diff --git a/dlib/CMakeLists.txt b/dlib/CMakeLists.txt
index 228cc863a7..62c6f6c282 100644
--- a/dlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ if (NOT TARGET dlib)
          endif()
 
          if (DLIB_USE_LAPACK)
-            if (lapack_found)
+            if (lapack_found AND NOT ANDROID)
                set (dlib_needed_libraries ${dlib_needed_libraries} ${lapack_libraries})
                if (lapack_with_underscore)
                   set(LAPACK_FORCE_UNDERSCORE 1)