diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/__init__.py
index 5174a69bfa..c6c15ec04a 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-from pythonforandroid.recipe import CythonRecipe, IncludedFilesBehaviour
+from pythonforandroid.recipe import PyProjectRecipe, IncludedFilesBehaviour
 from pythonforandroid.util import current_directory
 from pythonforandroid import logger
 
 from os.path import join
 
 
-class AndroidRecipe(IncludedFilesBehaviour, CythonRecipe):
+class AndroidRecipe(IncludedFilesBehaviour, PyProjectRecipe):
     # name = 'android'
     version = None
     url = None
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ class AndroidRecipe(IncludedFilesBehaviour, CythonRecipe):
     src_filename = 'src'
 
     depends = [('sdl3', 'sdl2', 'genericndkbuild'), 'pyjnius']
+    hostpython_prerequisites = ["Cython>=0.29,<3.1"]
 
     config_env = {}
 
-    def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
-        env = super().get_recipe_env(arch)
+    def get_recipe_env(self, arch, **kwargs):
+        env = super().get_recipe_env(arch, **kwargs)
         env.update(self.config_env)
         return env
 
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
             'IS_SDL2': int(bootstrap_name == "sdl2"),
             'IS_SDL3': int(bootstrap_name == "sdl3"),
             'PY2': 0,
+            'ANDROID_LIBS_DIR': "{}:{}".format(
+                self.ctx.get_libs_dir(arch.arch),
+                join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'obj', 'local', arch.arch)
+            ),
             'JAVA_NAMESPACE': java_ns,
             'JNI_NAMESPACE': jni_ns,
             'ACTIVITY_CLASS_NAME': self.ctx.activity_class_name,
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/src/setup.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/src/setup.py
index 0f5ceb1fd3..8bf4512e05 100755
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/src/setup.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/src/setup.py
@@ -1,25 +1,35 @@
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+from Cython.Build import cythonize
 import os
 
-library_dirs = ['libs/' + os.environ['ARCH']]
+library_dirs = os.environ['ANDROID_LIBS_DIR'].split(":")
 lib_dict = {
     'sdl2': ['SDL2', 'SDL2_image', 'SDL2_mixer', 'SDL2_ttf'],
     'sdl3': ['SDL3', 'SDL3_image', 'SDL3_mixer', 'SDL3_ttf'],
 }
 sdl_libs = lib_dict.get(os.environ['BOOTSTRAP'], ['main'])
 
-modules = [Extension('android._android',
-                     ['android/_android.c', 'android/_android_jni.c'],
-                     libraries=sdl_libs + ['log'],
-                     library_dirs=library_dirs),
-           Extension('android._android_billing',
-                     ['android/_android_billing.c', 'android/_android_billing_jni.c'],
-                     libraries=['log'],
-                     library_dirs=library_dirs)]
+modules = [
+    Extension('android._android',
+              ['android/_android.pyx', 'android/_android_jni.c'],
+              libraries=sdl_libs + ['log'],
+              library_dirs=library_dirs),
+    Extension('android._android_billing',
+              ['android/_android_billing.pyx', 'android/_android_billing_jni.c'],
+              libraries=['log'],
+              library_dirs=library_dirs),
+    Extension('android._android_sound',
+              ['android/_android_sound.pyx', 'android/_android_sound_jni.c'],
+              libraries=['log'],
+              library_dirs=library_dirs,
+              extra_compile_args=['-include', 'stdlib.h'])
+]
+
+cythonized_modules = cythonize(modules, compiler_directives={'language_level': "3"})
 
 setup(name='android',
       version='1.0',
       packages=['android'],
       package_dir={'android': 'android'},
-      ext_modules=modules
+      ext_modules=cythonized_modules
       )