diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Android.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Android.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6d4fcfe94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Android.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+include(Platform/Linux)
+
+# Android has soname, but binary names must end in ".so" so we cannot append
+# a version number.  Also we cannot portably represent symlinks on the host.
+set(CMAKE_PLATFORM_NO_VERSIONED_SONAME 1)
+
+# Android reportedly ignores RPATH, and we cannot predict the install
+# location anyway.
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_RUNTIME_C_FLAG "")
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 15acfdd5c9..8143556560 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -4348,6 +4348,7 @@ void cmTarget::GetLibraryNames(std::string& name,
   const char* version = this->GetProperty("VERSION");
   const char* soversion = this->GetProperty("SOVERSION");
   if(!this->HasSOName(config) ||
+     this->Makefile->IsOn("CMAKE_PLATFORM_NO_VERSIONED_SONAME") ||
      this->IsFrameworkOnApple())
     {
     // Versioning is supported only for shared libraries and modules,