diff -u -r ../coreutils-8.27/src/hostid.c ./src/hostid.c
--- ../coreutils-8.27/src/hostid.c	2017-01-01 23:34:24.000000000 +0100
+++ ./src/hostid.c	2017-07-07 00:28:59.202840547 +0200
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@
       usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
   id = gethostid ();
+#endif
 
   /* POSIX says gethostid returns a "32-bit identifier" but is silent
      whether it's sign-extended.  Turn off any sign-extension.  This