diff -r c8a7a49bab89 -r 20dd07abde5b Python/frozenmain.c
--- a/Python/frozenmain.c	Thu Mar 19 14:51:37 2015 -0500
+++ b/Python/frozenmain.c	Thu Mar 19 15:04:40 2015 -0500
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
     int i, n, sts = 1;
     int inspect = 0;
     int unbuffered = 0;
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     char *oldloc = NULL;
+#endif
     wchar_t **argv_copy = NULL;
     /* We need a second copies, as Python might modify the first one. */
     wchar_t **argv_copy2 = NULL;
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
         setbuf(stderr, (char *)NULL);
     }
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     oldloc = _PyMem_RawStrdup(setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL));
     if (!oldloc) {
         fprintf(stderr, "out of memory\n");
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@
     }
 
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+#endif
     for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
         argv_copy[i] = Py_DecodeLocale(argv[i], NULL);
         argv_copy2[i] = argv_copy[i];
@@ -63,9 +67,13 @@
             goto error;
         }
     }
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+    setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+#else
     setlocale(LC_ALL, oldloc);
     PyMem_RawFree(oldloc);
     oldloc = NULL;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
     PyInitFrozenExtensions();
@@ -108,6 +116,8 @@
             PyMem_RawFree(argv_copy2[i]);
         PyMem_RawFree(argv_copy2);
     }
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
     PyMem_RawFree(oldloc);
+#endif
     return sts;
 }
diff -r c8a7a49bab89 -r 20dd07abde5b Python/pylifecycle.c
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c	Thu Mar 19 14:51:37 2015 -0500
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c	Thu Mar 19 15:04:40 2015 -0500
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@
         return NULL;
     }
     return get_codec_name(codeset);
+#elif defined(__ANDROID__)
+    char* m = malloc(6);
+    strcpy(m, "ascii");
+    return m;
 #else
     PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_NotImplementedError);
     return NULL;