--- /dev/null
+diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.6/lib/dpkg/dbmodify.c ./lib/dpkg/dbmodify.c
+--- ../dpkg-1.17.6/lib/dpkg/dbmodify.c 2013-12-14 06:36:07.000000000 +0100
++++ ./lib/dpkg/dbmodify.c 2014-02-25 18:12:15.000000000 +0100
+@@ -253,8 +253,10 @@
+ switch (readwritereq) {
+ case msdbrw_needsuperuser:
+ case msdbrw_needsuperuserlockonly:
++#ifndef __ANDROID__
+ if (getuid() || geteuid())
+ ohshit(_("requested operation requires superuser privilege"));
++#endif
+ /* Fall through. */
+ case msdbrw_write: case msdbrw_writeifposs:
+ if (access(dpkg_db_get_dir(), W_OK)) {