diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f58de97ab5..046eb76b4a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ sudo apk add alpine-sdk lmdb-dev openssl-dev bison flex-dev acl-dev pcre2-dev au
 * Termux (2020-04-24)
 
 pkg install build-essential git autoconf automake bison flex liblmdb openssl pcre2 libacl libyaml
-./autogen.sh --without-pam
+LDFLAGS='-landroid-glob' ./autogen.sh --without-pam
+make && make install
 
 * OSX (2021-10-20)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 96609095da..e68b44cf08 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ CC="$PTHREAD_CC"
 CFLAGS="$PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
 
+dnl ######################################################################
+dnl libpromises/evalfunction.c isreadable() uses pthread_cancel so check
+dnl if available and reverts to pthread_kill if not.
+dnl This check must come after ACX_PTHREAD is called so that CC, CFLAGS,
+dnl and LIBS are appropriately set for the local pthreads situation.
+dnl ######################################################################
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_cancel])
+
 dnl ######################################################################
 dnl Whether to build extensions as builtin extensions or a separate
 dnl plugin. The default is plugin.
diff --git a/libpromises/dbm_test_api.c b/libpromises/dbm_test_api.c
index def4d50b92..2d8f3d4007 100644
--- a/libpromises/dbm_test_api.c
+++ b/libpromises/dbm_test_api.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   included file COSL.txt.
 */
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
 #include <platform.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>             /* lrand48_r() */
 #include <unistd.h>             /* usleep(), syscall()/gettid() */
@@ -735,3 +736,4 @@ void RemoveFilament(DBFilament *filament)
     free(filament);
     CloseDB(db);
 }
+#endif /* not __ANDROID__ */
diff --git a/libpromises/dbm_test_api.h b/libpromises/dbm_test_api.h
index ffda177d75..a6fe0ae63d 100644
--- a/libpromises/dbm_test_api.h
+++ b/libpromises/dbm_test_api.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   included file COSL.txt.
 */
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
 #ifndef CFENGINE_DBM_TEST_API_H
 #define CFENGINE_DBM_TEST_API_H
 
@@ -55,3 +56,4 @@ DBFilament *FillUpDB(dbid db_id, int usage_pct);
 void RemoveFilament(DBFilament *filament);
 
 #endif  /* CFENGINE_DBM_TEST_API_H */
+#endif /* not __ANDROID__ */
diff --git a/libpromises/evalfunction.c b/libpromises/evalfunction.c
index 2e925c03fa..204c70bb5b 100644
--- a/libpromises/evalfunction.c
+++ b/libpromises/evalfunction.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 #include <version_comparison.h>
 #include <mutex.h>          /* ThreadWait */
 #include <glob_lib.h>
+#include <signal_lib.h> /* MaskTerminationSignalsInThread */
 
 #include <math_eval.h>
 
@@ -8513,10 +8514,29 @@ struct IsReadableThreadData
     FnCallResult result;
 };
 
+#ifndef HAVE_PTHREAD_CANCEL
+#define PTHREAD_CANCELED ((void *)-1)
+static void ThreadSignalHandler(int signum)
+{
+    pthread_exit(PTHREAD_CANCELED);
+}
+#endif
+
 static void *IsReadableThreadRoutine(void *data)
 {
     assert(data != NULL);
 
+#ifndef HAVE_PTHREAD_CANCEL
+    MaskTerminationSignalsInThread();
+    struct sigaction actions;
+    memset(&actions, 0, sizeof(actions));
+    sigemptyset(&actions.sa_mask);
+    actions.sa_flags = 0;
+    actions.sa_handler = ThreadSignalHandler;
+    sigaction(SIGHUP, &actions, NULL);
+    MaskTerminationSignalsInThread();
+#endif
+
     struct IsReadableThreadData *const thread_data = data;
 
     // Give main thread time to call pthread_cond_timedwait(3)
@@ -8668,7 +8688,11 @@ static FnCallResult FnCallIsReadable(ARG_UNUSED EvalContext *const ctx,
                 "Read operation timed out, exceeded %ld seconds.", path,
                 timeout);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_CANCEL
             ret = pthread_cancel(thread_data.thread);
+#else
+            ret = pthread_kill(thread_data.thread, SIGUSR2);
+#endif
             if (ret != 0)
             {
                 Log(LOG_LEVEL_ERR, "Failed to cancel thread");
@@ -8700,10 +8724,12 @@ static FnCallResult FnCallIsReadable(ARG_UNUSED EvalContext *const ctx,
         return FnFailure();
     }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_CANCEL
     if (status == PTHREAD_CANCELED)
     {
         Log(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "Thread was canceled");
     }
+#endif
 
     return result;
 }