diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index 9e6e8c9b..534dc2d1 100644
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@
     ((defined(_POSIX_THREAD_ROBUST_PRIO_INHERIT) && _POSIX_THREAD_ROBUST_PRIO_INHERIT > 0) ||                          \
      (defined(_POSIX_THREAD_ROBUST_PRIO_PROTECT) && _POSIX_THREAD_ROBUST_PRIO_PROTECT > 0) ||                          \
      defined(PTHREAD_MUTEX_ROBUST) || defined(PTHREAD_MUTEX_ROBUST_NP)) &&                                             \
-    (!defined(__GLIBC__) || __GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 10) /* troubles with Robust mutexes before 2.10 */)
+    (!defined(__GLIBC__) || __GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 10) /* troubles with Robust mutexes before 2.10 */) &&                   \
+    !defined(__OHOS__) /* Harmony OS doesn't support robust mutexes at the end of 2025 */
 #define MDBX_LOCKING MDBX_LOCKING_POSIX2008
 #else
 #define MDBX_LOCKING MDBX_LOCKING_POSIX2001