diff --git a/build-android.xml b/build-android.xml
index 47bff75e96..34939f878b 100644
--- a/build-android.xml
+++ b/build-android.xml
@@ -148,11 +148,15 @@
              prefix, so the libs directory will be unrolled. -->
 
         <mkdir dir="${out.absolute.dir}/android/libs"/>
-        <mkdir dir="${out.absolute.dir}/android/src"/>
         <move file="${out.absolute.dir}/${out.jar.name}.jar"
              todir="${out.absolute.dir}/android/libs" />
+
+        <echo file="${out.absolute.dir}/android/support.version" append="false">Python version: ${python-version}
+Build: ${release}
+</echo>
         <tar destfile="${out.absolute.dir}/Python-${python-version}-Android-support.b${release}.tar.gz"
-             basedir="${out.absolute.dir}/android" />
+             basedir="${out.absolute.dir}/android"
+             compression="gzip" />
     </target>
 
     <!--