diff --git a/jnius/jnius_jvm_android.pxi b/jnius/jnius_jvm_android.pxi
index c84fcc9..dae6b31 100644
--- a/jnius/jnius_jvm_android.pxi
+++ b/jnius/jnius_jvm_android.pxi
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # on android, rely on SDL to get the JNI env
-cdef extern JNIEnv *SDL_ANDROID_GetJNIEnv()
+cdef extern JNIEnv *SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv()
+
 
 cdef JNIEnv *get_platform_jnienv() except NULL:
-    return SDL_ANDROID_GetJNIEnv()
+    return <JNIEnv*>SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv()