diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c561dbf..8570224 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@ on: [push]
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: kunitoki/android-ndk-r21
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         submodules: recursive
     - name: Install Android NDK
-      run: echo "y" | sudo ${ANDROID_HOME}/tools/bin/sdkmanager --install 'ndk;21.0.6113669' > /dev/null 2>&1
-    - name: Install GFortran & OpenGL deps
+      run: echo "y" | ${ANDROID_HOME}/tools/bin/sdkmanager --install 'ndk;21.0.6113669' > /dev/null 2>&1
+    - name: Install build system dependencies
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y gfortran mesa-common-dev libglfw3-dev
+        apt-get update
+        apt-get install -y gfortran mesa-common-dev libglfw3-dev clang
     - name: Build for Linux
       run: |
         DO_CLEAR=OFF BUILD_VISUALIZATIONS=OFF ./scripts/build.sh
diff --git a/scripts/android/build.sh b/scripts/android/build.sh
index c4db971..e9087c3 100755
--- a/scripts/android/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/android/build.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ else
 fi
 export ANDROID_HOME
 export ANDROID_SDK="$ANDROID_HOME"
-export ANDROID_NDK="$ANDROID_HOME/ndk-bundle"
+# not always installed into this default directory in, e.g., CI environments
+: "${ANDROID_NDK:=$ANDROID_HOME/ndk-bundle}"
+export ANDROID_NDK
 
 # Build Eigen
 # TODO: Move to component/eigen.sh