diff --git a/gst-sdk/tutorials/android-tutorial-1/jni/Android.mk b/gst-sdk/tutorials/android-tutorial-1/jni/Android.mk
index 6ab806bd9c..bed77fd797 100755
--- a/gst-sdk/tutorials/android-tutorial-1/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/gst-sdk/tutorials/android-tutorial-1/jni/Android.mk
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := gstreamer_android
 LOCAL_LDLIBS := -landroid
 include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
 
+ifndef GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT
 ifndef GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT_ANDROID
 $(error GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT_ANDROID is not defined!)
 endif
 GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT        := $(GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT_ANDROID)
+endif
 GSTREAMER_NDK_BUILD_PATH  := $(GSTREAMER_SDK_ROOT)/share/gst-android/ndk-build/
 GSTREAMER_PLUGINS         := coreelements ogg theora vorbis ffmpegcolorspace playback audioconvert audiorate audioresample coreindexers gio uridecodebin videorate videoscale typefindfunctions eglglessink soup amc matroska autodetect videofilter videotestsrc opensles volume
 G_IO_MODULES              := gnutls