diff --git a/src/libcore/rt/thread_local_storage.rs b/src/libcore/rt/thread_local_storage.rs
index 5b135ba98cee9..e10551b6b893b 100644
--- a/src/libcore/rt/thread_local_storage.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/rt/thread_local_storage.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type pthread_key_t = c_ulong;
 
 #[cfg(target_os="linux")]
 #[cfg(target_os="freebsd")]
+#[cfg(target_os="android")]
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)] // foreign type
 type pthread_key_t = c_uint;