diff --git a/libc-test/build.rs b/libc-test/build.rs
index f2c6c3ccddf5a..010f42fbf9904 100644
--- a/libc-test/build.rs
+++ b/libc-test/build.rs
@@ -1550,6 +1550,7 @@ fn test_android(target: &str) {
                "sched.h",
                "semaphore.h",
                "signal.h",
+               "spawn.h",
                "stddef.h",
                "stdint.h",
                "stdio.h",
@@ -1709,6 +1710,10 @@ fn test_android(target: &str) {
 
             // FIXME: Somehow fails to test after removing cfg hacks:
             "__uint128" => 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 cf8b98d7e62c1..79f06fdf1a33b 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,