diff --git a/cmake/external/gtest.cmake b/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
index e459526583bd5ee3c89807657f3c30376e57d971..de44719803fc4f130d536c2354fa492a57e3e69a 100644
--- a/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/gtest.cmake
@@ -43,6 +43,24 @@ IF(WITH_TESTING OR (WITH_DISTRIBUTE AND NOT WITH_GRPC))
         SET(GTEST_DEPENDS   ${MKLML_PROJECT})
     ENDIF()
 
+    SET(OPTIONAL_ARGS "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}"
+        "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}"
+        "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}"
+        "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}"
+        "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}"
+        "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}"
+        "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}"
+        "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
+
+    if(ANDROID)
+        SET(OPTIONAL_ARGS ${OPTIONAL_ARGS}
+            "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}"
+            "-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION}"
+            "-DCMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI=${CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH_ABI}"
+            "-DCMAKE_ANDROID_NDK=${CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK}"
+            "-DCMAKE_ANDROID_STL_TYPE=${CMAKE_ANDROID_STL_TYPE}")
+    endif()
+
     ExternalProject_Add(
         extern_gtest
         ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
@@ -51,14 +69,7 @@ IF(WITH_TESTING OR (WITH_DISTRIBUTE AND NOT WITH_GRPC))
         GIT_TAG         "release-1.8.0"
         PREFIX          ${GTEST_SOURCES_DIR}
         UPDATE_COMMAND  ""
-        CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
-                        -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
-                        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
-                        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}
-                        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}
-                        -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}
-                        -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}
-                        -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE=${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE}
+        CMAKE_ARGS      ${OPTIONAL_ARGS}
                         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${GTEST_INSTALL_DIR}
                         -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
                         -DBUILD_GMOCK=ON