diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4190be903..0cdec90e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ to [kiwix-build](https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-build).
 Preamble
 --------
 
-Although the Kiwix library can be compiled/cross-compiled on/for many
+Although the Kiwix library can be (cross-)compiled on/for many
 sytems, the following documentation explains how to do it on POSIX
-ones. It is primarly though for GNU/Linux systems and has been tested
+ones. It is primarly thought for GNU/Linux systems and has been tested
 on recent releases of Ubuntu and Fedora.
 
 Dependencies
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 69fda8842..50ae99ffe 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ compiler = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 find_library_in_compiler = meson.version().version_compare('>=0.31.0')
 
 static_deps = get_option('android') or get_option('default_library') == 'static'
+if get_option('android')
+  extra_libs = ['-llog']
+else
+  extra_libs = []
+endif
 
 thread_dep = dependency('threads')
 libicu_dep = dependency('icu-i18n', static:static_deps)
@@ -95,7 +100,6 @@ if xapian_dep.found()
     pkg_requires += ['xapian-core']
 endif
 
-extra_libs = ['-llog']
 extra_cflags = ''
 if has_ctpp2_dep
   extra_libs += ctpp2_link_args