diff --git a/racket/src/racket/src/port.c b/racket/src/racket/src/port.c
index d5b965dc2e..26995ba6e4 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/src/port.c
+++ b/racket/src/racket/src/port.c
@@ -10439,6 +10439,8 @@ static void close_fds_after_fork(int skip1, int skip2, int skip3)
 
 # ifdef USE_ULIMIT
   i = ulimit(4, 0);
+# elif defined(__ANDROID__)
+  i = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
 # else
   i = getdtablesize();
 # endif