diff -r 805467de22fc Lib/test/support/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py	Sun Nov 06 13:19:38 2016 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py	Mon Nov 07 12:55:21 2016 +0100
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     "bigmemtest", "bigaddrspacetest", "cpython_only", "get_attribute",
     "requires_IEEE_754", "skip_unless_xattr", "requires_zlib",
     "anticipate_failure", "load_package_tests", "detect_api_mismatch",
-    "check__all__",
+    "check__all__", "requires_android_level", "requires_raise",
     # sys
     "is_jython", "is_android", "check_impl_detail", "unix_shell",
     # network
@@ -735,7 +735,8 @@
 
 is_jython = sys.platform.startswith('java')
 
-is_android = bool(sysconfig.get_config_var('ANDROID_API_LEVEL'))
+_ANDROID_API_LEVEL = sysconfig.get_config_var('ANDROID_API_LEVEL')
+is_android = (_ANDROID_API_LEVEL > 0)
 
 if sys.platform != 'win32':
     unix_shell = '/system/bin/sh' if is_android else '/bin/sh'
@@ -1725,6 +1726,19 @@
     else:
         return unittest.skip("resource {0!r} is not enabled".format(resource))
 
+def requires_android_level(level, reason):
+    if is_android and _ANDROID_API_LEVEL < level:
+        return unittest.skip('%s at Android API level %d' %
+                             (reason, _ANDROID_API_LEVEL))
+    else:
+        return _id
+
+def requires_raise():
+    if is_android:
+        return requires_android_level(24, 'raise() is buggy')
+    else:
+        return _id
+
 def cpython_only(test):
     """
     Decorator for tests only applicable on CPython.
diff -r 805467de22fc Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py	Sun Nov 06 13:19:38 2016 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_faulthandler.py	Mon Nov 07 12:55:21 2016 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 from test import support
-from test.support import script_helper
+from test.support import script_helper, requires_raise
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 from textwrap import dedent
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
                 3,
                 'access violation')
 
+    @requires_raise()
     def test_sigsegv(self):
         self.check_fatal_error("""
             import faulthandler
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@
 
     @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, 'need _testcapi')
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(signal, 'SIGBUS'), 'need signal.SIGBUS')
+    @requires_raise()
     def test_sigbus(self):
         self.check_fatal_error("""
             import _testcapi
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@
 
     @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, 'need _testcapi')
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(signal, 'SIGILL'), 'need signal.SIGILL')
+    @requires_raise()
     def test_sigill(self):
         self.check_fatal_error("""
             import _testcapi
@@ -240,6 +243,7 @@
             '(?:Segmentation fault|Bus error)',
             other_regex='unable to raise a stack overflow')
 
+    @requires_raise()
     def test_gil_released(self):
         self.check_fatal_error("""
             import faulthandler
@@ -249,6 +253,7 @@
             3,
             'Segmentation fault')
 
+    @requires_raise()
     def test_enable_file(self):
         with temporary_filename() as filename:
             self.check_fatal_error("""
@@ -263,6 +268,7 @@
 
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "win32",
                      "subprocess doesn't support pass_fds on Windows")
+    @requires_raise()
     def test_enable_fd(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryFile('wb+') as fp:
             fd = fp.fileno()
@@ -276,6 +282,7 @@
                 'Segmentation fault',
                 fd=fd)
 
+    @requires_raise()
     def test_enable_single_thread(self):
         self.check_fatal_error("""
             import faulthandler
@@ -286,6 +293,7 @@
             'Segmentation fault',
             all_threads=False)
 
+    @requires_raise()
     def test_disable(self):
         code = """
             import faulthandler