--- a/src/platform.c
+++ b/src/platform.c
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 #if defined(__linux__)
 /* memfd_create was introduced in glibc 2.27 */
 #if !defined(__GLIBC__) || (__GLIBC__ >= 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 27)
+#if defined __ANDROID__ && __ANDROID_API__ < 30
+#include <syscall.h>
+#define memfd_create(name,flags) syscall(SYS_memfd_create,name,flags)
+#endif
 #define HAS_MEMFD 1
 #endif
 #endif
