diff --git a/cargo-apk/src/apk.rs b/cargo-apk/src/apk.rs
index b9506ba..52e0fe2 100644
--- a/cargo-apk/src/apk.rs
+++ b/cargo-apk/src/apk.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ impl<'a> ApkBuilder<'a> {
                 *target,
                 self.min_sdk_version(),
                 self.cmd.target_dir(),
+                self.manifest.hacky_bins,
             )?;
             cargo.arg("check");
             if self.cmd.target().is_none() {
@@ -220,13 +221,29 @@ impl<'a> ApkBuilder<'a> {
         for target in &self.build_targets {
             let triple = target.rust_triple();
             let build_dir = self.cmd.build_dir(Some(triple));
-            let artifact = self.cmd.artifact(artifact, Some(triple), CrateType::Cdylib);
+            let lib = self.cmd.artifact(artifact, Some(triple), CrateType::Cdylib);
+
+            if self.manifest.hacky_bins {
+                let actual_bin = self.cmd.artifact(artifact, Some(triple), CrateType::Bin);
+                #[cfg(unix)]
+                {
+                    if let Err(err) = std::fs::remove_file(&lib) {
+                        if err.kind() != std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
+                            return Err(err.into());
+                        }
+                    }
+                    std::os::unix::fs::symlink(actual_bin, &lib)?;
+                }
+                #[cfg(not(unix))]
+                std::fs::copy(actual_bin, &lib)?;
+            }
 
             let mut cargo = cargo_ndk(
                 &self.ndk,
                 *target,
                 self.min_sdk_version(),
                 self.cmd.target_dir(),
+                self.manifest.hacky_bins,
             )?;
             cargo.arg("build");
             if self.cmd.target().is_none() {
@@ -247,7 +264,7 @@ impl<'a> ApkBuilder<'a> {
                 .map(|path| path.as_path())
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-            apk.add_lib_recursively(&artifact, *target, libs_search_paths.as_slice())?;
+            apk.add_lib_recursively(&lib, *target, libs_search_paths.as_slice())?;
 
             if let Some(runtime_libs) = &runtime_libs {
                 apk.add_runtime_libs(runtime_libs, *target, libs_search_paths.as_slice())?;
@@ -347,6 +364,7 @@ impl<'a> ApkBuilder<'a> {
                 *target,
                 self.min_sdk_version(),
                 self.cmd.target_dir(),
+                self.manifest.hacky_bins,
             )?;
             cargo.arg(cargo_cmd);
             self.cmd.args().apply(&mut cargo);
diff --git a/cargo-apk/src/manifest.rs b/cargo-apk/src/manifest.rs
index de4460a..508a1ef 100644
--- a/cargo-apk/src/manifest.rs
+++ b/cargo-apk/src/manifest.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Manifest {
     pub(crate) signing: HashMap<String, Signing>,
     pub(crate) reverse_port_forward: HashMap<String, String>,
     pub(crate) strip: StripConfig,
+    pub(crate) hacky_bins: bool,
 }
 
 impl Manifest {
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ impl Manifest {
             signing: metadata.signing,
             reverse_port_forward: metadata.reverse_port_forward,
             strip: metadata.strip,
+            hacky_bins: metadata.hacky_bins,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@ struct AndroidMetadata {
     reverse_port_forward: HashMap<String, String>,
     #[serde(default)]
     strip: StripConfig,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    hacky_bins: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/ndk-build/src/cargo.rs b/ndk-build/src/cargo.rs
index b6459eb..bc64507 100644
--- a/ndk-build/src/cargo.rs
+++ b/ndk-build/src/cargo.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub fn cargo_ndk(
     target: Target,
     sdk_version: u32,
     target_dir: impl AsRef<Path>,
+    hacky_bins: bool,
 ) -> Result<Command, NdkError> {
     let triple = target.rust_triple();
     let clang_target = format!("--target={}{}", target.ndk_llvm_triple(), sdk_version);
@@ -105,6 +106,13 @@ pub fn cargo_ndk(
         );
     }
 
+    if hacky_bins {
+        rustflags.push_str(SEP);
+        rustflags.push_str("-Clink-arg=-shared");
+        rustflags.push_str(SEP);
+        rustflags.push_str("-Clink-arg=-no-pie");
+    }
+
     cargo.env("CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS", rustflags);
 
     Ok(cargo)