diff --git a/project/jni/jpeg/Android.mk b/project/jni/jpeg/Android.mk
index 3e7a4d347..651de84fa 100644
--- a/project/jni/jpeg/Android.mk
+++ b/project/jni/jpeg/Android.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ LOCAL_SRC_FILES += jidctint.c jidctfst.S
 endif
 
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/include
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DAVOID_TABLES
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DAVOID_TABLES -DANDROID_RGB
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -O3 -fstrict-aliasing -fprefetch-loop-arrays
 
 LOCAL_MODULE:= jpeg
diff --git a/project/jni/sdl_image/Android.mk b/project/jni/sdl_image/Android.mk
index 1fa3c2600..99671e7d5 100644
--- a/project/jni/sdl_image/Android.mk
+++ b/project/jni/sdl_image/Android.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ LOCAL_MODULE := sdl_image
 
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH) $(LOCAL_PATH)/../jpeg/include $(LOCAL_PATH)/../png/include $(LOCAL_PATH)/../sdl-$(SDL_VERSION)/include $(LOCAL_PATH)/include
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := -O3 -DLOAD_PNG -DLOAD_JPG -DLOAD_GIF -DLOAD_BMP
+# Add -DANDROID_RGB to LOCAL_CFLAGS to make SDL_image output JPEG in native RGB565 format
 
 LOCAL_CPP_EXTENSION := .cpp
 
diff --git a/project/jni/sdl_image/IMG_jpg.c b/project/jni/sdl_image/IMG_jpg.c
index b0160beb0..8410ec4dd 100644
--- a/project/jni/sdl_image/IMG_jpg.c
+++ b/project/jni/sdl_image/IMG_jpg.c
@@ -420,7 +420,13 @@ SDL_Surface *IMG_LoadJPG_RW(SDL_RWops *src)
 #endif
 	} else {
 		/* Set 24-bit RGB output */
+#ifdef ANDROID_RGB
+		const SDL_PixelFormat *fmt = SDL_GetVideoInfo()->vfmt;
+		cinfo.out_color_space = (fmt->BitsPerPixel==16) ? JCS_RGB_565 : JCS_RGB;
+#else
 		cinfo.out_color_space = JCS_RGB;
+#endif
+
 		cinfo.quantize_colors = FALSE;
 #ifdef FAST_JPEG
 		cinfo.scale_num   = 1;
@@ -431,6 +437,11 @@ SDL_Surface *IMG_LoadJPG_RW(SDL_RWops *src)
 		lib.jpeg_calc_output_dimensions(&cinfo);
 
 		/* Allocate an output surface to hold the image */
+#ifdef ANDROID_RGB
+		surface = SDL_AllocSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, cinfo.output_width, cinfo.output_height,
+									(fmt->BitsPerPixel==16) ? 16 : 24,
+									fmt->Rmask, fmt->Gmask, fmt->Bmask, 0);
+#else
 		surface = SDL_AllocSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE,
 		        cinfo.output_width, cinfo.output_height, 24,
 #if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_LIL_ENDIAN
@@ -439,6 +450,7 @@ SDL_Surface *IMG_LoadJPG_RW(SDL_RWops *src)
 		                   0xFF0000, 0x00FF00, 0x0000FF,
 #endif
 		                   0);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	if ( surface == NULL ) {