += bionic/libc/private
 endif