--- a/src/aclocal.m4
+++ b/src/aclocal.m4
@@ -525,7 +525,10 @@
 	alpha*)
 		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -mieee";;
 esac
-ECL_CFLAGS="-D${thehost}"
+case "${thehost}" in
+	android) ECL_CFLAGS= ;;
+	*) ECL_CFLAGS="-D${thehost}" ;;
+esac
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ld flags when building shared libraries)
 if test "${enable_shared}" = "yes"; then
 AC_MSG_RESULT([${SHARED_LDFLAGS}])
