diff --git a/gyp/android_output.gyp b/gyp/android_output.gyp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b22ac9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gyp/android_output.gyp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# GYP file to send android SkDebug to stdout in addition to logcat. To enable,
+# include this project as a dependency.
+{
+  'targets': [
+    {
+      'target_name': 'android_output',
+      'type': 'static_library',
+      'sources': [
+        '../tools/AndroidSkDebugToStdOut.cpp',
+      ],
+      'dependencies': [
+        'skia_lib.gyp:skia_lib',
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+}
diff --git a/gyp/apptype_console.gypi b/gyp/apptype_console.gypi
index 906bea8..d375941 100644
--- a/gyp/apptype_console.gypi
+++ b/gyp/apptype_console.gypi
@@ -12,10 +12,17 @@
       },
     },
     'conditions': [
-      [ 'skia_os == "android" and not skia_android_framework', {
+      [ 'skia_os == "android"', {
+        'conditions': [
+          ['skia_android_framework == 0', {
+            'dependencies': [
+              'android_deps.gyp:Android_EntryPoint',
+              'skia_launcher.gyp:skia_launcher',
+            ],
+          }],
+        ],
         'dependencies': [
-          'android_deps.gyp:Android_EntryPoint',
-          'skia_launcher.gyp:skia_launcher',
+          'android_output.gyp:android_output',
         ],
       }],
       [ 'skia_os == "nacl"', {
diff --git a/platform_tools/android/launcher/skia_launcher.cpp b/platform_tools/android/launcher/skia_launcher.cpp
index 746d470..6cd900c 100644
--- a/platform_tools/android/launcher/skia_launcher.cpp
+++ b/platform_tools/android/launcher/skia_launcher.cpp
@@ -98,17 +98,6 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
-    // find the address of the SkPrintToConsole function
-    void (*app_SkDebugToStdOut)(bool);
-    *(void **) (&app_SkDebugToStdOut) = dlsym(skiaLibrary, "AndroidSkDebugToStdOut");
-
-    if (app_SkDebugToStdOut) {
-        (*app_SkDebugToStdOut)(true);
-    } else {
-        printf("WARNING: Unable to redirect output to the console.\n");
-        printf("WARNING: %s\n", dlerror());
-    }
-
     // pass all additional arguments to the main function
     return launch_app(app_main, argc - 1, ++argv);
 }
diff --git a/src/ports/SkDebug_android.cpp b/src/ports/SkDebug_android.cpp
index 2795c04..4ab9ad2 100644
--- a/src/ports/SkDebug_android.cpp
+++ b/src/ports/SkDebug_android.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /*
  * Copyright 2006 The Android Open Source Project
  *
@@ -6,31 +5,28 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file.
  */
 
-
 #include "SkTypes.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #define LOG_TAG "skia"
 #include <android/log.h>
 
-static bool gSkDebugToStdOut = false;
-
-extern "C" void AndroidSkDebugToStdOut(bool debugToStdOut) {
-    gSkDebugToStdOut = debugToStdOut;
-}
+// Print debug output to stdout as well.  This is useful for command line
+// applications (e.g. skia_launcher). To enable, include android_output as a
+// gyp dependency.
+bool gSkDebugToStdOut = false;
 
 void SkDebugf(const char format[], ...) {
     va_list args1, args2;
     va_start(args1, format);
-    va_copy(args2, args1);
-    __android_log_vprint(ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG, LOG_TAG, format, args1);
 
-    // Print debug output to stdout as well.  This is useful for command
-    // line applications (e.g. skia_launcher)
     if (gSkDebugToStdOut) {
+        va_copy(args2, args1);
         vprintf(format, args2);
+        va_end(args2);
     }
 
+    __android_log_vprint(ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG, LOG_TAG, format, args1);
+
     va_end(args1);
-    va_end(args2);
 }
diff --git a/tools/AndroidSkDebugToStdOut.cpp b/tools/AndroidSkDebugToStdOut.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dc9911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/AndroidSkDebugToStdOut.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+// Need to include SkTypes before checking SK_BUILD_FOR_ANDROID, so it will be
+// set in the Android framework build.
+#include "SkTypes.h"
+#ifdef SK_BUILD_FOR_ANDROID
+extern bool gSkDebugToStdOut;
+
+// Use a static initializer to set gSkDebugToStdOut to true, sending SkDebugf
+// to stdout.
+class SendToStdOut {
+public:
+    SendToStdOut() {
+        gSkDebugToStdOut = true;
+    }
+};
+
+static SendToStdOut gSendToStdOut;
+#endif // SK_BUILD_FOR_ANDROID