diff --git a/android.toolchain.cmake b/android.toolchain.cmake
index ffa2612..7aacd4f 100644
--- a/android.toolchain.cmake
+++ b/android.toolchain.cmake
@@ -1166,7 +1166,9 @@ endforeach()
 remove_definitions( -DANDROID )
 add_definitions( -DANDROID )
 
-if( ANDROID_SYSROOT MATCHES "[ ;\"]" )
+if( CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.0.0" )
+ set( CMAKE_SYSROOT ${ANDROID_SYSROOT} )
+elseif( ANDROID_SYSROOT MATCHES "[ ;\"]" )
  if( CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 )
   # try to convert path to 8.3 form
   file( WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/cvt83.cmd" "@echo %~s1" )