diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index 2690923..cf9d4a7 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -156,8 +156,11 @@ void closeallfiles(int except)
 	int maxfd, i, fd, ret, z;
 
 	i = 3; /* skip stdin, stdout and stderr */
+	#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+		maxfd = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
+	#else
 	maxfd = getdtablesize();
-
+	#endif
 	while (i < maxfd) {
 		memset(pfd, 0, sizeof(pfd));