--- ../locate.c.orig
+++ ./src/locate.c
@@ -945,8 +945,10 @@
 static void
 drop_setgid (void)
 {
+#if !defined(__ANDROID__)
   if (setgid (getgid ()) != 0)
     error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("can not drop privileges"));
+#endif
 }
 
 /* Handle a conf_dbpath ENTRY, drop privileges when they are no longer