diff --git a/gio/gunixmounts.c b/gio/gunixmounts.c
index 6477ee3a4..1cfd25d9e 100644
--- a/gio/gunixmounts.c
+++ b/gio/gunixmounts.c
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@
 #include <gstdio.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 
+#if defined(__BIONIC__) && (__ANDROID_API__ < 26)
+#include <mntent.h>
+/* the shared object of recent bionic libc's have hasmntopt symbol, but
+   some a possible common build environment for android, termux ends
+   up with inssuficient __ANDROID_API__ value for building.
+*/
+extern char* hasmntopt(const struct mntent* mnt, const char* opt);
+#endif
+
 #if HAVE_SYS_STATFS_H
 #include <sys/statfs.h>
 #endif