diff -r a1b920bc870d android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
--- a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java	Tue Jun 16 22:16:35 2015 -0700
+++ b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java	Wed Jun 17 08:33:40 2015 +0200
@@ -1496,7 +1496,13 @@
             if (joystick == null) {
                 joystick = new SDLJoystick();
                 InputDevice joystickDevice = InputDevice.getDevice(deviceIds[i]);
-                if( (joystickDevice.getSources() & InputDevice.SOURCE_CLASS_JOYSTICK) != 0) {
+
+                if ( 
+                      (joystickDevice.getSources() & InputDevice.SOURCE_CLASS_JOYSTICK) != 0 
+                   ||
+                      (joystickDevice.getSources() & InputDevice.SOURCE_CLASS_BUTTON) != 0 
+                  )
+                {
                     joystick.device_id = deviceIds[i];
                     joystick.name = joystickDevice.getName();
                     joystick.axes = new ArrayList<InputDevice.MotionRange>();