diff -r fb70ea8b7b2d configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	Tue Apr 26 09:31:11 2016 +0300
+++ b/configure.ac	Tue Apr 26 10:13:57 2016 +0200
@@ -368,6 +368,9 @@
        # a lot of different things including 'define_xopen_source'
        # in the case statement below.
 	case "$host" in
+	*-*-linux-android*)
+		ac_sys_system=Linux-android
+		;;
 	*-*-linux*)
 		ac_sys_system=Linux
 		;;
@@ -1112,7 +1115,14 @@
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(LDVERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(LDVERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}
-	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
+	  case $ac_sys_system in
+	      Linux-android*)
+		INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY"
+		;;
+	      *)
+		INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
+		;;
+	  esac
 	  if test "$with_pydebug" != yes
           then
 	      PY3LIBRARY=libpython3.so
diff -r fb70ea8b7b2d configure
--- a/configure	Tue Apr 26 09:31:11 2016 +0300
+++ b/configure	Tue Apr 26 10:14:48 2016 +0200
@@ -2876,6 +2876,7 @@
 ac_config_headers="$ac_config_headers pyconfig.h"
 
 
+
 ac_aux_dir=
 for ac_dir in "$srcdir" "$srcdir/.." "$srcdir/../.."; do
   if test -f "$ac_dir/install-sh"; then
@@ -3313,6 +3314,9 @@
        # a lot of different things including 'define_xopen_source'
        # in the case statement below.
 	case "$host" in
+	*-*-linux-android*)
+		ac_sys_system=Linux-android
+		;;
 	*-*-linux*)
 		ac_sys_system=Linux
 		;;
@@ -5925,7 +5929,14 @@
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(LDVERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(LDVERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}
-	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
+	  case $ac_sys_system in
+	      Linux-android*)
+		INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY"
+		;;
+	      *)
+		INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
+		;;
+	  esac
 	  if test "$with_pydebug" != yes
           then
 	      PY3LIBRARY=libpython3.so