diff --git a/toolchain/specifydependencies.cmake b/toolchain/specifydependencies.cmake
--- a/toolchain/specifydependencies.cmake
+++ b/toolchain/specifydependencies.cmake
@@ -21,10 +21,29 @@
     endif()
 endforeach()
 
+function(contains_library libpath IS_EQUAL)
+    get_filename_component (name ${libpath} NAME)
+    unset (IS_EQUAL PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+    foreach (extralib ${extralibs})
+        get_filename_component (extralibname ${extralib} NAME)
+        if (${extralibname} STREQUAL ${name})
+            set (IS_EQUAL TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
+            break()
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
+endfunction()
+
 if (ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS)
     foreach (extralib ${ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS})
-        message(STATUS "manually specified extra library: " ${extralib})
-        list(APPEND extralibs ${extralib})
+        contains_library(${extralib} IS_EQUAL)
+
+        if (IS_EQUAL)
+            message (STATUS "found duplicate, skipping: " ${extralib})
+        else()
+            message(STATUS "manually specified extra library: " ${extralib})
+            list(APPEND extralibs ${extralib})
+        endif()
     endforeach()
 endif()