diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b90a772..7773958 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 endif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 
 # detect system type
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Android")
   message(STATUS "Linux detected")
   set(METER_SOURCES "linux/memory.cc" "linux/cpu.cc" "common/load.cc")
 elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ endif()
 
 # set common source files
 set(COMMON_SOURCES "common/main.cc" "common/memory.cc" "common/graph.cc" "common/powerline.cc")
-
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "clang++")
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++ -lc++abi")
 add_executable(tmux-mem-cpu-load ${COMMON_SOURCES} ${METER_SOURCES})
 # add binary tree so we find version.h
 target_include_directories(tmux-mem-cpu-load PUBLIC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
diff --git a/common/load.h b/common/load.h
index 5f1f98b..963ba52 100644
--- a/common/load.h
+++ b/common/load.h
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 #define LOAD_H_
 
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+extern "C" int getloadavg(double* loadavg, int nelem);
+
 
 std::string load_string( bool use_colors = false,
   bool use_powerline_left = false, bool use_powerline_right = false,