diff --git a/src/unix/process.c b/src/unix/process.c
index ca3f6e40..17e80d21 100644
--- a/src/unix/process.c
+++ b/src/unix/process.c
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ static void uv__process_child_init(const uv_process_options_t* options,
   int fd;
   int n;
 #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
-  int r;
   int i;
   int cpumask_size;
   uv__cpu_set_t cpuset;
@@ -327,9 +326,15 @@ static void uv__process_child_init(const uv_process_options_t* options,
       }
     }
 
-    r = -pthread_setaffinity_np(pthread_self(), sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
-    if (r != 0) {
-      uv__write_int(error_fd, r);
+#if defined(__linux__)
+    err = sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+#else
+    err = pthread_setaffinity_np(pthread_self(), sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+    if (err)
+      err = errno;
+#endif
+    if (err) {
+      uv__write_int(error_fd, UV__ERR(err));
       _exit(127);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/unix/thread.c b/src/unix/thread.c
index b003ea5c..19d559bc 100644
--- a/src/unix/thread.c
+++ b/src/unix/thread.c
@@ -284,7 +284,13 @@ int uv_thread_setaffinity(uv_thread_t* tid,
     if (cpumask[i])
       CPU_SET(i, &cpuset);
 
-  return UV__ERR(pthread_setaffinity_np(*tid, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset));
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+  r = sched_setaffinity(pthread_gettid_np(*tid), sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+#else
+  r = pthread_setaffinity_np(*tid, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+#endif
+
+  return UV__ERR(r);
 }
 
 
@@ -303,7 +309,11 @@ int uv_thread_getaffinity(uv_thread_t* tid,
     return UV_EINVAL;
 
   CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+  r = sched_getaffinity(pthread_gettid_np(*tid), sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+#else
   r = pthread_getaffinity_np(*tid, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+#endif
   if (r)
     return UV__ERR(r);
   for (i = 0; i < cpumasksize; i++)
diff --git a/test/run-tests.c b/test/run-tests.c
index 0f999f74..da9a24c4 100644
--- a/test/run-tests.c
+++ b/test/run-tests.c
@@ -304,7 +304,11 @@ static int maybe_run_test(int argc, char **argv) {
     }
 #else
     CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
+#ifdef __linux__
+    r = sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+#else
     r = pthread_getaffinity_np(pthread_self(), sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+#endif
     ASSERT(r == 0);
     for (i = 0; i < cpumask_size; ++i) {
       ASSERT(CPU_ISSET(i, &cpuset) == (i == cpu));
diff --git a/test/test-spawn.c b/test/test-spawn.c
index e85b2d33..f452bd35 100644
--- a/test/test-spawn.c
+++ b/test/test-spawn.c
@@ -1539,7 +1539,11 @@ TEST_IMPL(spawn_affinity) {
   }
 #else
   CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
+#ifdef __linux__
+  r = sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+#else
   r = pthread_getaffinity_np(pthread_self(), sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+#endif
   ASSERT(r == 0);
   for (i = 0; i < cpumask_size; ++i) {
     if (CPU_ISSET(i, &cpuset)) {