--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 # under msys2 (and all other operating systems) we want pkgconfig. when
 # building with visual studio, don't require it.
 if(NOT MSVC)
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux|Android")
 set(PKGCONFIG_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
 elseif(APPLE)
 # surely there's a better way to do this? alas, seems necessary to pull the
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@
 # platform-specific logics
 if(WIN32)
   set(LIBRT wsock32 ws2_32 secur32)
-elseif(NOT APPLE)
+elseif(NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID)
   find_library(LIBM m REQUIRED)
   find_library(LIBRT rt REQUIRED)
 endif()
-if(NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
+if(NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux|Android")
   include_directories(/usr/local/include)
   link_directories(/usr/local/lib)
   set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES /usr/local/include)
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 add_library(notcurses-core-static STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${NCCORESRCS} ${COMPATSRC})
 endif()
 # don't want these on freebsd/dragonfly/osx
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux|Android")
 target_compile_definitions(notcurses-core
   PUBLIC
    _XOPEN_SOURCE=700 # wcwidth(3) requires _XOPEN_SOURCE, and is in our headers
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
 target_compile_options(notcurses-ffi PUBLIC -fkeep-inline-functions)
 target_compile_definitions(notcurses-ffi PUBLIC NOTCURSES_FFI)
 # don't want these on freebsd/dragonfly/osx
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux|Android")
 target_compile_definitions(notcurses-ffi
   PUBLIC
    _XOPEN_SOURCE=700 # wcwidth(3) requires _XOPEN_SOURCE, and is in our headers