diff --git a/src/closures.c b/src/closures.c
index 6298d6f0..557c7365 100644
--- a/src/closures.c
+++ b/src/closures.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include <ffi_common.h>
 
 #if !FFI_MMAP_EXEC_WRIT && !FFI_EXEC_TRAMPOLINE_TABLE
-# if __gnu_linux__
+# if __gnu_linux__ && !defined(__ANDROID__)
 /* This macro indicates it may be forbidden to map anonymous memory
    with both write and execute permission.  Code compiled when this
    option is defined will attempt to map such pages once, but if it