diff --git a/tools/tirith_security.py b/tools/tirith_security.py
index 44710ee608..85281e27da 100644
--- a/tools/tirith_security.py
+++ b/tools/tirith_security.py
@@ -186,9 +186,10 @@ def _detect_target() -> str | None:
     system = platform.system()
     machine = platform.machine().lower()
 
+    # Android (Termux) is ABI-compatible with Linux — reuse Linux binaries.
     if system == "Darwin":
         plat = "apple-darwin"
-    elif system == "Linux":
+    elif system in ("Linux", "Android"):
         plat = "unknown-linux-gnu"
     else:
         return None