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	Sun Nov 06 16:08:40 2016 +0100
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
     "anticipate_failure", "load_package_tests", "detect_api_mismatch",
     "check__all__",
     # sys
-    "is_jython", "is_android", "check_impl_detail", "unix_shell",
+    "is_jython", "android_api_level", "is_android", "check_impl_detail",
+    "unix_shell",
     # network
     "HOST", "IPV6_ENABLED", "find_unused_port", "bind_port", "open_urlresource",
     # processes
@@ -735,7 +736,8 @@
 
 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'
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	Sun Nov 06 16:08:40 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, is_android, android_api_level
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 from textwrap import dedent
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@
                 3,
                 'access violation')
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(is_android and android_api_level < 24,
+                     "raise() is buggy at Android API level %d" %
+                     android_api_level)
     def test_sigsegv(self):
         self.check_fatal_error("""
             import faulthandler
@@ -183,6 +186,9 @@
 
     @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, 'need _testcapi')
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(signal, 'SIGBUS'), 'need signal.SIGBUS')
+    @unittest.skipIf(is_android and android_api_level < 24,
+                     "raise() is buggy at Android API level %d" %
+                     android_api_level)
     def test_sigbus(self):
         self.check_fatal_error("""
             import _testcapi
@@ -197,6 +203,9 @@
 
     @unittest.skipIf(_testcapi is None, 'need _testcapi')
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(signal, 'SIGILL'), 'need signal.SIGILL')
+    @unittest.skipIf(is_android and android_api_level < 24,
+                     "raise() is buggy at Android API level %d" %
+                     android_api_level)
     def test_sigill(self):
         self.check_fatal_error("""
             import _testcapi
@@ -240,6 +249,9 @@
             '(?:Segmentation fault|Bus error)',
             other_regex='unable to raise a stack overflow')
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(is_android and android_api_level < 24,
+                     "raise() is buggy at Android API level %d" %
+                     android_api_level)
     def test_gil_released(self):
         self.check_fatal_error("""
             import faulthandler
@@ -255,10 +267,12 @@
                 import faulthandler
                 output = open({filename}, 'wb')
                 faulthandler.enable(output)
-                faulthandler._sigsegv()
+                faulthandler._read_null()
                 """.format(filename=repr(filename)),
                 4,
-                'Segmentation fault',
+                '(?:Segmentation fault'
+                    '|Bus error'
+                    '|Illegal instruction)',
                 filename=filename)
 
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "win32",
@@ -270,20 +284,24 @@
                 import faulthandler
                 import sys
                 faulthandler.enable(%s)
-                faulthandler._sigsegv()
+                faulthandler._read_null()
                 """ % fd,
                 4,
-                'Segmentation fault',
+                '(?:Segmentation fault'
+                    '|Bus error'
+                    '|Illegal instruction)',
                 fd=fd)
 
     def test_enable_single_thread(self):
         self.check_fatal_error("""
             import faulthandler
             faulthandler.enable(all_threads=False)
-            faulthandler._sigsegv()
+            faulthandler._read_null()
             """,
             3,
-            'Segmentation fault',
+            '(?:Segmentation fault'
+                '|Bus error'
+                '|Illegal instruction)',
             all_threads=False)
 
     def test_disable(self):
@@ -291,7 +309,7 @@
             import faulthandler
             faulthandler.enable()
             faulthandler.disable()
-            faulthandler._sigsegv()
+            faulthandler._read_null()
             """
         not_expected = 'Fatal Python error'
         stderr, exitcode = self.get_output(code)