diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f5f4e77173..9c4e697de5 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3618,6 +3618,11 @@ case $host in
     ;;
 esac
 
+AC_CHECK_DECLS([getpwuid_r], [], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DECL_GETPWUID_R_MISSING, 1, "Set if getpwuid_r() declaration is missing")],
+        [[#include <pwd.h>
+          #include <sys/types.h>]])
+
+
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([geteuid \
   getpass_r \
   getppid \
diff --git a/lib/curl_setup.h b/lib/curl_setup.h
index 5593a3b5c2..9696a07d08 100644
--- a/lib/curl_setup.h
+++ b/lib/curl_setup.h
@@ -800,4 +800,11 @@ endings either CRLF or LF so 't' is appropriate.
 #define CURL_SA_FAMILY_T unsigned short
 #endif
 
+/* Some versions of the Android SDK is missing the declaration */
+#if defined(HAVE_GETPWUID_R) && defined(HAVE_DECL_GETPWUID_R_MISSING)
+struct passwd;
+int getpwuid_r(uid_t uid, struct passwd *pwd, char *buf,
+               size_t buflen, struct passwd **result);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* HEADER_CURL_SETUP_H */