diff --git a/frontend/cache.lua b/frontend/cache.lua
index 099696687..6366c9ce9 100644
--- a/frontend/cache.lua
+++ b/frontend/cache.lua
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ local lfs = require("libs/libkoreader-lfs")
 local DataStorage = require("datastorage")
 local DEBUG = require("dbg")
 
+if require("device"):isAndroid() then
+    require("jit").off(true, true)
+end
+
 local function calcFreeMem()
     local meminfo = io.open("/proc/meminfo", "r")
     local freemem = 0
diff --git a/frontend/ui/rendertext.lua b/frontend/ui/rendertext.lua
index 13674f451..773de8d9d 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/rendertext.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/rendertext.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ local CacheItem = require("cacheitem")
 local BlitBuffer = require("ffi/blitbuffer")
 local DEBUG = require("dbg")
 
+if require("device"):isAndroid() then
+    require("jit").off(true, true)
+end
+
 --[[
 @TODO: all these functions should probably be methods on Face objects
 ]]--
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/container/inputcontainer.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/container/inputcontainer.lua
index f44a9fa60..615fcc39c 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/container/inputcontainer.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/container/inputcontainer.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ local Geom = require("ui/geometry")
 local Event = require("ui/event")
 local _ = require("gettext")
 
+if require("device"):isAndroid() then
+    require("jit").off(true, true)
+end
+
 --[[
 an InputContainer is an WidgetContainer that handles input events
 
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/container/widgetcontainer.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/container/widgetcontainer.lua
index e99132176..88a6068d2 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/container/widgetcontainer.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/container/widgetcontainer.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 local Geom = require("ui/geometry")
 local Widget = require("ui/widget/widget")
 
+if require("device"):isAndroid() then
+    require("jit").off(true, true)
+end
+
 --[[
 WidgetContainer is a container for another Widget
 --]]
diff --git a/platform/android/luajit-launcher b/platform/android/luajit-launcher
index caca2fd84..e3560e777 160000
--- a/platform/android/luajit-launcher
+++ b/platform/android/luajit-launcher
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit caca2fd844d90a4828f60c7bb1003702d4936472
+Subproject commit e3560e777558efbb1dc913250024afa7ecb40868