diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/src/setup.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/src/setup.py
index 8a276fe2ed..2e95a862ee 100755
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/src/setup.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/src/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     'pygame': ['sdl'],
     'sdl2': ['SDL2', 'SDL2_image', 'SDL2_mixer', 'SDL2_ttf']
 }
-sdl_libs = lib_dict[os.environ['BOOTSTRAP']]
+sdl_libs = lib_dict.get(os.environ['BOOTSTRAP'], [])
 
 renpy_sound = Extension('android._android_sound',
                         ['android/_android_sound.c', 'android/_android_sound_jni.c', ],