diff --git a/external/libzmf/UnpackedTarball_libzmf.mk b/external/libzmf/UnpackedTarball_libzmf.mk
index 324638479ebb..4055bde8c858 100644
--- a/external/libzmf/UnpackedTarball_libzmf.mk
+++ b/external/libzmf/UnpackedTarball_libzmf.mk
@@ -21,4 +21,8 @@ $(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_add_patches,libzmf, \
 endif
 endif
 
+$(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_add_patches,libzmf, \
+    external/libzmf/android-workaround.patch.1 \
+))
+
 # vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
diff --git a/external/libzmf/android-workaround.patch.1 b/external/libzmf/android-workaround.patch.1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a46c5e8c3972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/libzmf/android-workaround.patch.1
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- libzmf.orig/src/lib/ZMFTypes.cpp	2017-09-17 12:14:41.987990622 +0100
++++ libzmf/src/lib/ZMFTypes.cpp	2017-09-17 12:16:32.636850391 +0100
+@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@
+ 
+ double Point::distance(const Point &p2) const
+ {
+-  return std::hypot(p2.x - x, p2.y - y);
++  return ::hypot(p2.x - x, p2.y - y);
+ }
+ 
+-
+ BoundingBox::BoundingBox(const std::vector<Point> &points_)
+   : m_points(points_)
+   , m_width(0.0)