diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.6/lib/dpkg/dbmodify.c ./lib/dpkg/dbmodify.c
--- ../dpkg-1.17.6/lib/dpkg/dbmodify.c	2013-12-14 06:36:07.000000000 +0100
+++ ./lib/dpkg/dbmodify.c	2014-02-25 18:12:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -253,8 +253,10 @@
   switch (readwritereq) {
   case msdbrw_needsuperuser:
   case msdbrw_needsuperuserlockonly:
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     if (getuid() || geteuid())
       ohshit(_("requested operation requires superuser privilege"));
+#endif
     /* Fall through. */
   case msdbrw_write: case msdbrw_writeifposs:
     if (access(dpkg_db_get_dir(), W_OK)) {
