diff --git a/android/android.make b/android/android.make
index 9e50e6ce70..583d468472 100644
--- a/android/android.make
+++ b/android/android.make
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ RES		:= $(wildcard $(ANDROID_DIR)/res/*/*)
 
 CLEANOBJS += bin gen libs data
 
-JAVAC_OPTS += -source 1.6 -target 1.6 -implicit:none -classpath $(ANDROID_PLATFORM)/android.jar:$(CLASSPATH)
+JAVAC_OPTS += -source 1.7 -target 1.7 -implicit:none -classpath $(ANDROID_PLATFORM)/android.jar:$(CLASSPATH)
 
 .PHONY:
 $(MANIFEST): $(MANIFEST_SRC) $(DIRS)