diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/create-android-cross-file.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/create-android-cross-file.sh
index 69050ac6031..303b6ae53c6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/create-android-cross-file.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/create-android-cross-file.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ strip = '$ndk/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/$arch-strip'
 pkgconfig = ['/usr/bin/pkg-config']
 
 [host_machine]
-system = 'linux'
+system = 'android'
 cpu_family = '$cpu_family'
 cpu = '$cpu'
 endian = 'little'
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 17669575dc2..e1bedff9be6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ endif
 
 with_egl = get_option('egl') \
   .require(host_machine.system() != 'darwin', error_message : 'EGL not supported on MacOS') \
-  .require(with_platform_windows or with_platform_haiku or with_dri, error_message : 'EGL requires DRI, Haiku, or Windows') \
+  .require(with_platform_windows or with_platform_haiku or with_dri or with_platform_android, error_message : 'EGL requires DRI, Haiku, Windows or Android') \
   .require(with_shared_glapi, error_message : 'EGL requires shared-glapi') \
   .require(with_glx != 'xlib', error_message :'EGL requires DRI, but GLX is being built with xlib support') \
   .disable_auto_if(with_platform_haiku) \