diff --git a/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/arm-not-android.patch b/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/arm-not-android.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d731fd76ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/arm-not-android.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- client/whetstone.cpp	2018-01-14 11:07:52.000000000 +0100
++++ client/whetstone.cpp	2018-02-26 20:49:52.185904752 +0100
+@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@
+     return 0;
+ }
+ 
++#ifdef ANDROID
+ #if defined(ANDROID_NEON) || defined(ANDROID_VFP)
+   }
+ #endif // namespace closure
++#endif