diff --git a/libc-test/build.rs b/libc-test/build.rs
index 2b15c958d2d51..f8d797f126736 100644
--- a/libc-test/build.rs
+++ b/libc-test/build.rs
@@ -1613,6 +1613,7 @@ fn test_android(target: &str) {
                "sched.h",
                "semaphore.h",
                "signal.h",
+               "spawn.h",
                "stddef.h",
                "stdint.h",
                "stdio.h",
@@ -1767,6 +1768,9 @@ fn test_android(target: &str) {
 
             // These are tested in the `linux_elf.rs` file.
             "Elf64_Phdr" | "Elf32_Phdr" => true,
+            // These are intended to be opaque
+            "posix_spawn_file_actions_t" => true,
+            "posix_spawnattr_t" => true,
             _ => false,
         }
     });
diff --git a/src/unix/linux_like/android/mod.rs b/src/unix/linux_like/android/mod.rs
index ce8e9782c49a0..fb0b06701507c 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux_like/android/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/linux_like/android/mod.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ pub type Elf64_Xword = u64;
 
 pub type eventfd_t = u64;
 
+// these structs sit behind a heap allocation on Android
+pub type posix_spawn_file_actions_t = *mut ::c_void;
+pub type posix_spawnattr_t = *mut ::c_void;
+
 s! {
     pub struct stack_t {
         pub ss_sp: *mut ::c_void,