diff --git a/lib/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index c8054c0..22f51e5 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ endif ()
 
 # Android target
 if (ANDROID)
-        set(CMAKE_ANDROID_STL_TYPE llvm-libc++_static)
+        set(CMAKE_ANDROID_STL_TYPE llvm-libc++_shared)
 
         find_library(
                 log-lib
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/org/kiwix/libkiwix/JNIKiwix.java b/lib/src/main/java/org/kiwix/libkiwix/JNIKiwix.java
index fa817c1..e0a3528 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/org/kiwix/libkiwix/JNIKiwix.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/org/kiwix/libkiwix/JNIKiwix.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 public class JNIKiwix
 {
   public JNIKiwix(final Context context) {
+    ReLinker.loadLibrary(context, "c++_shared");
     ReLinker.loadLibrary(context, "kiwix");
     ReLinker.loadLibrary(context, "zim");
     ReLinker.loadLibrary(context, "kiwix_wrapper");