diff --git a/crates/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
index 1ba4e0fb..5a1002fe 100644
--- a/crates/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -106,12 +106,14 @@ smallvec = { version = "1.15.1", features = ["union"] }
 strum = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["derive"] }
 zstd = "0.13.3"
 
-[target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
+[target.'cfg(not(any(windows, all(target_os="android", target_arch="x86"))))'.dependencies]
 sha2 = { version = "0.10.9", features = ["asm"] }
 
-[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
+[target.'cfg(any(windows, all(target_os="android", target_arch="x86")))'.dependencies]
 # unfortunately, the asm extensions do not build on Windows, see https://github.com/RustCrypto/asm-hashes/issues/17
 # and https://github.com/RustCrypto/asm-hashes/pull/issues/78
+# Android x86 links this crate into a JNI shared library. sha2-asm's 32-bit x86 objects contain text
+# relocations, which Android rejects when loading shared libraries.
 sha2 = "0.10.9"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(any(windows, target_os="openbsd")))'.dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/core/src/backend/local_destination.rs b/crates/core/src/backend/local_destination.rs
index 9d7bcc90..99b2f11f 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/backend/local_destination.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/backend/local_destination.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ pub enum LocalDestinationErrorKind {
     DirectoryCreationFailed(std::io::Error),
     /// file `{0:?}` should have a parent
     FileDoesNotHaveParent(PathBuf),
-    #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "openbsd"))]
+    #[cfg(any(
+        target_os = "macos",
+        target_os = "openbsd",
+        all(target_os = "android", target_pointer_width = "32")
+    ))]
     /// `DeviceID` could not be converted to other type `{target}` of device `{device}`: `{source}`
     DeviceIdConversionFailed {
         target: String,
@@ -655,7 +659,11 @@ impl LocalDestination {
                 })?;
             }
             NodeType::Dev { device } => {
-                #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "openbsd")))]
+                #[cfg(not(any(
+                    target_os = "macos",
+                    target_os = "openbsd",
+                    all(target_os = "android", target_pointer_width = "32")
+                )))]
                 let device = *device;
                 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "openbsd"))]
                 let device = i32::try_from(*device).map_err(|err| {
@@ -665,11 +673,23 @@ impl LocalDestination {
                         source: err,
                     }
                 })?;
+                #[cfg(all(target_os = "android", target_pointer_width = "32"))]
+                let device = u32::try_from(*device).map_err(|err| {
+                    LocalDestinationErrorKind::DeviceIdConversionFailed {
+                        target: "u32".to_string(),
+                        device: *device,
+                        source: err,
+                    }
+                })?;
                 mknod(&filename, SFlag::S_IFBLK, Mode::empty(), device)
                     .map_err(LocalDestinationErrorKind::FromErrnoError)?;
             }
             NodeType::Chardev { device } => {
-                #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "openbsd")))]
+                #[cfg(not(any(
+                    target_os = "macos",
+                    target_os = "openbsd",
+                    all(target_os = "android", target_pointer_width = "32")
+                )))]
                 let device = *device;
                 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "openbsd"))]
                 let device = i32::try_from(*device).map_err(|err| {
@@ -679,6 +699,14 @@ impl LocalDestination {
                         source: err,
                     }
                 })?;
+                #[cfg(all(target_os = "android", target_pointer_width = "32"))]
+                let device = u32::try_from(*device).map_err(|err| {
+                    LocalDestinationErrorKind::DeviceIdConversionFailed {
+                        target: "u32".to_string(),
+                        device: *device,
+                        source: err,
+                    }
+                })?;
                 mknod(&filename, SFlag::S_IFCHR, Mode::empty(), device)
                     .map_err(LocalDestinationErrorKind::FromErrnoError)?;
             }