diff --git a/libc/Android.mk b/libc/Android.mk
index 82ef6ec..59d0065 100644
--- a/libc/Android.mk
+++ b/libc/Android.mk
@@ -487,6 +487,10 @@
 		-DPOSIX_MISTAKE \
                 -DLOG_ON_HEAP_ERROR \
 
+ifeq ($(BOARD_USES_QCOM_HARDWARE),true)
+libc_common_cflags += -DQCOM_HARDWARE
+endif
+
 # these macro definitions are required to implement the
 # 'timezone' and 'daylight' global variables, as well as
 # properly update the 'tm_gmtoff' field in 'struct tm'.
diff --git a/libc/unistd/sysconf.c b/libc/unistd/sysconf.c
index 9377802..c6bf000 100644
--- a/libc/unistd/sysconf.c
+++ b/libc/unistd/sysconf.c
@@ -367,11 +367,19 @@
     const char*  p;
     int          count = 0;
 
+#ifdef QCOM_HARDWARE
+    if (line_parser_init(parser, "/sys/devices/system/cpu/present") < 0)
+#else
     if (line_parser_init(parser, "/proc/cpuinfo") < 0)
+#endif
         return 1;
 
     while ((p = line_parser_gets(parser))) {
+#ifdef QCOM_HARDWARE
+        if ( sscanf(p, "0-%d", &count) == 1 )
+#else
         if ( !memcmp(p, "processor", 9) )
+#endif
             count += 1;
     }
     return (count < 1) ? 1 : count;
@@ -385,11 +393,19 @@
     const char*  p;
     int          count = 0;
 
+#ifdef QCOM_HARDWARE
+    if (line_parser_init(parser, "/sys/devices/system/cpu/present") < 0)
+#else
     if (line_parser_init(parser, "/proc/stat") < 0)
+#endif
         return 1;
 
     while ((p = line_parser_gets(parser))) {
+#ifdef QCOM_HARDWARE
+        if ( sscanf(p, "0-%d", &count) == 1 )
+#else
         if ( !memcmp(p, "cpu", 3) && isdigit(p[3]) )
+#endif
             count += 1;
     }
     return (count < 1) ? 1 : count;