diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 668d78368eb0b28df6f9ac603d82af4952d36110..a5432125370545ead93c689597208d2255a86c2a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ if(LIBXML2_WITH_LZMA)
 endif()
 
 if(LIBXML2_WITH_THREADS)
+    if(ANDROID)
+      set(CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD YES)
+    endif()
     find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
     set(THREAD_LIBS ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
     list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES Threads::Threads)