diff --git a/boost/config/user.hpp b/boost/config/user.hpp
index 5a4a9d4..cc268fe 100644
--- a/boost/config/user.hpp
+++ b/boost/config/user.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
 //  configuration policy:
 //
 
+// Android defines
+#define BOOST_THREAD_LINUX 1
+#define BOOST_HAS_PTHREADS 1
+#define __arm__ 1
+#define _REENTRANT 1
+#define _GLIBCXX__PTHREADS 1
+#define BOOST_HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY 1
+#define BOOST_HAS_UNISTD_H 1
+
 // define this to locate a compiler config file:
 // #define BOOST_COMPILER_CONFIG <myheader>
 
diff --git a/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp b/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp
index cb3d4a5..221967f 100644
--- a/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp
+++ b/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
    #endif
 
    //Check for XSI shared memory objects. They are available in nearly all UNIX platforms
-   #if !defined(__QNXNTO__)
+   #if !defined(__QNXNTO__) && !defined(ANDROID)
    # define BOOST_INTERPROCESS_XSI_SHARED_MEMORY_OBJECTS
    #endif