diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8c28323f84..2e0e3cf801 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ git-annex (4.20130921) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Use cryptohash rather than SHA for hashing when no external hash program
     is available. This is a significant speedup for SHA256 on OSX, for
     example.
+  * Android build redone from scratch, many dependencies updated,
+    and entire build can now be done using provided scripts.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:42:29 -0400
 
diff --git a/standalone/android/Makefile b/standalone/android/Makefile
index bf1802ca63..494b052c09 100644
--- a/standalone/android/Makefile
+++ b/standalone/android/Makefile
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ $(GIT_ANNEX_ANDROID_SOURCETREE)/gnupg/build-stamp:
 	touch $@
 
 $(GIT_ANNEX_ANDROID_SOURCETREE)/term/build-stamp: term.patch icons
-	cd $(GIT_ANNEX_ANDROID_SOURCETREE)/term && git reset --hard
+	# This is a known-good version that the patch works with.
+	cd $(GIT_ANNEX_ANDROID_SOURCETREE)/term && git reset --hard 3d34b3c42295c215b62e70f3ee696dd664ba08ce
 	cat term.patch | (cd $(GIT_ANNEX_ANDROID_SOURCETREE)/term && patch -p1)
 	(cd icons && tar c .) | (cd $(GIT_ANNEX_ANDROID_SOURCETREE)/term/res && tar x)
 	# This renaming has a purpose. It makes the path to the app's