diff --git a/openssl/android-armeabi-v7a/PKGBUILD b/openssl/android-armeabi-v7a/PKGBUILD
index c693eb52..43aaae01 100644
--- a/openssl/android-armeabi-v7a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/openssl/android-armeabi-v7a/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 export ANDROID_MINIMUM_PLATFORM=21 # https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/
 export ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=${ANDROID_NDK_ROOT:-/opt/android-ndk}
 export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT:-/opt/android-sdk}
+export ANDROID_EABI=
+export ANDROID_ARCH=
 
 _android_arch=armeabi-v7a
 _pkgname=openssl
diff --git a/openssl/sync-variants.sh b/openssl/sync-variants.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..708fd554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openssl/sync-variants.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Syncs the different variants of android-openssl
+
+set -e # abort on first error
+master="${1:-android-arm64-v8a}"
+
+[[ -d 'openssl' ]] && pushd 'openssl' || pushd .
+
+if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
+  echo "Error: too many arguments specified"
+  echo "Usage: $0 master_dir"
+  exit -2
+elif [[ ! -d $master ]]; then
+  echo "Error: specified master $master does not exist"
+  exit -3
+fi
+
+for dir in android-*; do
+  [[ $dir == *'-test' ]] && continue
+  [[ $dir == $master ]]  && continue
+  [[ -d $dir ]]          || continue
+
+  source "$dir/PKGBUILD"
+  rm "$dir/"* # clean first (files might have been removed in master)
+  cp "$master/"* "$dir"
+  sed -e "s/pkgname=android-openssl-.*/pkgname=android-openssl${dir#android}/" \
+      -e "s/ANDROID_EABI=.*/ANDROID_EABI=$ANDROID_EABI/" \
+      -e "s/ANDROID_ARCH=.*/ANDROID_ARCH=$ANDROID_ARCH/" \
+      -e "s/_android_arch=.*/_android_arch=$_android_arch/" \
+      "$master/PKGBUILD" > "$dir/PKGBUILD"
+done
+
+popd