diff --git a/tools/emulator/opengl/tests/translator_tests/GLES_CM/Android.mk b/tools/emulator/opengl/tests/translator_tests/GLES_CM/Android.mk
index deb11b6d4..a73f6b808 100644
--- a/tools/emulator/opengl/tests/translator_tests/GLES_CM/Android.mk
+++ b/tools/emulator/opengl/tests/translator_tests/GLES_CM/Android.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ LOCAL_SDL_CONFIG ?= prebuilt/$(PREBUILT)/sdl/bin/sdl-config
 LOCAL_SDL_CFLAGS := $(shell $(LOCAL_SDL_CONFIG) --cflags)
 LOCAL_SDL_LDLIBS := $(filter-out %.a %.lib,$(shell $(LOCAL_SDL_CONFIG) --static-libs))
 
+ifeq ($(HOST_OS),darwin)
+  DARWIN_VERSION := $(strip $(shell sw_vers -productVersion))
+  ifneq ($(filter 10.7 10.7.%,$(DARWIN_VERSION)),)
+    # Lion needs to be forced to link dylib to avoid problems
+    # with the dynamic function lookups in SDL 1.2
+    LOCAL_SDL_LDLIBS += /usr/lib/dylib1.o
+  endif
+endif
+
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
         triangleCM.cpp
 
diff --git a/tools/emulator/opengl/tests/translator_tests/GLES_V2/Android.mk b/tools/emulator/opengl/tests/translator_tests/GLES_V2/Android.mk
index ae0064ff3..efbe6bd02 100644
--- a/tools/emulator/opengl/tests/translator_tests/GLES_V2/Android.mk
+++ b/tools/emulator/opengl/tests/translator_tests/GLES_V2/Android.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ LOCAL_LDLIBS += $(LOCAL_SDL_LDLIBS)
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libSDL libSDLmain
 
 ifeq ($(HOST_OS),darwin)
+DARWIN_VERSION := $(strip $(shell sw_vers -productVersion))
+ifneq ($(filter 10.7 10.7.%,$(DARWIN_VERSION)),)
+  # Lion needs to be forced to link dylib to avoid problems
+  # with the dynamic function lookups in SDL 1.2
+  LOCAL_LDLIBS += /usr/lib/dylib1.o
+endif
 $(call emugl-import,libMac_view)
 endif