diff --git a/src/net/conf.go b/src/net/conf.go
index 010131c489..ca7fa8708f 100644
--- a/src/net/conf.go
+++ b/src/net/conf.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func initConfVal() {
 
 // hostLookupOrder determines which strategy to use to resolve hostname.
 func (c *conf) hostLookupOrder(hostname string) hostLookupOrder {
-	if c.forceCgoLookupHost || c.resolv.unknownOpt {
+	if c.forceCgoLookupHost || c.resolv.unknownOpt || c.goos == "android" {
 		return hostLookupCgo
 	}
 	if byteIndex(hostname, '\\') != -1 || byteIndex(hostname, '%') != -1 {
diff --git a/src/net/conf_test.go b/src/net/conf_test.go
index 01de0de794..003c615eb8 100644
--- a/src/net/conf_test.go
+++ b/src/net/conf_test.go
@@ -272,6 +272,18 @@ func TestConfHostLookupOrder(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			hostTests: []nssHostTest{{"google.com", hostLookupCgo}},
 		},
+		// Android should always use cgo.
+		{
+			name: "android",
+			c: &conf{
+				goos:   "android",
+				nss:    nssStr(""),
+				resolv: defaultResolvConf,
+			},
+			hostTests: []nssHostTest{
+				{"x.com", hostLookupCgo},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		for _, ht := range tt.hostTests {