diff --git a/buildozer/targets/android.py b/buildozer/targets/android.py
index 29761a197..7a3ebf4e9 100644
--- a/buildozer/targets/android.py
+++ b/buildozer/targets/android.py
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 # does.
 DEFAULT_SDK_TAG = '4333796'
 
+MSG_P4A_RECOMMENDED_NDK_ERROR = (
+    "WARNING: Unable to find recommended android's NDK for current "
+    "installation of p4...so returning the recommended buildozer's one, which "
+    "is android's NDK r{android_ndk}".format(android_ndk=ANDROID_NDK_VERSION)
+)
+
 
 class TargetAndroid(Target):
     targetname = 'android'
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@ class TargetAndroid(Target):
     p4a_fork = 'kivy'
     p4a_branch = 'master'
     p4a_apk_cmd = "apk --debug --bootstrap="
+    p4a_best_ndk_version = None
     extra_p4a_args = ''
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -97,6 +104,47 @@ def _p4a(self, cmd, **kwargs):
         kwargs.setdefault('cwd', self.pa_dir)
         return self.buildozer.cmd(self._p4a_cmd + cmd + self.extra_p4a_args, **kwargs)
 
+    @property
+    def p4a_best_android_ndk(self):
+        """
+        Return the p4a's recommended android's NDK version, depending on the
+        p4a version used for our buildozer build. In case that we don't find
+        it, we will return the buildozer's recommended one, defined by global
+        variable `ANDROID_NDK_VERSION`.
+        """
+        if self.p4a_best_ndk_version is not None:
+            # make sure to read p4a version only the first time
+            return self.p4a_best_ndk_version
+
+        if not hasattr(self, "pa_dir"):
+            pa_dir = join(self.buildozer.platform_dir, self.p4a_directory)
+        else:
+            pa_dir = self.pa_dir
+
+        # check p4a's recommendation file, and in case that exists find the
+        # recommended android's NDK version, otherwise return buildozer's one
+        ndk_version = ANDROID_NDK_VERSION
+        rec_file = join(pa_dir, "pythonforandroid", "recommendations.py")
+        if not os.path.isfile(rec_file):
+            self.buildozer.error(MSG_P4A_RECOMMENDED_NDK_ERROR)
+            return ndk_version
+
+        for line in open(rec_file, "r"):
+            if line.startswith("RECOMMENDED_NDK_VERSION ="):
+                ndk_version = line.replace(
+                    "RECOMMENDED_NDK_VERSION =", "")
+                # clean version of unwanted characters
+                for i in {"'", '"', "\n", " "}:
+                    ndk_version = ndk_version.replace(i, "")
+                self.buildozer.info(
+                    "Recommended android's NDK version by p4a is: {}".format(
+                        ndk_version
+                    )
+                )
+                self.p4a_best_ndk_version = ndk_version
+                break
+        return ndk_version
+
     def _sdkmanager(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Call the sdkmanager in our Android SDK with the given arguments."""
         # Use the android-sdk dir as cwd by default
@@ -112,7 +160,7 @@ def _sdkmanager(self, *args, **kwargs):
     @property
     def android_ndk_version(self):
         return self.buildozer.config.getdefault('app', 'android.ndk',
-                                                ANDROID_NDK_VERSION)
+                                                self.p4a_best_android_ndk)
 
     @property
     def android_api(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_buildozer.py b/tests/test_buildozer.py
index d81076bd8..2d799a484 100644
--- a/tests/test_buildozer.py
+++ b/tests/test_buildozer.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 from six import StringIO
 import tempfile
 
-from buildozer.targets.android import TargetAndroid
+from buildozer.targets.android import (
+    TargetAndroid, ANDROID_NDK_VERSION, MSG_P4A_RECOMMENDED_NDK_ERROR
+)
 
 
 class TestBuildozer(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -200,3 +202,48 @@ def test_cmd_unicode_decode(self):
             assert m_stdout.write.call_args_list == [
                 mock.call(command_output)
             ]
+
+    def test_p4a_best_ndk_version_default_value(self):
+        self.set_specfile_log_level(self.specfile.name, 1)
+        buildozer = Buildozer(self.specfile.name, 'android')
+        assert buildozer.target.p4a_best_ndk_version is None
+
+    def test_p4a_best_android_ndk_error(self):
+        self.set_specfile_log_level(self.specfile.name, 1)
+        buildozer = Buildozer(self.specfile.name, 'android')
+
+        with mock.patch('sys.stdout', new_callable=StringIO) as mock_stdout:
+            ndk_version = buildozer.target.p4a_best_android_ndk
+        assert MSG_P4A_RECOMMENDED_NDK_ERROR in mock_stdout.getvalue()
+        # and we should get the default android's ndk version of buildozer
+        assert ndk_version == ANDROID_NDK_VERSION
+
+    @mock.patch('buildozer.targets.android.os.path.isfile')
+    @mock.patch('buildozer.targets.android.os.path.exists')
+    @mock.patch('buildozer.targets.android.open')
+    def test_p4a_best_android_ndk_found(
+            self, mock_open, mock_exists, mock_isfile
+    ):
+        self.set_specfile_log_level(self.specfile.name, 1)
+        buildozer = Buildozer(self.specfile.name, 'android')
+
+        expected_ndk = '19b'
+        mock_open.side_effect = [
+            mock.mock_open(
+                read_data='RECOMMENDED_NDK_VERSION = {expected_ndk}\n'.format(
+                    expected_ndk=expected_ndk)
+            ).return_value
+        ]
+        ndk_version = buildozer.target.p4a_best_android_ndk
+        pa_dir = os.path.join(
+            buildozer.platform_dir, buildozer.target.p4a_directory)
+        mock_open.assert_called_once_with(
+            os.path.join(pa_dir, "pythonforandroid", "recommendations.py"), 'r'
+        )
+        assert ndk_version == expected_ndk
+
+        # now test that we only read one time p4a file, so we call again to
+        # `p4a_best_android_ndk` and we should still have one call to `open`
+        # file, the performed above
+        ndk_version = buildozer.target.p4a_best_android_ndk
+        mock_open.assert_called_once()