diff --git a/alienblaster/AppSettings.cfg b/alienblaster/AppSettings.cfg
index a463df787..af171e0e2 100644
--- a/alienblaster/AppSettings.cfg
+++ b/alienblaster/AppSettings.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+LibSdlVersion=1.3
 AppName="Alien Blaster"
 AppFullName=de.schwardtnet.alienblaster
 ScreenOrientation=h
diff --git a/alienblaster/ChangeAppSettings.sh b/alienblaster/ChangeAppSettings.sh
index 2478996b3..3678e8ea9 100755
--- a/alienblaster/ChangeAppSettings.sh
+++ b/alienblaster/ChangeAppSettings.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 var=""
 
+echo -n "\nlibSDL version to use (1.2 or 1.3), 1.2 is not HW accelerated yet ($LibSdlVersion): "
+read var
+if [ -n "$var" ] ; then
+	LibSdlVersion="$var"
+fi
+
 echo -n "\nSpecify application name (e.x. My Application) ($AppName): "
 read var
 if [ -n "$var" ] ; then
@@ -93,6 +99,7 @@ fi
 echo
 
 cat /dev/null > AppSettings.cfg
+echo LibSdlVersion=$LibSdlVersion >> AppSettings.cfg
 echo AppName=\"$AppName\" >> AppSettings.cfg
 echo AppFullName=$AppFullName >> AppSettings.cfg
 echo ScreenOrientation=$ScreenOrientation >> AppSettings.cfg
@@ -146,6 +153,10 @@ done
 
 ReadmeText="`echo $ReadmeText | sed 's/\"/\\\\\\\\\"/g' | sed 's/[&%]//g'`"
 
+echo Creating symlink to libSDL
+rm -f project/jni/sdl
+ln -s ../sdl/sdl-$LibSdlVersion project/jni/sdl
+
 echo Patching project/AndroidManifest.xml
 cat project/AndroidManifest.xml | \
 	sed "s/package=.*/package=\"$AppFullName\"/" | \