diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 55e53238..9b40412d 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -1211,8 +1211,14 @@ get_uptime() {
             # Get uptime in seconds.
             case "$os" in
                 "Linux" | "Windows" | "MINIX")
-                    seconds="$(< /proc/uptime)"
-                    seconds="${seconds/.*}"
+                    if [ -f /proc/uptime ]; then
+                        seconds="$(< /proc/uptime)"
+                        seconds="${seconds/.*}"
+                    else # Android >= 9 denies /proc/uptime access
+                        boot=$(date -d"$(uptime -s)" +%s) \
+                            && now="$(date +%s)" \
+                            && seconds="$((now - boot))"
+                    fi
                 ;;
 
                 "Mac OS X" | "iPhone OS" | "BSD" | "FreeMiNT")