diff --git a/recipes/android/src/android/_android.pyx b/recipes/android/src/android/_android.pyx
index 6db6aeac70..99e51fce2d 100644
--- a/recipes/android/src/android/_android.pyx
+++ b/recipes/android/src/android/_android.pyx
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ cdef extern void android_hide_keyboard()
 
 
 from jnius import autoclass
+
+# API versions
+api_version = autoclass('android.os.Build$VERSION').SDK_INT
+version_codes = autoclass('android.os.Build$VERSION_CODES')
+
+
 python_act = autoclass('org.renpy.android.PythonActivity')
 rctx = autoclass('android.graphics.Rect')()
 mActivity = python_act.mActivity