diff --git a/src/io/uring/meson.build b/src/io/uring/meson.build
index 8c8f203a8..f19a7131c 100644
--- a/src/io/uring/meson.build
+++ b/src/io/uring/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 uring_features = configuration_data()
 
-if host_machine.system() != 'linux'
+if host_machine.system() != 'linux' or is_android
+  # io_uring is a Linux-only feature; on Android, we also disable it
+  # because it's forbidden by a seccomp filter
   uring_dep = dependency('', required: false)
   uring_features.set('HAVE_URING', false)
   configure_file(output: 'Features.h', configuration: uring_features)