diff --git a/src/api/sockets.c b/src/api/sockets.c
index b7632489..786a294e 100644
--- a/src/api/sockets.c
+++ b/src/api/sockets.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
*
*/
+//#include <errno.h>
+
#include "lwip/opt.h"
#if LWIP_SOCKET /* don't build if not configured for use in lwipopts.h */
diff --git a/src/include/lwip/errno.h b/src/include/lwip/errno.h
index 641cffb0..cec43f7f 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/errno.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/errno.h
@@ -174,7 +174,11 @@ extern "C" {
#define EMEDIUMTYPE 124 /* Wrong medium type */
#ifndef errno
-extern int errno;
+#if defined(__linux__) && !defined(__ANDROID__)
+ #include <errno.h>
+#else
+ extern int errno;
+#endif
#endif
#else /* LWIP_PROVIDE_ERRNO */
