diff --git a/doc/interprocess.qbk b/doc/interprocess.qbk
index f7be7ff..3d39aa0 100644
--- a/doc/interprocess.qbk
+++ b/doc/interprocess.qbk
@@ -6730,6 +6730,13 @@ thank them:
 
 [endsect]
 
+[section:release_notes_boost_1_56_00 Boost 1.56 Release]
+
+*  Fixed bugs:
+   *  [@https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9408 #9408: ['"Android does not support XSI_SHARED_MEMORY_OBJECTS"]].
+
+[endsect]
+
 [section:release_notes_boost_1_55_00 Boost 1.55 Release]
 
 *  Fixed bugs [@https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7156 #7156],
diff --git a/include/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp b/include/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp
index 6ce2ea1..946f171 100644
--- a/include/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
    #endif
 
    //Check for XSI shared memory objects. They are available in nearly all UNIX platforms
-   #if !defined(__QNXNTO__)
+   #if !defined(__QNXNTO__) && !defined(__ANDROID__)
       #define BOOST_INTERPROCESS_XSI_SHARED_MEMORY_OBJECTS
    #endif