diff -r 808f01a0284f Programs/python.c
--- a/Programs/python.c	Wed Jan 18 14:45:11 2017 +0100
+++ b/Programs/python.c	Wed Jan 18 15:02:51 2017 +0100
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@
             }
 
             /* Reconfigure with the overridden environment variables */
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
             setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+#endif
         } else {
             /* No C locale warning here, as Py_Initialize will emit one later */
         }
diff -r 808f01a0284f Python/pylifecycle.c
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c	Wed Jan 18 14:45:11 2017 +0100
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c	Wed Jan 18 15:02:51 2017 +0100
@@ -335,7 +335,11 @@
     /* Set up the LC_CTYPE locale, so we can obtain
        the locale's charset without having to switch
        locales. */
+# ifdef __ANDROID__
+    setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "C.UTF-8");
+# else
     setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
+# endif
     _emit_stderr_warning_for_c_locale();
 #endif