diff --git a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
--- a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
+++ b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+/* Android doesn't expose syscalls. Let's add the definition manually. */
+# include <sys/linux-syscalls.h>
+# define SYS_getdents64  __NR_getdents64
+#endif
+
 #if defined(sun)
 /* readdir64 is used to work around Solaris 9 bug 6395699. */
 # define readdir readdir64