diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index bdbfc51b41..9bd2612010 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     android:sharedUserLabel="@string/shared_user_label">
 
   <uses-sdk
-      android:minSdkVersion="7"
+      android:minSdkVersion="9"
       tools:overrideLibrary="com.google.android.gms, com.facebook.android"/>
 
   <uses-feature
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index e939b8fc3c..48cfc92817 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-propMinSdkVersion=7
+propMinSdkVersion=9
 propTargetSdkVersion=21
 propBuildToolsVersion=21.0.1
 propVersionCode=400
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ propAndroidSupportLibrary=com.android.support:support-v4:+
 propGooglePlayServices=com.google.android.gms:play-services:+
 propGradleAndroidPlugin=com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.13.+
 propNineOldAndroids=com.nineoldandroids:library:2.4.0
-propFacebookSdk=com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:3.19.1
\ No newline at end of file
+propFacebookSdk=com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:3.19.1
diff --git a/android/jni/Android.mk b/android/jni/Android.mk
index 15deb14903..4475659b2e 100644
--- a/android/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/android/jni/Android.mk
@@ -151,15 +151,7 @@ ifneq ($(NDK_DEBUG),1)
 endif
 
 
-TARGET_PLATFORM := android-5
-
-ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH_ABI), mips)
-  TARGET_PLATFORM := android-9
-else
-  ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH_ABI), x86)
-    TARGET_PLATFORM := android-9
-  endif
-endif
+TARGET_PLATFORM := android-9
 
 LOCAL_HEADER_FILES := \
  	com/mapswithme/core/jni_helper.hpp \
@@ -207,7 +199,7 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
 	nv_event/nv_event.cpp \
 	nv_time/nv_time.cpp \
 
-LOCAL_LDLIBS := -llog -lGLESv2
+LOCAL_LDLIBS := -llog -lGLESv2 -latomic
 
 LOCAL_LDLIBS += -Wl,--gc-sections
 
diff --git a/android/jni/Application.mk b/android/jni/Application.mk
index 08172e0ef7..c005bcf363 100644
--- a/android/jni/Application.mk
+++ b/android/jni/Application.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 NDK_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION := clang3.5
-APP_PLATFORM := android-5
+APP_PLATFORM := android-9
 APP_STL := c++_static
 #APP_CPPFLAGS += -std=c++11
 # for gcc 4.6
diff --git a/tools/mkspecs/android-clang/qmake.conf b/tools/mkspecs/android-clang/qmake.conf
index 368d63c1af..f4eb58a62e 100644
--- a/tools/mkspecs/android-clang/qmake.conf
+++ b/tools/mkspecs/android-clang/qmake.conf
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 # NDK_ROOT should be defined for qmake
 # NDK_HOST should be defined for qmake
 # NDK_ABI optionally can be defined to armeabi, armeabi-v7a, mips or x86, by default armeabi will be used
-# NDK_PLATFORM should be android-5 or higher
 
 #########################################################################
 
 ANDROID_TARGET_ABI = $$(NDK_ABI)
-# by default use armv5 architecture
-isEmpty( ANDROID_TARGET_ABI ): ANDROID_TARGET_ABI = armeabi
+# by default use armv7 architecture
+isEmpty( ANDROID_TARGET_ABI ): ANDROID_TARGET_ABI = armeabi-v7a
 
-ANDROID_PLATFORM = $$(NDK_PLATFORM)
-# by default use android-5 platform
-isEmpty( ANDROID_PLATFORM ): ANDROID_PLATFORM = android-5
+# Minimum supported version is Android 2.3
+ANDROID_PLATFORM = android-9
 
 GCC_VERSION = 4.8
 CLANG_VERSION = 3.5
@@ -39,9 +37,6 @@ contains(ANDROID_TARGET_ABI, x86) {
   GCC_TOOLCHAIN   = $$(NDK_ROOT)/toolchains/x86-$$GCC_VERSION/prebuilt/$$(NDK_HOST)
   GCC_TARGET      = i686-none-linux-android
   QMAKE_CFLAGS   *= -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fstack-protector -fPIC -no-canonical-prefixes -fomit-frame-pointer -fstrict-aliasing
-  # NOTE: x86 works only from android-9 and above!
-  contains(ANDROID_PLATFORM, android-5) : ANDROID_PLATFORM = android-9
-  contains(ANDROID_PLATFORM, android-8) : ANDROID_PLATFORM = android-9
 
   PLATFORM_INCLUDE_PATH = $$(NDK_ROOT)/platforms/$$ANDROID_PLATFORM/arch-x86/usr/include
   ABI_INCLUDE_PATH      = $$BASE_CXX_INCLUDE_PATH/../gabi++/include
@@ -55,9 +50,6 @@ contains(ANDROID_TARGET_ABI, x86) {
     GCC_TOOLCHAIN   = $$(NDK_ROOT)/toolchains/mipsel-linux-android-$$GCC_VERSION/prebuilt/$$(NDK_HOST)
     GCC_TARGET      = mipsel-none-linux-android
     QMAKE_CFLAGS   *= -fpic -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-functions -ffunction-sections -funwind-tables -fmessage-length=0 -no-canonical-prefixes -fomit-frame-pointer
-    # NOTE: mips works only from android-9 and above!
-    contains(ANDROID_PLATFORM, android-5) : ANDROID_PLATFORM = android-9
-    contains(ANDROID_PLATFORM, android-8) : ANDROID_PLATFORM = android-9
 
     PLATFORM_INCLUDE_PATH = $$(NDK_ROOT)/platforms/$$ANDROID_PLATFORM/arch-mips/usr/include
     ABI_INCLUDE_PATH      = $$BASE_CXX_INCLUDE_PATH/../gabi++/include