--- a/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@
 
 #endif /* Solaris */
 
-#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__NR_close_range) && !defined(HAVE_CLOSE_RANGE)
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__NR_close_range) && !defined(HAVE_CLOSE_RANGE) && \
+    !defined(__ANDROID__)
 /* The kernel headers are new enough to have the close_range syscall,
  * but glibc isn't new enough to have the syscall wrapper, so call the
  * syscall directly. */