diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 656aa7c74..4897369fa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1228,7 +1228,6 @@ check_symbol_exists(getifaddrs     "${CURL_INCLUDES};stdlib.h" HAVE_GETIFADDRS)
 check_symbol_exists(freeaddrinfo   "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_FREEADDRINFO)
 check_symbol_exists(pipe           "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_PIPE)
 check_symbol_exists(ftruncate      "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_FTRUNCATE)
-check_symbol_exists(fseeko         "${CURL_INCLUDES};stdio.h" HAVE_FSEEKO)
 check_symbol_exists(_fseeki64      "${CURL_INCLUDES};stdio.h" HAVE__FSEEKI64)
 check_symbol_exists(getpeername    "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_GETPEERNAME)
 check_symbol_exists(getsockname    "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_GETSOCKNAME)
@@ -1238,10 +1237,6 @@ check_symbol_exists(setlocale      "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_SETLOCALE)
 check_symbol_exists(setmode        "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_SETMODE)
 check_symbol_exists(setrlimit      "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_SETRLIMIT)
 
-if(HAVE_FSEEKO)
-  set(HAVE_DECL_FSEEKO 1)
-endif()
-
 if(NOT MSVC OR (MSVC_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 1900))
   # earlier MSVC compilers had faulty snprintf implementations
   check_symbol_exists(snprintf       "stdio.h" HAVE_SNPRINTF)
@@ -1304,6 +1299,14 @@ if(HAVE_FILE_OFFSET_BITS)
 endif()
 check_type_size("off_t"  SIZEOF_OFF_T)
 
+# fseeko may not exist with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 but can exist with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS unset or 32 (e.g. Android ARMv7 with NDK 26b and API level < 24)
+# so we need to test fseeko after testing for _FILE_OFFSEt_BITS
+check_symbol_exists(fseeko         "${CURL_INCLUDES};stdio.h" HAVE_FSEEKO)
+
+if(HAVE_FSEEKO)
+  set(HAVE_DECL_FSEEKO 1)
+endif()
+
 # include this header to get the type
 set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES "${CURL_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
 set(CMAKE_EXTRA_INCLUDE_FILES "curl/system.h")