diff --git a/src/apps/others/ojph_sockets.cpp b/src/apps/others/ojph_sockets.cpp
index 43b2105..106d9de 100644
--- a/src/apps/others/ojph_sockets.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/others/ojph_sockets.cpp
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ namespace ojph
                                   MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), 
                                   buf, max_buf_size, NULL);
       buf[max_buf_size - 1] = 0;
-    #elif (defined __GLIBC__) && \
-      ((defined _GNU_SOURCE) || (_POSIX_C_SOURCE < 200112L))
+    #elif (defined __ANDROID__) || ((defined __GLIBC__) && \
+      ((defined _GNU_SOURCE) || (_POSIX_C_SOURCE < 200112L)))
       v = strerror_r(errnum, (char*)buf, max_buf_size);
     #else
       // it is not clear if the returned value is in buf or in v