diff --git a/src/monodroid/jni/Android.mk b/src/monodroid/jni/Android.mk
index e1a1ee37722..74eaa6bdf20 100644
--- a/src/monodroid/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/src/monodroid/jni/Android.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ else
 COMMON_CFLAGS ?= -g -O2 -DRELEASE=1
 endif
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS =	$(COMMON_FLAGS) \
+LOCAL_CFLAGS =	$(COMMON_CFLAGS) \
 	-std=c99 \
 	-DHAVE_LINUX_NETLINK_H=1 -DHAVE_LINUX_RTNETLINK_H=1 \
 	-D_REENTRANT -DPLATFORM_ANDROID -DANDROID -DLINUX -Dlinux -D__linux_ \
diff --git a/tools/scripts/xabuild b/tools/scripts/xabuild
index e2916c1bf17..0091396c104 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/xabuild
+++ b/tools/scripts/xabuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ANDROID_SDK_PATH=$(echo $ANDROID_SDK_PATH | sed 's/^\w*//g')
 export ANDROID_NDK_PATH
 export ANDROID_SDK_PATH
 
-exec xbuild $MSBUILD_OPTIONS \
+exec xbuild /p:Configuration=Release $MSBUILD_OPTIONS \
 	/p:AndroidNdkDirectory="$ANDROID_NDK_PATH" \
 	/p:AndroidSdkDirectory="$ANDROID_SDK_PATH" \
 	/p:MonoDroidInstallDirectory="$MONO_ANDROID_PATH" \