diff --git a/Sources/System/Internals/Syscalls.swift b/Sources/System/Internals/Syscalls.swift
index 3794d6e0..f40b1685 100644
--- a/Sources/System/Internals/Syscalls.swift
+++ b/Sources/System/Internals/Syscalls.swift
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ internal func system_confstr(
 internal let SYSTEM_AT_REMOVE_DIR = AT_REMOVEDIR
 internal let SYSTEM_DT_DIR = DT_DIR
 internal typealias system_dirent = dirent
-#if os(Linux)
+#if os(Linux) || os(Android)
 internal typealias system_DIRPtr = OpaquePointer
 #else
 internal typealias system_DIRPtr = UnsafeMutablePointer<DIR>