diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8cdaef3e7..796c74567 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ item_source = 'src/borg/item.pyx'
 checksums_source = 'src/borg/algorithms/checksums.pyx'
 platform_posix_source = 'src/borg/platform/posix.pyx'
 platform_linux_source = 'src/borg/platform/linux.pyx'
+platform_syncfilerange_source = 'src/borg/platform/syncfilerange.pyx'
 platform_darwin_source = 'src/borg/platform/darwin.pyx'
 platform_freebsd_source = 'src/borg/platform/freebsd.pyx'
 msgpack_packer_source = 'src/borg/algorithms/msgpack/_packer.pyx'
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ cython_c_sources = [
 
     platform_posix_source,
     platform_linux_source,
+    platform_syncfilerange_source,
     platform_freebsd_source,
     platform_darwin_source,
 ]
@@ -832,6 +834,7 @@ if not on_rtd:
         ext_modules.append(Extension('borg.platform.posix', [platform_posix_source]))
     if sys.platform == 'linux':
         ext_modules.append(Extension('borg.platform.linux', [platform_linux_source], libraries=['acl']))
+        ext_modules.append(Extension('borg.platform.syncfilerange', [platform_syncfilerange_source]))
     elif sys.platform.startswith('freebsd'):
         ext_modules.append(Extension('borg.platform.freebsd', [platform_freebsd_source]))
     elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
diff --git a/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx b/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx
index 37875d2ad..4a5b27513 100644
--- a/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx
+++ b/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ from ..helpers import safe_decode, safe_encode
 from .base import SyncFile as BaseSyncFile
 from .base import safe_fadvise
 from .posix import swidth
+try:
+    from .syncfilerange import sync_file_range, SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE, SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE, SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER
+    SYNC_FILE_RANGE_LOADED = True
+except ImportError:
+    SYNC_FILE_RANGE_LOADED = False
 
 from libc cimport errno
 from libc.stdint cimport int64_t
@@ -36,12 +41,6 @@ cdef extern from "sys/acl.h":
 cdef extern from "acl/libacl.h":
     int acl_extended_file(const char *path)
 
-cdef extern from "fcntl.h":
-    int sync_file_range(int fd, int64_t offset, int64_t nbytes, unsigned int flags)
-    unsigned int SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE
-    unsigned int SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE
-    unsigned int SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER
-
 cdef extern from "linux/fs.h":
     # ioctls
     int FS_IOC_SETFLAGS
@@ -241,7 +240,7 @@ cdef _sync_file_range(fd, offset, length, flags):
 cdef unsigned PAGE_MASK = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) - 1
 
 
-if 'basesyncfile' in workarounds:
+if 'basesyncfile' in workarounds or not SYNC_FILE_RANGE_LOADED:
     class SyncFile(BaseSyncFile):
         # if we are on platforms with a broken or not implemented sync_file_range,
         # use the more generic BaseSyncFile to avoid issues.
diff --git a/src/borg/platform/syncfilerange.pyx b/src/borg/platform/syncfilerange.pyx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3c57ef31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/borg/platform/syncfilerange.pyx
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from libc.stdint cimport int64_t
+
+
+# Some Linux systems (like Termux on Android 7 or earlier) do not have access
+# to sync_file_range. By isolating the access to sync_file_range in this
+# separate extension, it can be imported dynamically from linux.pyx only when
+# available and systems without support can otherwise use the rest of
+# linux.pyx.
+cdef extern from "fcntl.h":
+    int sync_file_range(int fd, int64_t offset, int64_t nbytes, unsigned int flags)
+    unsigned int SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE
+    unsigned int SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE
+    unsigned int SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER