diff --git a/package/android-tools/Config.in b/package/android-tools/Config.in
index 2503a28082..19772ad4d7 100644
--- a/package/android-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/android-tools/Config.in
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ANDROID_TOOLS
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_ANDROID_TOOLS
 
+# We need kernel headers that support the __SANE_USERSPACE_TYPES__
+# mechanism for 64 bits architectures, so that u64 gets defined as
+# "unsigned long long" and not "unsigned long". We know that >= 3.16
+# is needed for MIPS64 (kernel commit
+# f4b3aa7cd9d32407670e67238c5ee752bb98f481) and >= 3.10 is needed for
+# PowerPC64 (kernel commit
+# 2c9c6ce0199a4d252e20c531cfdc9d24e39235c0). Without this, the build
+# fails with a bad redefinition of u64 (the android-tools fastboot
+# code defines it as "unsigned long long").
+config BR2_PACKAGE_ANDROID_TOOLS_FASTBOOT_GOOD_KERNEL_HEADERS
+	bool
+	default y if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_10 && (BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le)
+	default y if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_16 && (BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el)
+	default y if !BR2_powerpc64 && !BR2_powerpc64le && !BR2_mips64 && !BR2_mips64el
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ANDROID_TOOLS_FASTBOOT
 	bool "fastboot"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX
@@ -25,6 +40,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ANDROID_TOOLS_FASTBOOT
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libselinux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC # libselinux
 	depends on !BR2_arc # libselinux
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_ANDROID_TOOLS_FASTBOOT_GOOD_KERNEL_HEADERS
 	help
 	  This option will build and install the fastboot utility for
 	  the target, which can be used to reflash other target devices
@@ -35,6 +51,10 @@ comment "fastboot needs a glibc toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 
+comment "fastboot needs headers >= 3.10 (PowerPC64), headers >= 3.16 (MIPS64)"
+	depends on !BR2_arc
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_ANDROID_TOOLS_FASTBOOT_GOOD_KERNEL_HEADERS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ANDROID_TOOLS_ADB
 	bool "adb"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # uses fork()