--- a/sshd-session.c
+++ b/sshd-session.c
@@ -1074,7 +1074,18 @@
 
 	/* Store privilege separation user for later use if required. */
 	privsep_chroot = (getuid() == 0 || geteuid() == 0);
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+	/* Let the privilege separation user be Termux on Android */
+	do {
+		struct stat st;
+		if (stat("/data/local/tmp", &st) != -1) {
+			privsep_pw = getpwuid(st.st_uid);
+		}
+	} while (0);
+	if (privsep_pw == NULL) {
+#else
 	if ((privsep_pw = getpwnam(SSH_PRIVSEP_USER)) == NULL) {
+#endif
 		if (privsep_chroot || options.kerberos_authentication)
 			fatal("Privilege separation user %s does not exist",
 			    SSH_PRIVSEP_USER);
