diff -uNr apk-tools-2.10.3/src/database.c apk-tools-2.10.3.mod/src/database.c
--- apk-tools-2.10.3/src/database.c	2018-11-15 15:09:07.000000000 +0200
+++ apk-tools-2.10.3.mod/src/database.c	2018-11-18 19:16:02.755222559 +0200
@@ -1332,10 +1332,11 @@
 static int apk_db_create(struct apk_database *db)
 {
 	int fd;
-
 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "tmp", 01777);
 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "dev", 0755);
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
 	mknodat(db->root_fd, "dev/null", S_IFCHR | 0666, makedev(1, 3));
+#endif
 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "etc", 0755);
 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "etc/apk", 0755);
 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "lib", 0755);
@@ -1538,7 +1539,7 @@
 	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 ?: "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr");
 	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);
@@ -1931,7 +1932,7 @@
 	int status;
 	pid_t pid;
 	static char * const environment[] = {
-		"PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
+		"PATH=@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin:@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/applets",
 		NULL
 	};
 
@@ -1968,9 +1969,10 @@
 	r = fstatat(db->root_fd, dir->name, &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
 	if (r < 0 || (st.st_mode & 07777) != (dir->mode & 07777))
 		fchmodat(db->root_fd, dir->name, dir->mode, 0);
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
 	if (r < 0 || st.st_uid != dir->uid || st.st_gid != dir->gid)
 		fchownat(db->root_fd, dir->name, dir->uid, dir->gid, 0);
-
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }