Index: cmake/LLDBDependencies.cmake
===================================================================
--- cmake/LLDBDependencies.cmake
+++ cmake/LLDBDependencies.cmake
@@ -154,7 +154,12 @@
 list(APPEND LLDB_SYSTEM_LIBS ${system_libs})
 
 if (LLVM_BUILD_STATIC)
-  list(APPEND LLDB_SYSTEM_LIBS python2.7 z util termcap gpm ssl crypto bsd)
+  if (NOT LLDB_DISABLE_PYTHON)
+      list(APPEND LLDB_SYSTEM_LIBS python2.7 util)
+  endif()
+  if (NOT LLDB_DISABLE_CURSES)
+      list(APPEND LLDB_SYSTEM_LIBS gpm)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 set( LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS
Index: cmake/platforms/Android.cmake
===================================================================
--- cmake/platforms/Android.cmake
+++ cmake/platforms/Android.cmake
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@
 set( ANDROID True )
 set( __ANDROID_NDK__ True )
 
+# linking lldb-server statically for Android avoids the need to ship two
+# binaries (pie for API 21+ and non-pie for API 14-). It's possible to use
+# a non-pie shim on API 14-, but that requires lldb-server to dynamically export
+# its symbols, which significantly increases the binary size. Static linking, on
+# the other hand, has little to no effect on the binary size.
+if (NOT DEFINED LLVM_BUILD_STATIC)
+  set( LLVM_BUILD_STATIC True )
+endif()
+
 set( ANDROID_ABI "${ANDROID_ABI}" CACHE INTERNAL "Android Abi" FORCE )
 if( ANDROID_ABI STREQUAL "x86" )
  set( CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR "i686" )
@@ -95,11 +104,6 @@
  set( ANDROID_CXX_FLAGS "${ANDROID_CXX_FLAGS} -march=armv7-a" )
 endif()
 
-# PIE is required for API 21+ so we enable it
-# unfortunately, it is not supported before API 14 so we need to do something else there
-# see http://llvm.org/pr23457
-set( ANDROID_CXX_FLAGS "${ANDROID_CXX_FLAGS} -pie -fPIE" )
-
 # linker flags
 set( ANDROID_CXX_FLAGS    "${ANDROID_CXX_FLAGS} -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections" )
 set( ANDROID_LINKER_FLAGS "${ANDROID_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--gc-sections" )