diff --git a/android/ci/termux-prefix.sh b/android/ci/termux-prefix.sh
index d75e04885..0ab2b2275 100755
--- a/android/ci/termux-prefix.sh
+++ b/android/ci/termux-prefix.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ strip = '$TOOLCHAIN/llvm-strip'
 pkgconfig = '$(command -v pkg-config)'
 
 [host_machine]
-system = 'linux'
+system = 'android'
 cpu_family = 'aarch64'
 cpu = 'armv8-a'
 endian = 'little'