diff -u -r ../apk-tools-2.10.1/src/database.c ./src/database.c
--- ../apk-tools-2.10.1/src/database.c	2018-09-10 08:04:03.000000000 +0000
+++ ./src/database.c	2018-09-10 22:06:19.510417812 +0000
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@
 static int apk_db_create(struct apk_database *db)
 {
 	int fd;
-
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "tmp", 01777);
 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "dev", 0755);
 	mknodat(db->root_fd, "dev/null", S_IFCHR | 0666, makedev(1, 3));
@@ -1344,6 +1344,7 @@
 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "var/cache", 0755);
 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "var/cache/apk", 0755);
 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "var/cache/misc", 0755);
+#endif
 
 	fd = openat(db->root_fd, apk_world_file, O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_TRUNC|O_CLOEXEC, 0644);
 	if (fd < 0)
@@ -1529,7 +1530,7 @@
 	apk_db_setup_repositories(db, dbopts->cache_dir);
 
 	db->cache_max_age = dbopts->cache_max_age ?: 4*60*60; /* 4 hours default */
-	db->root = strdup(dbopts->root ?: "/");
+	db->root = strdup(dbopts->root ?: "@TERMUX_PREFIX@");
 	db->root_fd = openat(AT_FDCWD, db->root, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (db->root_fd < 0 && (dbopts->open_flags & APK_OPENF_CREATE)) {
 		mkdirat(AT_FDCWD, db->root, 0755);