diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Android-Determine.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Android-Determine.cmake
index 7e7acd408..4dee82261 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Android-Determine.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Android-Determine.cmake
@@ -42,7 +42,55 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Android: The NDK root directory was not found.")
 endif()
 
+# Select an API.
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION)
+  set(_ANDROID_API_VAR CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION)
+elseif(CMAKE_ANDROID_API)
+  set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION "${CMAKE_ANDROID_API}")
+  set(_ANDROID_API_VAR CMAKE_ANDROID_API)
+endif()
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION)
+  if(CMAKE_ANDROID_API AND NOT "x${CMAKE_ANDROID_API}" STREQUAL "x${CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION}")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+      "Android: The API specified by CMAKE_ANDROID_API='${CMAKE_ANDROID_API}' is not consistent with CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION='${CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION}'."
+      )
+  endif()
+  if(CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK AND NOT IS_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK}/platforms/android-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION}")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+      "Android: The API specified by ${_ANDROID_API_VAR}='${${_ANDROID_API_VAR}}' does not exist in the NDK.  "
+      "The directory:\n"
+      "  ${CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK}/platforms/android-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION}\n"
+      "does not exist."
+      )
+  endif()
+elseif(CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK)
+  file(GLOB _ANDROID_APIS_1 RELATIVE "${CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK}/platforms" "${CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK}/platforms/android-[0-9]")
+  file(GLOB _ANDROID_APIS_2 RELATIVE "${CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK}/platforms" "${CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK}/platforms/android-[0-9][0-9]")
+  list(SORT _ANDROID_APIS_1)
+  list(SORT _ANDROID_APIS_2)
+  set(_ANDROID_APIS ${_ANDROID_APIS_1} ${_ANDROID_APIS_2})
+  unset(_ANDROID_APIS_1)
+  unset(_ANDROID_APIS_2)
+  if(_ANDROID_APIS STREQUAL "")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+      "Android: No APIs found in the NDK.  No\n"
+      "  ${CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK}/platforms/android-*\n"
+      "directories exist."
+      )
+  endif()
+  string(REPLACE "android-" "" _ANDROID_APIS "${_ANDROID_APIS}")
+  list(REVERSE _ANDROID_APIS)
+  list(GET _ANDROID_APIS 0 CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION)
+  unset(_ANDROID_APIS)
+endif()
+if(NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION MATCHES "^[0-9]+$")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Android: The API specified by CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION='${CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION}' is not an integer.")
+endif()
+
 # Save the Android-specific information in CMakeSystem.cmake.
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_CUSTOM_CODE "
 set(CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK \"${CMAKE_ANDROID_NDK}\")
 ")
+
+# Report the chosen architecture.
+message(STATUS "Android: Targeting API '${CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION}'")