diff -uNr a/tests/test_common.h b/tests/test_common.h
--- a/tests/test_common.h
+++ b/tests/test_common.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
   /* A (void *) cast needed for avoiding a warning with MINGW :-/ */
   block = (void *)_aligned_malloc(size, alignment);
-#elif _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600
+#elif (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600) || defined(__ANDROID__)
   /* Platform does have an implementation of posix_memalign */
   res = posix_memalign(&block, alignment, size);
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)