--- /dev/null
+diff -u -r ../c-ares-1.10.0/ares_init.c ./ares_init.c
+--- ../c-ares-1.10.0/ares_init.c 2013-02-17 11:44:02.000000000 -0500
++++ ./ares_init.c 2016-01-03 08:28:33.855590585 -0500
+@@ -43,7 +43,36 @@
+ #endif
+
+ #if defined(ANDROID) || defined(__ANDROID__)
+-#include <sys/system_properties.h>
++
++# ifdef __LP64__
++# include <dlfcn.h>
++// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28413530/api-to-get-android-system-properties-is-removed-in-arm64-platforms
++// Android 64-bit makes __system_property_get a non-global symbol.
++// Here we provide a stub which loads the symbol from libc via dlsym.
++#define PROP_NAME_MAX 31
++#define PROP_VALUE_MAX 91
++typedef int (*PFN_SYSTEM_PROP_GET)(const char *, char *);
++int __system_property_get(const char* name, char* value)
++{
++ static PFN_SYSTEM_PROP_GET __real_system_property_get = NULL;
++ if (!__real_system_property_get) {
++ // libc.so should already be open, get a handle to it.
++ void *handle = dlopen("libc.so", RTLD_NOLOAD);
++ if (!handle) {
++ printf("Cannot dlopen libc.so: %s.\n", dlerror());
++ } else {
++ __real_system_property_get = (PFN_SYSTEM_PROP_GET)dlsym(handle, "__system_property_get");
++ }
++ if (!__real_system_property_get) {
++ printf("Cannot resolve __system_property_get(): %s.\n", dlerror());
++ }
++ }
++ return (*__real_system_property_get)(name, value);
++}
++# else
++# include <sys/system_properties.h>
++#endif
++
+ /* From the Bionic sources */
+ #define DNS_PROP_NAME_PREFIX "net.dns"
+ #define MAX_DNS_PROPERTIES 8