diff --git a/src/android-base/file.cpp b/src/android-base/file.cpp
index 6321fc624..f36fe9a73 100644
--- a/src/android-base/file.cpp
+++ b/src/android-base/file.cpp
@@ -43,11 +43,17 @@
 #define OS_PATH_SEPARATOR '/'
 #endif
 
-#include "android-base/logging.h"  // and must be after windows.h for ERROR
 #include "android-base/macros.h"   // For TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY on Darwin.
 #include "android-base/unique_fd.h"
 #include "android-base/utf8.h"
 
+class FakeLog {
+ public:
+  FakeLog operator<<(const char*) { return *this; }
+  operator bool() { return false; }
+};
+#define PLOG(x) false && FakeLog()
+
 namespace {
 
 #ifdef _WIN32