diff --git a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
index a80b4941f..41497a71e 100644
--- a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
@@ -238,6 +238,15 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity implements View.OnSystemUiVisibilityCh
         return mMotionListener;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This method creates a Runnable which invokes SDL_main. The default implementation
+     * uses the getMainSharedObject() and getMainFunction() methods to invoke native
+     * code from the specified shared library.
+     */
+    protected Runnable createSDLMainRunnable() {
+        return new SDLMain();
+    }
+
     /**
      * This method returns the name of the shared object with the application entry point
      * It can be overridden by derived classes.
@@ -783,7 +792,7 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity implements View.OnSystemUiVisibilityCh
                     // Start up the C app thread and enable sensor input for the first time
                     // FIXME: Why aren't we enabling sensor input at start?
 
-                    mSDLThread = new Thread(new SDLMain(), "SDLThread");
+                    mSDLThread = new Thread(SDLActivity.mSingleton.createSDLMainRunnable(), "SDLThread");
                     mSurface.enableSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER, true);
                     mSDLThread.start();