diff -r be8b133d5d3e Lib/test/test_site.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_site.py	Wed Nov 02 15:55:26 2016 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_site.py	Wed Nov 02 22:08:28 2016 +0100
@@ -443,6 +443,10 @@
     def test_startup_imports(self):
         # This tests checks which modules are loaded by Python when it
         # initially starts upon startup.
+        if (os.name == 'posix' and not
+                sysconfig.get_config_var('HAVE_LANGINFO_H')):
+            self.skipTest('does not have langinfo.h')
+
         popen = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, '-I', '-v', '-c',
                                   'import sys; print(set(sys.modules))'],
                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE,