diff --git a/stdlib/public/runtime/ImageInspectionELF.cpp b/stdlib/public/runtime/ImageInspectionELF.cpp
index 54fb1230715b3..f54f8cf1d5212 100644
--- a/stdlib/public/runtime/ImageInspectionELF.cpp
+++ b/stdlib/public/runtime/ImageInspectionELF.cpp
@@ -68,8 +68,14 @@ static SectionInfo getSectionInfo(const char *imageName,
   SectionInfo sectionInfo = { 0, nullptr };
   void *handle = dlopen(imageName, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_NOLOAD);
   if (!handle) {
+    #ifdef __ANDROID__
+    // https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-5414
+    // The dlopen can fail once on Android so for now, return an empty struct.
+    return sectionInfo;
+    #else
     fatalError(/* flags = */ 0, "dlopen() failed on `%s': %s", imageName,
                dlerror());
+    #endif
   }
   void *symbol = dlsym(handle, sectionName);
   if (symbol) {