diff --git a/qt-ui/mainwindow.cpp b/qt-ui/mainwindow.cpp
index e1b9d3e4f..5b4e9b43d 100644
--- a/qt-ui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/qt-ui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 #include "about.h"
 #include "printdialog.h"
 #include "divelogimportdialog.h"
+#ifndef NO_USERMANUAL
+#include "usermanual.h"
+#endif
 
 MainWindow *MainWindow::m_Instance = NULL;
 
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow() : QMainWindow(),
 	ui.layoutWidget->hide();
 	ui.menuView->removeAction(ui.actionViewGlobe);
 #endif
+#ifdef NO_USERMANUAL
+	ui.menuHelp->removeAction(ui.actionUserManual);
+#endif
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()
@@ -554,10 +560,12 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionAboutSubsurface_triggered()
 
 void MainWindow::on_actionUserManual_triggered()
 {
+#ifndef NO_USERMANUAL
 	if (!helpView) {
 		helpView = new UserManual();
 	}
 	helpView->show();
+#endif
 }
 
 QString MainWindow::filter()
diff --git a/qt-ui/mainwindow.h b/qt-ui/mainwindow.h
index e249398db..51e03c3b8 100644
--- a/qt-ui/mainwindow.h
+++ b/qt-ui/mainwindow.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <QUrl>
 
 #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
-#include "usermanual.h"
 
 struct DiveList;
 class QSortFilterProxyModel;
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ private:
 	Ui::MainWindow ui;
 	QAction *actionNextDive;
 	QAction *actionPreviousDive;
-	UserManual *helpView;
+	QMainWindow *helpView;
 	QTreeView *yearlyStats;
 	QAbstractItemModel *yearlyStatsModel;
 	CurrentState state;
diff --git a/qt-ui/usermanual.h b/qt-ui/usermanual.h
index 280ca3896..7692a1143 100644
--- a/qt-ui/usermanual.h
+++ b/qt-ui/usermanual.h
@@ -29,5 +29,4 @@ private:
 	Ui::UserManual *ui;
 	void search(QString, QWebPage::FindFlags);
 };
-
 #endif // USERMANUAL_H
diff --git a/subsurface-configure.pri b/subsurface-configure.pri
index 28c567f4e..14e5cef67 100644
--- a/subsurface-configure.pri
+++ b/subsurface-configure.pri
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ isEmpty(LIBGIT2DEVEL) {
 link_pkgconfig: packagesExist(libiconv): PKGCONFIG += libiconv
 
 # disable things when were on android
-contains(QMAKE_PLATFORM, android): DEFINES += NO_MARBLE
+contains(QMAKE_PLATFORM, android): DEFINES += NO_MARBLE NO_USERMANUAL
 
 #
 # Find libmarble
diff --git a/subsurface.pro b/subsurface.pro
index df5f796bf..baf1341b3 100644
--- a/subsurface.pro
+++ b/subsurface.pro
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ HEADERS = \
 	qt-ui/profile/divetooltipitem.h \
 	qt-ui/profile/ruleritem.h
 
+android: HEADERS -= qt-ui/usermanual.h
+
 SOURCES =  \
 	deco.c \
 	device.c \
@@ -146,6 +148,8 @@ else: linux*: SOURCES += linux.c
 mac: SOURCES += macos.c
 win32: SOURCES += windows.c
 
+android: SOURCES -= qt-ui/usermanual.cpp
+
 FORMS = \
 	qt-ui/about.ui \
 	qt-ui/divecomputermanagementdialog.ui \
@@ -163,6 +167,9 @@ FORMS = \
 	qt-ui/divelogimportdialog.ui \
 	qt-ui/usermanual.ui
 
+# Usermanual isn't supported on android right now
+android: FORMS -= qt-ui/usermanual.ui
+
 RESOURCES = subsurface.qrc
 
 TRANSLATIONS = \