diff -r 89e2201142f9 Doc/library/sys.rst
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst	Fri Nov 18 10:42:10 2016 -0800
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst	Fri Nov 18 22:38:47 2016 +0100
@@ -404,6 +404,15 @@ always available.
    .. versionadded:: 3.4
 
 
+.. function:: getandroidapilevel()
+
+   Return the API version of Android as an integer.
+
+   Availability: Android.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.7
+
+
 .. function:: getcheckinterval()
 
    Return the interpreter's "check interval"; see :func:`setcheckinterval`.
diff -r 89e2201142f9 Lib/test/support/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py	Fri Nov 18 10:42:10 2016 -0800
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py	Fri Nov 18 22:38:47 2016 +0100
@@ -735,8 +735,12 @@ requires_lzma = unittest.skipUnless(lzma
 
 is_jython = sys.platform.startswith('java')
 
-_ANDROID_API_LEVEL = sysconfig.get_config_var('ANDROID_API_LEVEL')
-is_android = (_ANDROID_API_LEVEL is not None and _ANDROID_API_LEVEL > 0)
+if hasattr(sys, 'getandroidapilevel'):
+    _ANDROID_API_LEVEL = sys.getandroidapilevel()
+    is_android = (_ANDROID_API_LEVEL > 0)
+else:
+    _ANDROID_API_LEVEL = None
+    is_android = False
 
 if sys.platform != 'win32':
     unix_shell = '/system/bin/sh' if is_android else '/bin/sh'
diff -r 89e2201142f9 Python/sysmodule.c
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c	Fri Nov 18 10:42:10 2016 -0800
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c	Fri Nov 18 22:38:47 2016 +0100
@@ -1350,6 +1350,20 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(is_finalizing_doc,
 Return True if Python is exiting.");
 
 
+#ifdef ANDROID_API_LEVEL
+PyDoc_STRVAR(getandroidapilevel_doc,
+"getandroidapilevel()\n\
+\n\
+Return the running API version of Android as an integer.");
+
+static PyObject *
+sys_getandroidapilevel(PyObject *self)
+{
+    return PyLong_FromLong(ANDROID_API_LEVEL);
+}
+#endif   /* ANDROID_API_LEVEL */
+
+
 static PyMethodDef sys_methods[] = {
     /* Might as well keep this in alphabetic order */
     {"callstats", (PyCFunction)PyEval_GetCallStats, METH_NOARGS,
@@ -1434,6 +1448,10 @@ static PyMethodDef sys_methods[] = {
      METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, set_asyncgen_hooks_doc},
     {"get_asyncgen_hooks", sys_get_asyncgen_hooks, METH_NOARGS,
      get_asyncgen_hooks_doc},
+#ifdef ANDROID_API_LEVEL
+    {"getandroidapilevel", (PyCFunction)sys_getandroidapilevel, METH_NOARGS,
+     getandroidapilevel_doc},
+#endif
     {NULL,              NULL}           /* sentinel */
 };