diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index b0bec4b4..15b00873 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-LOCAL_PATH:= $(call my-dir)
+LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
+
+WEBP_CFLAGS := -Wall -DANDROID -DHAVE_MALLOC_H -DHAVE_PTHREAD -DWEBP_USE_THREAD
+
+ifeq ($(APP_OPTIM),release)
+  WEBP_CFLAGS += -finline-functions -frename-registers -ffast-math -s
+endif
 
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
     src/dec/alpha.c \
     src/dec/buffer.c \
@@ -52,13 +59,12 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
     src/utils/thread.c \
     src/utils/utils.c \
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS := -Wall -DANDROID -DHAVE_MALLOC_H -DHAVE_PTHREAD \
-                -DWEBP_USE_THREAD \
-                -finline-functions -frename-registers -ffast-math \
-                -s -fomit-frame-pointer -Isrc/webp
-
+LOCAL_CFLAGS := $(WEBP_CFLAGS)
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH)/src
 
+# prefer arm over thumb mode for performance gains
+LOCAL_ARM_MODE := arm
+
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH_ABI),armeabi-v7a)
   # Setting LOCAL_ARM_NEON will enable -mfpu=neon which may cause illegal
   # instructions to be generated for armv7a code. Instead target the neon code
@@ -69,8 +75,22 @@ ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH_ABI),armeabi-v7a)
 endif
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := cpufeatures
 
-LOCAL_MODULE:= webp
+LOCAL_MODULE := webp
 
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
+    examples/dwebp.c \
+    examples/example_util.c \
+
+LOCAL_CFLAGS := $(WEBP_CFLAGS)
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/src
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := webp
+
+LOCAL_MODULE := dwebp
+
+include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
+
 $(call import-module,android/cpufeatures)