diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
index 40e8f82a80..964dcebeb2 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ extern "C" NSString *NSTemporaryDirectory();
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
+// statx() is disabled on Android because quite a few systems
+// come with sandboxes that kill applications that make system calls outside a
+// whitelist and several Android vendors can't be bothered to update the list.
+#  undef STATX_BASIC_STATS
+#endif
+
 #ifndef STATX_ALL
 struct statx { mode_t stx_mode; };      // dummy
 #endif