--- /dev/null
+diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.6/lib/dpkg/triglib.c ./lib/dpkg/triglib.c
+--- ../dpkg-1.17.6/lib/dpkg/triglib.c 2013-12-14 06:30:58.000000000 +0100
++++ ./lib/dpkg/triglib.c 2014-02-25 18:14:43.000000000 +0100
+@@ -776,10 +776,13 @@
+ if (errno != EEXIST)
+ ohshite(_("unable to create triggers state"
+ " directory `%.250s'"), triggersdir);
+- } else if (chown(triggersdir, 0, 0)) {
++ }
++#ifndef __ANDROID__
++ else if (chown(triggersdir, 0, 0)) {
+ ohshite(_("unable to set ownership of triggers state"
+ " directory `%.250s'"), triggersdir);
+ }
++#endif
+ ur = trigdef_update_start(tduf);
+ }
+ switch (ur) {