diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index ad7093d94..663b363cf 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 # this is the list of plugins that are built into libstrongswan and charon
 # also these plugins are loaded by default (if not changed in strongswan.conf)
 strongswan_CHARON_PLUGINS := android-log openssl fips-prf random nonce pubkey \
-	pkcs1 pem xcbc hmac kernel-netlink socket-default android \
+	pkcs1 pkcs8 pem xcbc hmac kernel-netlink socket-default android \
 	stroke eap-identity eap-mschapv2 eap-md5 eap-gtc
 
 ifneq ($(strongswan_BUILD_SCEPCLIENT),)
diff --git a/src/frontends/android/jni/Android.mk b/src/frontends/android/jni/Android.mk
index a603a733e..326565f2b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/android/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/src/frontends/android/jni/Android.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
 strongswan_CHARON_PLUGINS := android-log openssl fips-prf random nonce pubkey \
-	pkcs1 pem xcbc hmac socket-default \
+	pkcs1 pkcs8 pem xcbc hmac socket-default \
 	eap-identity eap-mschapv2 eap-md5 eap-gtc
 
 strongswan_PLUGINS := $(strongswan_CHARON_PLUGINS)
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/Android.mk b/src/libstrongswan/Android.mk
index 3b2d7eaaa..9125079a4 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/Android.mk
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/Android.mk
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES += $(call add_plugin, pem)
 
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES += $(call add_plugin, pkcs1)
 
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES += $(call add_plugin, pkcs8)
+
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES += $(call add_plugin, pkcs11)
 
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES += $(call add_plugin, pubkey)