diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index da1c9a6510d..95b5ef2b639 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -722,8 +722,14 @@ if (HDF5_ENABLE_HDFS)
   if (HDFS_FOUND)
     set (H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS 1)
     set (H5_HAVE_HDFS_H 1)
-    if (NOT MSVC)
-      list (APPEND LINK_LIBS -pthread)
+    if (NOT MSVC AND NOT ANDROID)
+       list (APPEND LINK_LIBS -pthread)
+	elseif(ANDROID)
+ 	  message(STATUS "Enabled HDFS adding cancelthread support library for Android")
+	  find_library(cancelthread_LIBRARY NAMES cancelthread libcancelthread)
+	  find_path(cancelthread_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES "bthread.h")
+	  set (HDF5_SRC_INCLUDE_DIRS ${HDF5_SRC_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${cancelthread_INCLUDE_DIR})
+	  link_libraries(${cancelthread_LIBRARY})
     endif ()
   else ()
     set (HDF5_ENABLE_HDFS OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable HDFS" FORCE)
@@ -849,6 +855,14 @@ if (HDF5_ENABLE_SUBFILING_VFD)
     message (FATAL_ERROR "Subfiling requires thread operations support")
   endif ()
 
+  if(ANDROID)
+	 message(STATUS "Enabled Parallel HDF5 Subfiling VFD adding cancelthread support library for Android")
+	 find_library(cancelthread_LIBRARY NAMES cancelthread libcancelthread)
+	 find_path(cancelthread_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES "bthread.h")
+	 set (HDF5_SRC_INCLUDE_DIRS ${HDF5_SRC_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${cancelthread_INCLUDE_DIR})
+	 link_libraries(${cancelthread_LIBRARY})
+  endif()
+  
   set (H5_HAVE_SUBFILING_VFD 1)
   # IOC VFD is currently only built when subfiling is enabled
   set (H5_HAVE_IOC_VFD 1)
@@ -982,6 +996,14 @@ if (HDF5_ENABLE_THREADSAFE)
     message (FATAL_ERROR " **** thread-safety option requires a threading package and none was found **** ")
   endif ()
 
+  if(ANDROID)
+	  message(STATUS "Enabled thread-safety adding cancelthread support library for Android")
+	  find_library(cancelthread_LIBRARY NAMES cancelthread libcancelthread)
+	  find_path(cancelthread_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES "bthread.h")
+	  set (HDF5_SRC_INCLUDE_DIRS ${HDF5_SRC_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${cancelthread_INCLUDE_DIR})
+	  link_libraries(${cancelthread_LIBRARY})
+  endif()
+
   set (H5_HAVE_THREADSAFE 1)
 endif ()
 
diff --git a/src/H5private.h b/src/H5private.h
index cff6b37390c..c6e4cdf2d80 100644
--- a/src/H5private.h
+++ b/src/H5private.h
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
 /* Pthreads */
 #if defined(H5_HAVE_PTHREAD_H)
 #include <pthread.h>
+
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+#include <bthread.h>
+#endif
+
 #endif
 #endif