diff --git a/System/Posix/Terminal/Common.hsc b/System/Posix/Terminal/Common.hsc
index 573df16c11784cffcf404b9aabffc8d6827f6b5f..27731587c82d0d71d5111d876b4bb71670dd77fd 100644
--- a/System/Posix/Terminal/Common.hsc
+++ b/System/Posix/Terminal/Common.hsc
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 --
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+-- see https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bionic/+/9ae59c0/libc/bionic/pathconf.c#37
+#if !defined(_POSIX_VDISABLE) && defined(__ANDROID__)
+#define _POSIX_VDISABLE -1
+#endif
+
+
 module System.Posix.Terminal.Common (
   -- * Terminal support