diff -r 805467de22fc configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	Sun Nov 06 13:19:38 2016 +0200
+++ b/configure.ac	Mon Nov 07 21:21:04 2016 +0100
@@ -3408,7 +3408,6 @@
  futimens futimes gai_strerror getentropy \
  getgrouplist getgroups getlogin getloadavg getpeername getpgid getpid \
  getpriority getresuid getresgid getpwent getspnam getspent getsid getwd \
- if_nameindex \
  initgroups kill killpg lchmod lchown lockf linkat lstat lutimes mmap \
  memrchr mbrtowc mkdirat mkfifo \
  mkfifoat mknod mknodat mktime mremap nice openat pathconf pause pipe2 plock poll \
@@ -3761,6 +3760,20 @@
   AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 ])
 
+# On Android API level 24, the if_nameindex structure is not defined in
+# net/if.h even though the if_nameindex() is correctly linked by
+# AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for if_nameindex)
+AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+#ifdef HAVE_NET_IF_H
+# include <net/if.h>
+#endif
+]], [[struct if_nameindex *ni = if_nameindex(); int x = ni[0].if_index;]])],
+  [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_IF_NAMEINDEX, 1, Define to 1 if you have the 'if_nameindex' function.)
+   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],
+  [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+])
+
 # On OSF/1 V5.1, getaddrinfo is available, but a define
 # for [no]getaddrinfo in netdb.h.
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for getaddrinfo)