diff --git a/vlib/builtin/builtin.v b/vlib/builtin/builtin.v
index 686f4bca93..f1000ad8d0 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/builtin.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/builtin.v
@@ -27,14 +27,17 @@ pub fn print_backtrace_skipping_top_frames(skipframes int) {
 		return
 	}
 	$if linux {
-		if C.backtrace_symbols_fd != 0 {
-			buffer := [100]byteptr
-			nr_ptrs := C.backtrace(*voidptr(buffer), 100)
-			C.backtrace_symbols_fd(&buffer[skipframes], nr_ptrs-skipframes, 1)
-			return
-		}else{
-			C.printf('backtrace_symbols_fd is missing, so printing backtraces is not available.\n')
-			C.printf('Some libc implementations like musl simply do not provide it.\n')
+		$if !android {
+			// backtrace is not available on Android.
+			if C.backtrace_symbols_fd != 0 {
+				buffer := [100]byteptr
+				nr_ptrs := C.backtrace(*voidptr(buffer), 100)
+				C.backtrace_symbols_fd(&buffer[skipframes], nr_ptrs-skipframes, 1)
+				return
+			}else{
+				C.printf('backtrace_symbols_fd is missing, so printing backtraces is not available.\n')
+				C.printf('Some libc implementations like musl simply do not provide it.\n')
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	println('print_backtrace_skipping_top_frames is not implemented on this platform for now...\n')
diff --git a/vlib/os/os.v b/vlib/os/os.v
index 547495115a..f8e09411a6 100644
--- a/vlib/os/os.v
+++ b/vlib/os/os.v
@@ -539,6 +539,9 @@ pub fn user_os() string {
 	$if msvc {
 		return 'windows'
 	}
+	$if android{
+		return 'android'
+	}
 	return 'unknown'
 }