--- a/avahi-autoipd/main.c
+++ b/avahi-autoipd/main.c
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@
 
     /* Get user/group ID */
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     if (!no_drop_root) {
 
         if (!(pw = getpwnam(AVAHI_AUTOIPD_USER))) {
@@ -948,6 +949,7 @@
 
         daemon_log(LOG_INFO, "Found user '"AVAHI_AUTOIPD_USER"' (UID %lu) and group '"AVAHI_AUTOIPD_GROUP"' (GID %lu).", (unsigned long) pw->pw_uid, (unsigned long) gr->gr_gid);
     }
+#endif
 
     /* Create directory */
     u = umask(0000);
@@ -964,14 +966,20 @@
     if (!no_drop_root) {
         struct stat st;
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
         chown(AVAHI_IPDATA_DIR, pw->pw_uid, gr->gr_gid);
+#endif
 
         if (stat(AVAHI_IPDATA_DIR, &st) < 0) {
             daemon_log(LOG_ERR, "stat(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
             return -1;
         }
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
         if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || st.st_uid != pw->pw_uid || st.st_gid != gr->gr_gid) {
+#else
+        if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+#endif
             daemon_log(LOG_ERR, "Failed to create runtime directory "AVAHI_IPDATA_DIR".");
             return -1;
         }
@@ -995,6 +1003,7 @@
 
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     if (!no_drop_root) {
 
         if (initgroups(AVAHI_AUTOIPD_USER, gr->gr_gid) != 0) {
@@ -1040,6 +1049,7 @@
 
         daemon_log(LOG_INFO, "Successfully dropped root privileges.");
     }
+#endif /* __ANDROID__ */
 
     return 0;
 }