diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index c17f9e66..f15823e1 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ifneq ($(findstring armeabi-v7a, $(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)),)
   # specifically.
   NEON := c.neon
   USE_CPUFEATURES := yes
+  WEBP_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_CPU_FEATURES_H
 else
   NEON := c
 endif
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c3376c6..00455131 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ if(ANDROID)
   set(WEBP_DEP_INCLUDE_DIRS ${WEBP_DEP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${ANDROID_NDK}/sources/android/cpufeatures
   )
+  add_definitions(-DHAVE_CPU_FEATURES_H)
 endif()
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 646ecad3..05765d38 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ model {
       // Check for NEON usage.
       if (getTargetPlatform() == "arm") {
         NEON = "c.neon"
+        cCompiler.define "HAVE_CPU_FEATURES_H"
       } else {
         NEON = "c"
       }
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9902796b..fb49710e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -244,9 +244,13 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_neon" != "xno"], [
           NEON_FLAGS=""],
           [AC_DEFINE(WEBP_HAVE_NEON_RTCD, [1],
                      [Set to 1 if runtime detection of NEON is enabled])])])
-        ;;
-    esac
-    AC_SUBST([NEON_FLAGS])])
+
+      case "$host_os" in
+        *android*) AC_CHECK_HEADERS([cpu-features.h]) ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+  esac
+  AC_SUBST([NEON_FLAGS])])
 
 dnl === CLEAR_LIBVARS([var_pfx])
 dnl ===   Clears <var_pfx>_{INCLUDES,LIBS}.
diff --git a/src/dsp/dsp.h b/src/dsp/dsp.h
index 73ed55b5..1ccace29 100644
--- a/src/dsp/dsp.h
+++ b/src/dsp/dsp.h
@@ -71,18 +71,20 @@ extern "C" {
 #define WEBP_USE_AVX2
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__ANDROID__) && defined(__ARM_ARCH_7A__)
-#define WEBP_ANDROID_NEON  // Android targets that might support NEON
-#endif
-
 // The intrinsics currently cause compiler errors with arm-nacl-gcc and the
 // inline assembly would need to be modified for use with Native Client.
-#if (defined(__ARM_NEON__) || defined(WEBP_ANDROID_NEON) || \
+#if (defined(__ARM_NEON__) || \
      defined(__aarch64__) || defined(WEBP_HAVE_NEON)) && \
     !defined(__native_client__)
 #define WEBP_USE_NEON
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(WEBP_USE_NEON) && defined(__ANDROID__) && \
+    defined(__ARM_ARCH_7A__) && defined(HAVE_CPU_FEATURES_H)
+#define WEBP_ANDROID_NEON  // Android targets that may have NEON
+#define WEBP_USE_NEON
+#endif
+
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1700 && defined(_M_ARM)
 #define WEBP_USE_NEON
 #define WEBP_USE_INTRINSICS