diff --git a/iptables/Android.mk b/iptables/Android.mk
index 52ecc21ff..095b90dcc 100644
--- a/iptables/Android.mk
+++ b/iptables/Android.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ LOCAL_CFLAGS+=-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1 -D_LARGE_FILES -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_REE
 LOCAL_CFLAGS+=-D__ANDROID__
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(commonFlags)
 
+LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES := xtables.lock
+
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
 	xtables-multi.c iptables-xml.c xshared.c \
 	iptables-save.c iptables-restore.c \
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ LOCAL_CFLAGS+=-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1 -D_LARGE_FILES -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_REE
 LOCAL_CFLAGS+=-D__ANDROID__
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += $(commonFlags)
 
+LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES := xtables.lock
+
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= \
 	xtables-multi.c iptables-xml.c xshared.c \
 	ip6tables-save.c ip6tables-restore.c \