diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/emulate-app.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/emulate-app.nix
index 0ae934b572a..9c843fa8c37 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/emulate-app.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/emulate-app.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     export ANDROID_SERIAL="emulator-$port"
     
     # Create a virtual android device
-    yes "" | ${androidsdkComposition}/libexec/android-sdk-*/tools/android create avd -n device -t ${if useGoogleAPIs then "'Google Inc.:Google APIs:"+platformVersion+"'" else "android-"+platformVersion}
+    yes "" | ${androidsdkComposition}/libexec/android-sdk-*/tools/android create avd -n device -t ${if useGoogleAPIs then "'Google Inc.:Google APIs:"+platformVersion+"'" else "android-"+platformVersion} $NIX_ANDROID_AVD_FLAGS
     
     ${stdenv.lib.optionalString enableGPU ''
       # Enable GPU acceleration