diff --git a/embedding/android/GeckoAppShell.java b/embedding/android/GeckoAppShell.java
index ba614cc32d00..7b9002cb1953 100644
--- a/embedding/android/GeckoAppShell.java
+++ b/embedding/android/GeckoAppShell.java
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ public class GeckoAppShell
         File cacheFile = getCacheDir();
         GeckoAppShell.putenv("MOZ_LINKER_CACHE=" + cacheFile.getPath());
 
+        // setup the app-specific cache path
+        f = geckoApp.getCacheDir();
+        GeckoAppShell.putenv("CACHE_DIRECTORY=" + f.getPath());
+
         // gingerbread introduces File.getUsableSpace(). We should use that.
         long freeSpace = getFreeSpace();
         try {
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java b/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
index 509348dc1430..08cf09891baa 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ public class GeckoAppShell
         // Enable fixed position layers
         GeckoAppShell.putenv("MOZ_ENABLE_FIXED_POSITION_LAYERS=1");
 
+        // setup the app-specific cache path
+        f = context.getCacheDir();
+        GeckoAppShell.putenv("CACHE_DIRECTORY=" + f.getPath());
+
         putLocaleEnv();
     }
 
diff --git a/netwerk/cache/nsDeleteDir.cpp b/netwerk/cache/nsDeleteDir.cpp
index f516d2259ed9..564db485cd1b 100644
--- a/netwerk/cache/nsDeleteDir.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/cache/nsDeleteDir.cpp
@@ -215,9 +215,6 @@ nsDeleteDir::DeleteDir(nsIFile *dirIn, bool moveToTrash, PRUint32 delay)
     if (NS_FAILED(rv))
       return rv;
 
-    // Important: must rename directory w/o changing parent directory: else on
-    // NTFS we'll wait (with cache lock) while nsIFile's ACL reset walks file
-    // tree: was hanging GUI for *minutes* on large cache dirs.
     // Append random number to the trash directory and check if it exists.
     srand(PR_Now());
     nsCAutoString leaf;
@@ -240,7 +237,18 @@ nsDeleteDir::DeleteDir(nsIFile *dirIn, bool moveToTrash, PRUint32 delay)
     if (!leaf.Length())
       return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
 
+#if defined(MOZ_WIDGET_ANDROID)
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> parent;
+    rv = trash->GetParent(getter_AddRefs(parent));
+    if (NS_FAILED(rv))
+      return rv;
+    rv = dir->MoveToNative(parent, leaf);
+#else
+    // Important: must rename directory w/o changing parent directory: else on
+    // NTFS we'll wait (with cache lock) while nsIFile's ACL reset walks file
+    // tree: was hanging GUI for *minutes* on large cache dirs.
     rv = dir->MoveToNative(nsnull, leaf);
+#endif
     if (NS_FAILED(rv))
       return rv;
   } else {
@@ -262,7 +270,25 @@ nsDeleteDir::DeleteDir(nsIFile *dirIn, bool moveToTrash, PRUint32 delay)
 nsresult
 nsDeleteDir::GetTrashDir(nsIFile *target, nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> *result)
 {
-  nsresult rv = target->Clone(getter_AddRefs(*result));
+  nsresult rv;
+#if defined(MOZ_WIDGET_ANDROID)
+  // Try to use the app cache folder for cache trash on Android
+  char* cachePath = getenv("CACHE_DIRECTORY");
+  if (cachePath) {
+    rv = NS_NewNativeLocalFile(nsDependentCString(cachePath),
+                               true, getter_AddRefs(*result));
+    if (NS_FAILED(rv))
+      return rv;
+
+    // Add a sub folder with the cache folder name
+    nsCAutoString leaf;
+    rv = target->GetNativeLeafName(leaf);
+    (*result)->AppendNative(leaf);
+  } else
+#endif
+  {
+    rv = target->Clone(getter_AddRefs(*result));
+  }
   if (NS_FAILED(rv))
     return rv;
 
@@ -301,7 +327,11 @@ nsDeleteDir::RemoveOldTrashes(nsIFile *cacheDir)
     return rv;
 
   nsCOMPtr<nsIFile> parent;
+#if defined(MOZ_WIDGET_ANDROID)
+  rv = trash->GetParent(getter_AddRefs(parent));
+#else
   rv = cacheDir->GetParent(getter_AddRefs(parent));
+#endif
   if (NS_FAILED(rv))
     return rv;