diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/fe-exec.c b/src/fe-common/core/fe-exec.c
index 0da4ac89..58471345 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/fe-exec.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/fe-exec.c
@@ -316,11 +316,13 @@ static void process_exec(PROCESS_REC *rec, const char *cmd)
 	/* child process, try to clean up everything */
 	setsid();
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
 	if (setuid(getuid()) != 0)
 		_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 
 	if (setgid(getgid()) != 0)
 		_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+#endif
 
 	signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
 	signal(SIGQUIT, SIG_DFL);