diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 755ba36e3..a4ce1de2a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@
 [submodule "submodules/msx264"]
 	path = submodules/msx264
 	url = git://git.linphone.org/msx264.git
+[submodule "submodules/externals/openssl"]
+	path = submodules/externals/openssl
+	url = git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/external/openssl.git
diff --git a/jni/Android.mk b/jni/Android.mk
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f3ff0eb5b..87a283b15
--- a/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/jni/Android.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ include $(root-dir)/submodules/externals/build/exosip/Android.mk
 
 include $(root-dir)/submodules/externals/build/osip/Android.mk
 
+include $(root-dir)/submodules/externals/openssl/Android.mk
+
 include $(root-dir)/submodules/linphone/oRTP/build/android/Android.mk
 
 include $(root-dir)/submodules/linphone/mediastreamer2/build/android/Android.mk
diff --git a/jni/Application.mk b/jni/Application.mk
index ed5a56a9b..d08417909 100644
--- a/jni/Application.mk
+++ b/jni/Application.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 APP_PROJECT_PATH := $(call my-dir)/../
-APP_MODULES      :=libspeex libgsm libortp libosip2 libeXosip2 libmediastreamer2  liblinphone 
+APP_MODULES      :=libspeex libgsm libortp libosip2 libeXosip2 libmediastreamer2  liblinphone libcrypto
+APP_STL := stlport_static
+
 
 ifeq ($(RING),yes)
 APP_MODULES      += libring
diff --git a/submodules/externals/openssl b/submodules/externals/openssl
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..bbb2e706f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/externals/openssl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bbb2e706f6d9aeb29f7119ca3edd87e9a578222a