diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 564fc0b1a..9b9e1497b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ NUMCPUS=$(shell grep -c '^processor' /proc/cpuinfo)
 TOPDIR=$(shell pwd)
 PATCH_FFMPEG=$(shell cd submodules/externals/ffmpeg && git status | grep neon)
 
-all: prepare-sources generate-libs generate-apk install-apk
+all: prepare-sources generate-libs generate-apk install-apk run-linphone
 
 prepare-ffmpeg:
 ifeq ($(PATCH_FFMPEG),)
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ generate-apk:
 install-apk: generate-apk
 	ant installd
 
+run-linphone:
+	ant run
+
 clean:
 	$(NDK_PATH)/ndk-build clean
 	ant clean
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 49bf85716..256b45150 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1049,6 +1049,18 @@
             </else>
         </if>
     </target>
+    
+    <target name="run">
+	    <exec executable="adb">
+	        <arg value="shell"/>
+	        <arg value="am"/>
+	        <arg value="start"/>
+	        <arg value="-a"/>
+	        <arg value="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
+	        <arg value="-n"/>
+	        <arg value="${linphone.package.name}/.LinphoneLauncherActivity"/>
+	    </exec>
+	</target>
 
     <!-- This runs -package-release and -release-nosign first and then runs
          only if release-sign is true (set in -release-check,