diff --git a/apps/sft/include/sft/random.hpp b/apps/sft/include/sft/random.hpp
index e184da629..3a3be8bbc 100644
--- a/apps/sft/include/sft/random.hpp
+++ b/apps/sft/include/sft/random.hpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct Random
 };
 }
 
-#elif (__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ > 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 1
+#elif (__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ > 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 1 && !defined(__ANDROID__)
 
 # if defined (__cplusplus) && __cplusplus > 201100L
 #  include <random>
diff --git a/modules/ml/src/octave.cpp b/modules/ml/src/octave.cpp
index d9a2db3b1..bf37ba978 100644
--- a/modules/ml/src/octave.cpp
+++ b/modules/ml/src/octave.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct Random
 };
 }
 
-#elif (__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ > 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 1
+#elif (__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ > 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 1 && !defined(__ANDROID__)
 
 # if defined (__cplusplus) && __cplusplus > 201100L
 #  include <random>