diff --git a/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake b/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake
index 15834f5f8..4ce64c2f7 100644
--- a/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake
+++ b/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake
@@ -856,7 +856,10 @@ endmacro()
 # PTHREAD_LIBS
 macro(CheckPTHREAD)
   if(PTHREADS)
-    if(LINUX)
+    if(ANDROID)
+      # the android libc provides built-in support for pthreads, so no
+      # additional linking or compile flags are necessary
+    elseif(LINUX)
       set(PTHREAD_CFLAGS "-D_REENTRANT")
       set(PTHREAD_LDFLAGS "-pthread")
     elseif(ANDROID)