--- a/compiler/make.build.m
+++ b/compiler/make.build.m
@@ -612,6 +612,15 @@
     #include <pthread.h>
 
     #define MC_HAVE_JOBCTL_IPC 1
+  #elif defined(__ANDROID__)
+    #include <linux/sem.h>
+    #define semid_ds semid64_ds
+int semctl(int, int, int, ...);
+int semget(key_t, int, int);
+int semop(int, struct sembuf *, size_t);
+
+    #define MC_USE_SYSV_SEMAPHORE 1
+    #define MC_HAVE_JOBCTL_IPC 1
   #elif defined(MR_HAVE_SYS_SEM_H)
     #include <sys/sem.h>