diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Android/VCXProjInspect.vcxproj.in b/Modules/Platform/Android/VCXProjInspect.vcxproj.in
index 71fd214bb1..f87d59bca2 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Android/VCXProjInspect.vcxproj.in
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Android/VCXProjInspect.vcxproj.in
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|@vcx_platform@'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
+    <AndroidAPILevel>android-21</AndroidAPILevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">