diff --git a/libc-test/build.rs b/libc-test/build.rs
index 2b15c958d2d51..403b12a48b07d 100644
--- a/libc-test/build.rs
+++ b/libc-test/build.rs
@@ -3299,6 +3299,7 @@ fn test_vxworks(target: &str) {
 
 fn test_linux(target: &str) {
     assert!(target.contains("linux"));
+    assert!(!target.contains("android"));
 
     // target_env
     let gnu = target.contains("gnu");
diff --git a/src/unix/linux_like/android/mod.rs b/src/unix/linux_like/android/mod.rs
index ce8e9782c49a0..fb0b06701507c 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux_like/android/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/linux_like/android/mod.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ pub type Elf64_Xword = u64;
 
 pub type eventfd_t = u64;
 
+// these structs sit behind a heap allocation on Android
+pub type posix_spawn_file_actions_t = *mut ::c_void;
+pub type posix_spawnattr_t = *mut ::c_void;
+
 s! {
     pub struct stack_t {
         pub ss_sp: *mut ::c_void,